Obihai disabled my device. Demanding $10 fee
I know this has been discussed in other threads. Most suggest to upgrade the firmware manually but it seems Obihai has disabled the local admin web server on my Obi100, so I cannot update manually. My...
View Article[Equipment] Any Security Concerns with SPA50x Phone Online with no Admin Pass
Alright, So I have been trying to figure out a way to remove the password requirment from using the phone's call lists and features. Example, view Missed and use Redail by just pushing the soft-key....
View ArticleBeware of so-called "lifetime" (and of Google promises too).
Revolv promised "lifetime subscriptions" for buyers of its home automation hub. Then Google's Nest Labs bought the company and killed the product. What rights do customers have? ....there are...
View Article[Anveo] 322-588-8772 ??
Hello, I keep getting calls from 322-588-8772 but no one is there when answered. They call almost all my Anveo customers, even numbers that I don't use ! Do you have this problem too? Have a nice one !
View Article[Equipment] New Panasonic dect SIP phone KX-TGP600
I just noticed Panasonic has a new dect SIP phone: http://panasonic.net/pcc/products/sipphone/products/kx_tgp600/index.html In addition to the usual dect handsets, it looks like they have a dect desk...
View ArticleVoIP and pfSense
I frequent a few VoIP-related forums and have seen a great deal of complaints from users of pfSense routers. The complaints are the usual things like one-way or no audio or calls going directly to...
View ArticleNew site to check the current carrier of phone number (DID)
I don't think I've seen this site mentioned here previously to check the current carrier of a phone number: https://mycsp.cingular.com/PEARS/
View ArticleBusiness Phone/Cloud System>
Good Morning everyone, I have been tasked to try and upgrade our phone system at our office. Currently we have 7 phones in our office with 4 lines in each phone. If someone calls while I am on line 1,...
View Article[Asterisk] Serious Asterisk Dialplan Vulnerability
For anyone using FreePBX (any version) or Incredible PBX, be advised that a serious dialplan vulnerability has been discovered in some very old legacy code. Using the *2 and ## features to transfer...
View Article[Equipment] New firmware for Gigaset C610A IP
Despite Gigaset taking down the English version of their website (and pulling out of the North American market?), there seems to be a firmware for the Gigaset C610A IP phones (and possibly others). The...
View ArticleLooking for Recommendation on Call Forwarding Service
Hello everyone, I am located in Israel and I want to rent phone number in US to forward calls to my mobile number here. English is my second language and because of that I put preference on service...
View ArticleMitel bought Polycom
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-s-mitel-pays-1-96b-for-u-s-tech-firm-polycom-1.3537110 They bought Aastra some time ago. The Aastra name is no longer marketed, although many of Aastra's phones...
View ArticleWhy are voip.ms rates to the Netherlands so high?
Voip.ms charges - fairly arbitrarily, given the popularity of number portability - between 18 and 22 cents a minute to call Dutch mobiles (unless the number starts with +3165, which is a tiny fraction...
View ArticleFreePBX for the Raspberry Pi
The included script (install) and archive (install.tar.gz) will build FreePBX 2.11, 12, or 13 plus Asterisk 11, 12, or 13 on a Raspberry Pi. iptables, dnsmasq, exim4, and pygooglevoice are also...
View Article[Equipment] Grandstream firmware upgrade steps?
I know that if you let the firmware get too old in the Grandstream products, it won't auto-update any more. I'm very familiar with how to download Grandstream firmware versions and manually update to...
View Article[General] For Canadians: nice UPS for router, modem and voip
Currently Staples has a sale in Canada for a nice APC Home Network UPS. It's a small unit, but enough to power your modem, router and VoIP adapter for a few hours during an outage. Online shows out of...
View Article[Anveo] Porting from Anveo to RingPlus
Has anyone ever ported a number from Anveo Direct to RingPlus. RingPlus wants a service address for the number you are porting in and I don't think I have ever given Anveo my address. Any idea what...
View ArticlePorted wrong number successfully - How?
I put in a port-in request with RingPlus. Unfortunately I entered a wrong number for the phone number. I noticed it immediately so I opened a support ticket to cancel it almost immediately after...
View ArticleDoes Anveo require Flash Player?
I was just attempting to check out Anveo, and found my way to their call flow demo. Sadly, it requires Flash Player, which makes it a non-starter for me. Do Anveo's configuration tools require Flash as...
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