VoIP Services for Home, Business and Social users.




babyTEL is a Montreal based VoIP service provider, providing both residential and commercial VoIP access throughout the United States and Canada. First launching in May 2004 as a Canada-only operator, babyTEL is now one of Canada's leading VoIP service providers. In February 2007, babyTEL launched service in the U.S. market.

One of babyTEL's features is its single-line/multiple location capability, giving users the ability to route a single number to two or more phones that can be separated by a few feet or by thousands of miles. babyTEL is also a pioneer in social-networked VoIP having launched an early integrated telephone service for the Facebook platform called Telephone.

http://www.babytel.net

Asterisk support

You can have Asterisk up and running with babyTEL easily.

Here is a babyTEL published guide for configuring Asterisk with babyTEL:

• http://www.babytel.net/manuals/babyTEL-Asterisk_PBX_Configuration_Guide-(CU-v2).pdf

Here are other links that are specific to babyTEL+Asterisk:

• A babyTEL+Asterisk wiki
• A blog that posted some info about babyTEL+Asterisk config and tweaks

Where to Buy

• babyTEL - Home and Business services available in Canada and USA.
• Weehooey - Network Integrator for babyTEL in Kingston, Canada. Also Authorized TalkSwitch Reseller

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Working sample for Trixbox 2.2.4 : FreePBX 2.2.3

Here is what I've done in FreePBX to support a Babytel trunk:
First, you need to modify /etc/host by hand, as root, and add:


Second, as Babytel does not transfer DIDs in "DID" field, but in the "TO:" field of SIP invites, you have to do this:
Modify your extensions_custom.conf and add:

Doing this will use the TO: field content as the DID, very usefull with virtual numbers.

Third, set a new SIP trunk in FreePBX

TRUNK NAME: Babytel

PEER DETAIL:
context=custom-get-did-from-sip
fromdomain=sip.babytel.ca
fromuser=1514XXXXXXX
host=sip.babytel.ca
insecure=very
port=5065
secret=yourpasswordhere
type=peer
username=1514XXXXXXX

User Context: 1514XXXXXXX

USER DETAILS:
context=custom-get-did-from-sip
fromuser=1514XXXXXXX
insecure=very
secret=yourpasswordhere
type=user


REGISTER STRING:
1514XXXXXXX:yourpasswordhere@sip.babytel.ca:5065/1514XXXXXXX

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Older Sample Configuration

I've decided to contribute as the above links are broken and/or vastly out of date.

You need to buy the Multiple Devices option from Babytel if you want to use Asterisk. This is a MUST. This option is available on all services, from the Pay as you go all the way up the line. This information was obtained first-hand from Babytel, and I must say, this provider is great and very responsive.

You must spoof out the "sip.babytel.ca" host name to resolve to 216.18.125.7. Edit your /etc/hosts and add



This overwrites their sip proxy with their NAT server as some Asterisk versions do not support outbound proxies.

SIP.CONF

Add to the general section for a SIP client:


1########## = your babytel #

• = your babytel SIP password (not the account maint one!!)

/200 = the SIP device to which inbound calls are to be routed, default is s@context

[sip.babytel.ca]
context=home
type=peer
secret=******
username=1##########
host=sip.babytel.ca
port=5065
fromuser=1##########
fromdomain=sip.babytel.ca
nat=no
insecure=very
[200]
...

Simple EXTENSIONS.CONF snippit

[general]

static=yes
writeprotect=no

[globals]

[home]
exten => 200,1,Dial(SIP/200,60)

exten => _X.,1,Dial(SIP/${EXTEN}@sip.babytel.ca,30,r)