In article <eNHxj.15204$XI.13927@text.news.virginmedia.com> ,
{{{{{Welcome}}}}} <bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> Thu, 28 Feb 2008
23:50:34 writes
>Les Desser wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a source for a US VoIP number?
>> It must be: good, cheap, reliable, etc. :)
>> Many thanks.
>
>www.ipkall.com
>
Thank you.
I wonder what they get out of issuing free phone numbers.
--
Les Desser
(The Reply-to address IS valid)
Les Desser <NewsDump1@dessergroup.com> wrote in <LSztSnNpO8xHFAfB@dessergr0up.invalid>:
> In article <eNHxj.15204$XI.13927@text.news.virginmedia.com> ,
> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} <bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> Thu, 28 Feb 2008
> 23:50:34 writes
> >www.ipkall.com
> I wonder what they get out of issuing free phone numbers.
Termination fees? What they also do not offer is calling: you can only
receive calls on a registered SIP account.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:50:34 GMT, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
<bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>Les Desser wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a source for a US VoIP number?
>>
>> It must be: good, cheap, reliable, etc. :)
>>
>> Many thanks.
>
>www.ipkall.com
Are you sure about the "realiable" part?
I'm presently paying USD 5 (to DID worldwide) a month for a +1-914
DID. It's realiable, and allows forwarding via SIP URI, or Voip to
loads of other providers - including Voxalot.
Can the inbound ipkalls' calls be forwarded via some kind of Voip/sip
to another account, or do you have to be loged on to their network?
Jose schreef:
> On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:50:34 GMT, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
> <bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Les Desser wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a source for a US VoIP number?
>>>
>>> It must be: good, cheap, reliable, etc. :)
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>> www.ipkall.com
>
> Are you sure about the "realiable" part?
> I'm presently paying USD 5 (to DID worldwide) a month for a +1-914
> DID. It's realiable, and allows forwarding via SIP URI, or Voip to
> loads of other providers - including Voxalot.
>
> Can the inbound ipkalls' calls be forwarded via some kind of Voip/sip
> to another account, or do you have to be loged on to their network?
>
> Best,
> Jose
>
Yes, you can use FWD, but if you don't use it yoo often, it get
cancled....and no , it's not realiable, sometimes, it just don't work,
for no apperent reason, and then it does, test it first.....
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:19:17 GMT, Jose <go.spam@somewhere.else> wrote:
>On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:50:34 GMT, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
><bhx_spam@trapped__hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Les Desser wrote:
>>> Can anyone recommend a source for a US VoIP number?
>>>
>>> It must be: good, cheap, reliable, etc. :)
>>>
>>> Many thanks.
>>
>>www.ipkall.com
>
>Are you sure about the "realiable" part?
> I'm presently paying USD 5 (to DID worldwide) a month for a +1-914
>DID. It's realiable, and allows forwarding via SIP URI, or Voip to
>loads of other providers - including Voxalot.
>
>Can the inbound ipkalls' calls be forwarded via some kind of Voip/sip
>to another account, or do you have to be loged on to their network?
When I set mine up all they asked for was a SIP address, my ekiga.net one
worked fine for it. I just have Trixbox configured to listen on that in
addition to my other lines.
"TheFug" <nosp@mplea.ze> wrote in message
news:47c83945$0$25467$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl
[snip]
: : Yes, you can use FWD, but if you don't use it yoo
: : often, it get cancled....and no , it's not realiable,
: : sometimes, it just don't work, for no apperent reason,
: : and then it does, test it first.....
I've had an IPKall number pointing at a FWD account for the last 2 years
with no problems whatsoever. Except when FWD goes down of course, which it
does with irritating irregularity..!
In article <62rsmkF24nlonU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Ivor Jones" <ivor@thisaddressis.invalid> wrote:
> "TheFug" <nosp@mplea.ze> wrote in message
> news:47c83945$0$25467$ba620dc5@text.nova.planet.nl
>
> [snip]
>
> : : Yes, you can use FWD, but if you don't use it yoo
> : : often, it get cancled....and no , it's not realiable,
> : : sometimes, it just don't work, for no apperent reason,
> : : and then it does, test it first.....
>
> I've had an IPKall number pointing at a FWD account for the last 2 years
> with no problems whatsoever. Except when FWD goes down of course, which it
> does with irritating irregularity..!
>
> Ivor
I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there was some issue
about it not forwarding calls if they didn't present caller id. Has that
problem been overcome?
"Oldie" <realoldie@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:realoldie-6DD535.13520801032008@news.motzarella.org
[snip]
: : I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there
: : was some issue about it not forwarding calls if they
: : didn't present caller id. Has that problem been
: : overcome?
No idea. I get all the calls from the people I want to get calls from.
Although their numbers show up in a format which is useless for returning
the call as it strips the international prefix. For example when I get a
call from my friend in Phoenix, her number comes up as 480xxxxxxx without
001 at the start so I can't use the CLID to return the call.
Ivor Jones explained on 01/03/2008 :
> "Oldie" <realoldie@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:realoldie-6DD535.13520801032008@news.motzarella.org
>
> [snip]
>
>>> I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there
>>> was some issue about it not forwarding calls if they
>>> didn't present caller id. Has that problem been
>>> overcome?
>
> No idea. I get all the calls from the people I want to get calls from.
> Although their numbers show up in a format which is useless for returning the
> call as it strips the international prefix. For example when I get a call
> from my friend in Phoenix, her number comes up as 480xxxxxxx without 001 at
> the start so I can't use the CLID to return the call.
>
Can't the Fritz!Box be told to prepend 001 to the number before
displaying it on the phone?....or couldn't you set a dialplan that
would allow you to dial 480xxxxxxx as is?
"Jono" <nothanks@blueyonder.invalid> wrote in message
news:mn.0c2c7d8368a8c389.77298@blueyonder.invalid. ..
> Can't the Fritz!Box be told to prepend 001 to the number before displaying
> it on the phone?....or couldn't you set a dialplan that would allow you to
> dial 480xxxxxxx as is?
>
One of the reasons I use Voxalot. Fritz!Box dialplans are actually much
more user-friendly than, say, the Sipura, but you lose some configurability
as a result (e.g. modifying dialstring)
You can specify your international and national codes and prefixes in the
Fritz!Box which is a good way of mimicking a POTS line, but it does have
it's downside, as you then can't dial short-codes. without it adding at
least a national dialing code on the front.
Oldie <realoldie@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> I seem to recall that when I had an IPKall DID there was some issue
> about it not forwarding calls if they didn't present caller id. Has that
> problem been overcome?
Yes, it does. I have an IPKall number and unfortunately some sort of
machine/modem is misconfigured to dial my number twice a day; number is
unknown.
I've temporarily had to set up my Fritzbox to drop incoming calls
without caller id.
Recommendation for a US number? 
Linear Mode
