CircleNet Obitalk special
Sam_from_CircleNet:
Our intention is to support Obi devices only on this plan. At the moment it's on the honor system if you
were to connect other devices. Nothing we've put in place yet technically prevents that.
You could try and attach an asterisk server to this account, it might work but we would not support it.
Also we MIGHT change things in the future in ways that would make the asterisk connection not work.
Notice how my statements above are qualified? That's intentional :-)
Sam
On update I wanted to mention.
You said "Could we connect an Obi and an Asterisk Server to the same DID". There is one supported way we could set this up on the plan. You could connect the Obi via SIP and then set an alternate destination via SIP URI for the failover to the asterisk server. That would be a scenario that we would support.
Sam
TonyTib:
Sam,
What is the status of California DID's? (IIRC, CA's wackiness had caused problems in the past).
Thanks,
Tony
LTN1:
The offer to sign up (via the initial link) for OBi customers didn't place any restrictions on state of residence. After signing up though, I browsed the web site a bit more and saw that CircleNet is restricting CA customers. Not sure if it applies to this signup--so a clarification would be nice.
BTW, I signed up two days ago but it says that the account will be required to be verified manually--giving an estimate of 12 to 24 hours. It has been far beyond that time and the account is still not manually verified.
Not good service so far. I'm getting flashbacks of the one-man operation of Ryan Tilton and the failed Vestalink promises.
vtsnaab:
Hi Sam !!
My partner has been using your service for over a year with no problems a'tall - and I must affirm here that you were always reachable and willing to help during the time we got the service.
My gut feeling regarding the entry above complaining about a lag in the response is to think it is most likely that you have a zillion requests right now because your service is THAT good.
As to comparing CircleNet to vestalink - that is a low blow IMO; and if anyone looks back at all the horrid problems folks had with that service that got posted here - and then tries to find complaints about your service - I suspect they will see right away that there is no comparison possible in services, support or pricing.
Anyhow, I don't have a DID with you and will be shorn of the IPKall one I've been using soon - so I'd like to grab this not only to replace it, but as an opportunity to support your service in exchange for your generous offerings.
Only one question:
Is it possible to get this offer WITHOUT the 911 included, as we do not need it ??
Thanks Sam, and Best Wishes to You and Yours.
Sam_from_CircleNet:
Sorry it's been a while since I've posted we've been very busy here but I did want to take a minute to respond to each of you.
TonYTib,
Nope, I wish we were able to but at the moment the tax environment is a mess. We'd have to expend so much time and resources with compliance that it doesn't make business sense. On a secondary personal note here, the enforcement/tax folks seem down right hostile to business.
LTN1,
Sorry about that, we received HUNDREDS of bogus signups and we do our best to validate each one. We are a small two person shop, we aren't one of the big players and we don't claim to be. If you can email support@ with your info I'll see what happened to your account
**Edited, I broke my own personal rule and mentioned company names of larger VOIP providers, I took them out ** Sam
Vtsnaab,
Thanks!!!! Reviews like that are what we live for. Now on to your question. I'd love to if the FCC would let me. They specifically say that we can not do that.
Here is their VOIP E911 guide.
https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/voip-and-911-service
The very first rule states that we must "Automatically provide 911 service to all customers as a standard, mandatory feature. VoIP providers may not allow customers to "opt-out" of 911 service.". So I can't offer an opt-out.
If the rule changes I'd love to do it and no I don't know how others are.
Sam
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