IPKall alternative
WoodyGee:
Now that Google has banned IPKall DIDs as forwarding phone numbers for GV (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/voice/7D4IfwjtRGw), does anyone have any suggestions for a truly free and reliable source for DIDs?
I already tried IPComms, but found the service to be less than satisfactory on the reliability front.
I know that Callcentric offers free DIDs if you lie and say you're not in the U.S., but I don't want to lie. Also, while $1.50 / month is hardly a dealbreaker, I have multiple GV numbers and that $1.50 / month fee begins to add up for something that's more of a nice to have and not a necessity.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated, thanks!
LTN1:
Always admirable not to want to lie. There's always a price though...and I suspect that you will have to pay the small cost to get a DID that is acceptable to GV. I don't think there are any other reliable free DIDs out there.
WoodyGee:
Thanks for the reply. What's truly frustrating about this situation is the seemingly arbitrary nature of Google's approval of providers. Were I to pay the nominal fee for the Callcentric DID, I'm not even sure that their number wouldn't be blocked as well since Google won't publish a list of approved providers (https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/voice/YXhUZGnwzYw).
It's their service - for which we pay $0 - so I get the fact that they can do as they please. A little more flexibility would be nice, oh well...
Taoman:
Quote from: WoodyGee on January 26, 2016, 07:57:16 am
I already tried IPComms, but found the service to be less than satisfactory on the reliability front.
I find that surprising. IPComms only uses Tier 1 carriers for their DIDs. Even for their free ones. For instance, the carrier used for my free IPComms free DID is Level 3 Communications.
https://www.telcodata.us/search-area-code-exchange-detail
Were you registering directly to the IPComms SIP server? It's been years but I seem to remember a little flakiness when I registered directly to IPComms. Since they allow forwarding via SIP URI I've been doing that for quite awhile now. I forward via SIP URI to a free Anveo account. I have quite a few DIDs and that has been the most reliable with the best call quality of all of them.
WoodyGee:
Thanks, I will give IPComms another try. When I tried it originally I admittedly did a quick and dirty proof of concept and did not put it through its paces.
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