Iristel Reviews & Service Offerings

Iristel is a VOIP Provider headquartered in Toronto, ON. Iristel was established in 1999 and has the CLEC (Competitive Local Exchange Carrier) designation. Iristel differentiates from others providers in that Iristel maintains and own a VOIP telecommunications network, with countrywide coverage presence in Canada and has distributed points of presence around the world. The business segments for Iristel are, Residential, Business, Wholesale, B2B.

For Iristel Residential Home Phone offers, we found to be on the expensive side when compared to Canada top providers. Also, there are some limitations; for instance, 600-minutes US calling and it includes a list of features; which includes Caller ID and Caller ID Block and voicemail among others. On the positive side, Iristel offers service in the Canadian Territories, though the service there can be twice as expensive if compared to service in other Canadian provinces.

Irisitel still uses the concept of contracts. In an annual contract, the cost is $16.95, if signing for two years monthly cost is $14.95 otherwise month to month is $19.95

In our Iristel review, we also found international long distance calling rates are a bit higher than those of the Top Long Distance. But generally speaking much better than those of traditional telecom operators.

The monthly price also includes an ATA. Though the possibility exists to bring own ATA that doesn't lower the monthly costs.  We do like the approach of no activation fees and no contract. Still, there are Providers that offer more features at lower costs, such as Phone Power or AxVoice; in which cases, for example, you have the Desktop application and Smartphone application included for free. We believe Iristel has potential to provide attractive offers to residential customers; in the meantime, there are better VoIP home phone packages out there.

Features

Call Blocking
Conference Calling
BYOD:
Smartphone App:
Call Forwarding
Call Hold
Caller ID Name:
Enhanced VoiceMail:

Call Blocking
Conference Calling
Fax Capabilities
Fax to Email
Call Forwarding
Call Hold
Call Transfer
Music Hold
Caller ID Name:
Call Waiting:
Web Management:
Do Not Disturb:
Multiple Users:
Area Code Selection:
Extra Number:
Toll Free Numbers:
BYOD:
Desktop App:
Smartphone App:
Enhanced VoiceMail:
VoiceMail to Email:

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