Spam calls to businesses. How bad are they? What to do?
I have never run a business involving phone calls from the public so this may be naive, but I was wondering how much of an irritation/expense spam calls are to a business. How much lost business will...
View ArticleCan SIP communicate with most forms of online communication?
The problem today is fragmentation. Google Hangouts can't communicate with Skype who can't send email or text to cell phone users...we're all on different islands it seems. I was wondering if a SIP...
View Articlesetting up 7 digit local dialing in phone
right now on my polycom vvx410 phones i have to dial 1-(999)-999-9999 for every single call. is there a way to set the phones so that they default to my local area code for all dialing except of course...
View ArticleVoip.ms Android Subaccount Hacked Question
Hi, This happened back in January, 2017. I use Voip.ms on my android phone through Zoiper on home and public wifi, usually using IAX, but sometimes with SIP. During January 12, 2017, my android phone...
View Article[PBX] Can one DISA be used simultaneously by more than on caller?
Hello: I have a number of inbound routes point to the same DISA - will this work, i.e. can a single DISA handle multiple users simultaneously? Thanks for any input on this,
View ArticleHangup supervision - Google Voice via XMPP (GVGW, Asterisk, Obi)
I have a report and confirmed with my own account a problem with calls not properly hanging up when initiated or received through our gateway. If the GV user hangs up the call, the remote side stays up...
View Article[Anveo] Anveo and ObiTALK
I have Anveo and ObiTALK linked in a pretty generic setup with Google Voice. The Anveo number is not published but it receives far too many spam calls for my comfort (10-15 per day). I am thinking of...
View ArticleCanadian SMS Voip Providers
Hey, i have been looking for Canadian Virtual phone providers, with SMS availability. I have checked Fongo and Voip.ms but i was wondering if there are any others.
View Article[Voip.ms] Port Primus TalkBroadband to Voip.ms and/or TekSavvy TekTalk?
Has anyone ported from TBB to voip.ms? From TBB to TekTalk? My friend has TBB with a main number and a second alternate-areacode number, the latter costing $5/mo. They want to move to TekTalk...
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 Article[Equipment] 3rd party firmware (Tomato) not flashable on my Asus router
I just flashed latest build of Asus official firmware. I looked around and decided to flash it back to Tomato (Shibby variation). To my surprise I get an error message stating that 3rd party firmware...
View ArticleTransfer DID's between accounts?
Hey guys, Before I open a ticket with Voip.ms or Callcentric, I thought I would ask the experts on here this question. Does anyone know if you can transfer numbers between two or more accounts on...
View ArticleLocalphone
Is each Localphone SIP credentials limited to two outbound channels and one inbound channel? If so, can they be increased upon request? And if you have multiple SIP logins on a single Localphone...
View ArticleOBi110 vs. Obi200 - What are the differences?
I am confused. I clearly know just enough to get myself into trouble, so before I do that, can someone tell me the differences between the Obi110 and the Obi200? I own two Obi110's at two different...
View ArticleWhy do providers offer free (or almost free) services?
Why do providers offer free services such as SIP to SIP calling, DIDs (in some cases), as well as conferencing, extensions, voicemails, etc.? On the same token, a number of providers offer calling PSTN...
View ArticleLEC Termination Costs
Can ILECs and CLECs charge other interconnecting carriers whatever termination costs they feel like setting? If the FCC sets regulatory limits on the termination costs, how does the FCC determinate...
View Article[Voip.ms] Voip.ms porting issues
Let me start off by saying that I'm a huge fan of Voip.ms. Huge fan. They are my main carrier and I have had nothing but excellent service from them, but my last two attempts to port in numbers from...
View ArticleCloudatcost adds annual fee.
Crooks at cloudatcost has added an annual fee without informing anyone. Noticed an invoice on my dashboard and then found this in terms: 9.18 Customers with a onetime payment service is subject to an...
View ArticleHack attempt on one of my subaccounts...
Hi! I was recently contacted by VoIP.ms because someone tried to call an international number to a country I had not allowed using one of my subaccounts... Now I can understand that one could find my...
View Article[Asterisk] Google Voice Now Available with Incredible PBX for Issabel
For all of you Google Voice fans, we've released a beta build of Incredible PBX for Issabel 4 that incorporates the old Google Voice/Motif module from FreePBX. It's all pure GPL code so feel free to...
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