[Voip.ms] Address mismatch for port from Comcast (Level 3) to VOIP.MS
I'm having trouble porting a 415 number from Comcast (Level 3) to VOIP.MS due to an address mismatch. (Port-impeding address mismatches are a stock drama on this forum.) The specifics: This 415 number...
View Article[Equipment] Cheap, reliable VOIP faxing: Obi202 & www.telnyx.com
(NOTE: I posted this to tempt some of you to duplicate and test this same setup. If we find that it works widely, then we'll be more confident in it.) ==================================== I have some...
View Article[Future9] Voicemail Notifications?
Greetings, I just realized that I am no longer receiving my F9 emails telling me I have a new VM. Anybody else have this problem? What do I do to fix?, it seems when I post at the F9 site I never get a...
View ArticleIConnectHere shutting down
I've just received notice that VOIP provider IConnectHere will be shutting down in one month. According to an email: "deltathree, LLC, provider of your iconnecthere service, is discontinuing its...
View Article[General] Moving my mother in law's land line to VOIP
My mother in law lives in an assisted living facility and currently pays Verizon about $40/month for a land line. She's kind of locked into this. She does not have internet service. However, my cable...
View ArticleData Modem Connection Over T.38 VoIP
Can a data modem connection successfully be conducted over T.38 version 3? Is there any fundamental difference between a fax transmission and a data connection? And being that T.38 version 3 supports...
View ArticleCan you change Google Voice phone #s later using an OBI202?
Have 2 Fios DV lines. Would like to try an OBI202 and Google Voice with 2 different VOIP lines and then later drop my Verizon DV service, port the existing landline DV numbers over to the OBI202. Is...
View ArticleSunRocket: 10 years later.
We've just passed the 10th anniversary of their meltdown. Few comments from back then: After almost 3 years of service, and with little warning to customers, the VoIP startup SunRocket has ceased...
View Article[Asterisk] TCP transport and NAT for Asterisk
I am experiencing a strange problem for Asterisk behind my home router related to TCP transport. I have set port forwarding to make sure the sip ports and rtp ports are forwarded properly. It works...
View Article[Voip.ms] Monthly DID prices raised from $0.85 to $1.25
Hello. Was going to buy a Boston DID this afternoon from VoIP.ms. To my surprise monthly DID prices for the 617, 857 and 781 Boston area codes went up forty cents from $0.85 to $1.25 -- almost a one...
View ArticleThinking of switching to Vonage from OV
Hi, I'm thinking of switching to Vonage from Optimum Voice and getting my own modem. What do you recommend? How does Vonage compare to OV? Tnx, Mike
View ArticleIs Voip.ms my best option for this small business setup.
I own a small US mechanical engineering company and am setting up a new office. We need 3 phone numbers, 12 phones (users) and we need to connect an incoming call to any user regardless of the incoming...
View ArticleCalling to Mexico: What does "equal access" mean?
Looking at rate tables for some companies (eg Localphone and Voip.MS among others) they refer to some Mexico destinations as "Equal Access". Anyone know what this means?
View ArticleObi212 - A new ATA with an FXO port to replace the Obi110
I just noticed on Amazon that there's a new Obi212 ATA that apparently has an FXO port. "Built-In FXO Line Port with Relay to FXS on Power Loss" Maybe this is the replacement for the discontinued...
View Article[Equipment] VOIP Connection Issue with Phone Adapter & Surfboard
Hi, It's been a LONG time since I was on here but I need some help once again. Recently, Comcast ISP lost connection. It messed up my Surfboard SBG6580 and my Grandstream HT502. Also, my Surfboard was...
View Article[Voip.ms] Phone options for small business
Hi guys. So I've decided to go with voip.ms and now need to select IP phones for my crew. I'm planning a traditional setup: 1 phone per employee. However they may receive incoming calls using any of 3...
View Article[Anveo] Service Unavailable
Hello all, can you connect to Anveo's websites ? I can ping POP but cannot go to voicemail. Call works on my side. Thanks.
View Article[General] Server Location for FreePBX
So I had my FreePBX hosted in Washington, DC on a VPS but lately been having issues with it (Hard drive wise) So I'm ditching it. I have 2 choices. New York or Atlanta. Here is why I am between the...
View Article[Other] BasicTalk - What is your experience?
I am thinking to switch to BasicTalk from Vonage. I did research on BasicTalk on and off in the past few months and have a good understanding of what it provides (unlimited national wide calling, e911)...
View Article[Anveo] Length of time for CNAM Insertion with Anveo Direct.
I used the API method on July 20th to insert CNAM into LIDB at Anveo Direct. I was charged the 5 dollars per insertion request so I take that to mean that the API string worked. I should not that I...
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