Why are we using numbers for the phone? Only 10 characters!
Instead of phone NUMBERS imagine we used all the characters we're familiar with. 0-9 gives us 10. 26 in the alphabet. 52 if capitalization is included. Then we have other characters on the typical...
View ArticleMinimum Comcast Internet speed for good VoIP service
Good day. After dumping Comcast for the same reason two years ago for Verizon FIOS 50/50 service ($44.99/month), Verizon dropped the hammer and jacked-up the price, hence, its's time to go back to...
View ArticleAndrew Nagy: An open source journey.
A farewell from Andrew the (soon former) project lead for FreePBX https://medium.com/@andrewnagy/an-open-source-journey-f66649ac2d8c
View Article[Voip.ms] Calls to VoIP.MS DID's in Manhattan NPA 212 Failing
We are finding that calls placed to day to most 212NPA DIDs on Voip.ms and Vitelity are failing. The DIDs are based at rate center NWYRCYZN01. We have reported this to Voip.ms and it is now on their...
View Article[Voip.ms] Voip.ms new beta feature Call Encryption TLS/SRTP
So voip.ms emailed this morning that they just enabled encrypted calls. YAY! I turned it on for one of my subaccounts using a grandstream HT702 ATA. I can report so far so good. Works. In grandstream I...
View ArticleAlphaRacks VPS's Down
I noticed yesterday that my AlphaRacks VPS's are down. Opened a ticket and got the following reply: "We are aware of an outage and ask for your patience. It appears that our datacenter / network...
View Article[Equipment] OBi202: User defined Route: header in INVITE?
OBi202, Firmware 3.0.1 (Build: 4581) My OBi202 has firmware from 2015. Do any later firmware versions support a user-defined Route: header for ITSP X->SIP? I ran in to a situation where I need one....
View ArticleBlockchain to block spam calls in India
I wonder how this works? https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-news/airtel-signs-up-ibm-to-block-unwanted-calls/articleshow/69450353.cms
View Article[Other] New SIP client for Android
Hi! We're the developers of a new VoIP app, Sipnetic. If you use an Android SIP client, such as CSipSimple, Zoiper, or Linphone, you should check out Sipnetic. I'll be glad to provide any info about...
View Article[Anveo] Message Waiting/Stutter Tone Lost After Firmware update, Obi200
Hi All: My Obi200 has been running fine for the past year or so. However, I just updated my firmware to 3.2.2 and have lost my message waiting indicator as well as the stutter tone. However, I do get...
View Article[Equipment] Linksys LRT214
Anybody using this router? Is it VOIP friendly? I have a SIP Phone and an ATA behind NAT so keeping that UDP connection alive is important. I bought this router Linksys LRT214 and before connecting it...
View ArticleProviders with Direct Media Incoming
Does anyone know if any VOIP providers do direct media on incoming calls? Meaning, direct media back to the provider/CLEC who originated the call? Anveo Direct and Flowroute offer direct media for...
View Article[Voip.ms] Phone Book Importing Peculiarities
Good day. After some trial and error, I have been able to import *.csv file formatted phone books. I've noticed some peculiarities unique to VoIP.ms and would like to know if there are any known...
View Article[PBX] Is PIAF green no longer available?
I am trying to install PIAF Green using pbxinaflash20650-i386 and when I come to the screen for selecting which color it has them all unavailable.
View Article[Voip.ms] Voip.ms DIDs down again ...
This Voip.ms switch to Bandwidth.com is not going well. Very upset, but not surprised. We have never had a good experience with Bandwidth.com. Well, I suppose I am surprised ... surprised Voip.ms...
View ArticleAsterisk 13 TLS Setup Trouble
I am trying to set up TLS with Flowroute using chan_sip and I'm not having an easy time. I changed the inbound route on the web portal to specify transport=tls. I created certificates following the...
View Article[General] Virtual FreePBX Server High Availability
Long time, no post :-) Out of curiosity, has anyone ever set up high availability between two virtual FreePBX servers? I downloaded and configured FreePBX 14 in my ESXi environment and didn't realize...
View Article[Anveo] How is Anveo's (hosted, not Anveo Direct) call quality?
I have been using the hosted Anveo for a few months. Really liked the flexibility of the IVR builder for a hosted service. I originally chose Anveo after reading many positive reviews about Anveo's...
View Article[General] Anveo Direct users, What outbound routes blocks do you have set?
Curious if you have noticed that certain Anveo Direct outbound routes are more problematic than others? Would you mind sharing any routes that you block, and why you blocked them? When I check my...
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