"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Port Admiral Haynes" <spam.th@t.way> wrote in message
> news:45c0df03$0$27092$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk
>> I have started a new thread to explain what my current
>> set up has turned out to be and what I want from it.
>>
>> I THOUGHT I was getting a Linksys SPA 1001 BUT (long
>> story but my son got it for me!) it turns out I have a
>> Linksys PAP2.
>> I want to use VoipDiscount as they give me 120 "Free
>> Days" with 300 minutes per week to Malaysia and Singapore
>> (as well as "Free" Uk calls.) I say free but you have to
>> pay £10 every 4 months for these.
>> Anyway I have got the ATA set up and working with my
>> VoipDiscount settings and made my first few calls out.
>>
>> To go back to my original question, how do I get calls IN
>> to the VOIP phone. I now realise the VoipDiscount do not
>> give an incoming number. I have registered with Sipgate
>> and got a free number. How do I use it with this setup?
>> There are two phone ports on the ATA and I could plug a
>> second phone in and set that up using my Sipgate details
>> but it would nice to be able to use the same phone.
>
> For that you would indeed need a 1001. Or you could use a 2-line phone
> such as the BT Converse 2025 (now obsolete but still available on eBay and
> other places).
>
> To use the 2nd port with your Sipgate account, just configure the line
> with the required details (use the settings for the Sipura 2000 on the
> Sipgate site, they're almost identical).
>
> If you want a Sipgate number to test with, call my speaking clock on
> 1431320 (PSTN 020 7042 1320).
>
>
> Ivor
>
>
Ok thanks - I was just hoping I could somehow forward calls to line two
(sipgate) to the phone connected to line one (vopidiscount) without the need
to get a second phone.