Buying Obi110 in Europe and call forwarding on PSTN line
fuli42:
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I just did a test, forwarding to my mobile. However, the "suivi conso" doesn't update in real time; I'll report tomorrow whether it shows a charge.
Thank you Stewart, you are a real gentleman!
I wanted to add but forgot somehow that I wanted to switch to Orange to get the Fiber connection. When I heard some negative comments about their customer relations and when I looked at their 26 pages long terms of service I started not to have much faith in them.
We're not really using the internet connection that much, so finally I just left it at that. Also we still have about 5 months left on our contract with OVH. I looked up call-forwarding for Free ADSL (unlimited mobile) and they're charging 0.05 euros / minute too.
http://www.free.fr/adsl/pages/telephone/services-de-telephonie/la-messagerie-vocale/service-de-messagerie-vocale.html#les-services-lies-aux-appels-entrants/transfert-inconditionnel-vers-un-numero
I looked at CallwithUs and their rates are really interesting. But I have the impression that they are charging for incoming calls too? Do you sonetel.com? It looks like a good service with some sort of a pbx system included.
Stewart:
The test call forwarded to my mobile appeared as € 0,00 so I believe there is no problem in that area.
I've had Orange FTTH for ~16 months now, with little trouble. Once, I called support because the TV had stopped working and rebooting everything did not help. They reset something at their end and had me reboot again; it's been fine since. AFAIK, there has been only one Internet outage. It occurred at ~3 AM and lasted a couple of hours; possibly it was just scheduled maintenance, though no notice was given. Otherwise, the only other problem was some billing errors in my favor. Orange discovered them a couple of months later and made a retroactive charge. But yes, their CGV will give anyone a headache.
Thanks for telling me about OVH -- their personal SIP line looks like a good value for various applications. How is the quality and reliability?
Sorry, I may have given you mis-information about CallWithUs. You may not be able to set up forwarding directly on their site, i.e. you would need to bridge through your OBi or a PBX service; ask their support whether it's possible.
I've never used Sonetel, though there was a recent thread about them, mostly positive. http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,27172249 . Among others, Anveo and VoIP.ms also include some PBX features with their services.
Many companies offer measured DIDs and/or DIDs that include some usage and are billed per-minute after that. For example Anveo has "value" DIDs with 40 minutes free per day (more on paid accounts) and unlimited DIDs at a higher monthly cost. With CallWithUs, it's more complicated, because they buy from several vendors. You may find one number with 3000 free minutes/month included, and another in the same area that is pay-per-minute only.
fuli42:
Sorry, I forgot to reply to your post...
For now I settled with the following setup:
I have an account at PBXes.org that monitors all my VOIP lines. When I'm at home or work (on wifi) I'm connecting to PBXes with my iPhone (Bria). PBXes allows TCP connections so the battery life is not affected much. If I loose connection to PBXes, the calls are transfered to my mobile number using a CallWithUS line.
I managed to set up so that the caller ID is preserved during the transfer. In most places in France I could also use the 3G network to place and receive calls but the quality is of course a little better on the GSM line.
I did a quick research on ADSL subscriptions and the SIP lines. I know that OVH doesn't let you use the SIP account that comes with the subscription.
The provider "Free" gives you the credentials to use the SIP line, but some users report that they cannot call other mobile phones with it. Others say it works:
http://forum.freenews.fr/index.php?topic=78643.0
I've read that SFR does allow you to use their SIP line without constraints:
http://www.freenews.fr/spip.php?article9731
My contract ends with OVH in october, for the time being I'm happy with the current setup. It could be tweaked more, but wouldn't be worth the time invested in it. I'm quite happy with CallWithUS (and PBXes). Thank you for recommending them!
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