[SOLVED] Need Advice! CallCentric or VOIP.ms + GV?
N7AS:
Quote from: SkOrPn on April 11, 2014, 11:02:14 pm
@N7AS, same questions, so the 99c monthly DID is if I wanted to use them for incoming and not use CallCentric? But if I wanted to save that dollar it would still work with CallCentric's free NY DID, but just be a slightly more complicated setup and then I would only be paying for outgoing minutes? Even the 250 minutes a month would be way more than I would ever use for sure. But I like that idea because it would be recurring and I wouldn't be wondering how much I owe. Also, it says that using PayPal pay option requires that I submit at least $10 up front. So how does this work? I pay up front and that is then used as credit for what ever services I signed up for? So if I only want the 250 minutes per month, they would in turn only take 0.75 cents monthly until that credit is no longer available and I just top off at my convenience when it gets low? If that's the case, that is very interesting.
Do they have setup fee's? I could not find anything mentioning setup fee's, or a spoofing fee.
If you pay with a credit card, you can pay as little as $1.00. The setup fee for the DID is $3.00.
VoipDude:
Quote from: N7AS on April 10, 2014, 05:25:34 pm
I would go with Localphone. US DIDs are $0.99/month. Free inbound. Free outbound to TollFree numbers. Outbound is $0.005/minute (that's 1/2 cent)
They can spoof your GV number.
They have subscriptions available.
250 outbound for $0.75/month $0.003/minute
800 outbound for $1.60/month $0.002/minute
5000 outbound for $5.00/month $0.001/minute
You can forward a Callcentric Free NY DID via SIP URI to Localphone. Have GV forward to the Callcentric DID. That should give you Caller ID and CNAM as well if CNAM still works from them.
Can you give instructions on how to forward CC DID via SIP URI to Localphone? I PM'd ya a few days ago, but haven't received a reply. This way it will benefit all on the forum.
SkOrPn:
Quote from: N7AS on April 11, 2014, 11:19:13 pm
Quote from: SkOrPn on April 11, 2014, 11:02:14 pm
@N7AS, same questions, so the 99c monthly DID is if I wanted to use them for incoming and not use CallCentric? But if I wanted to save that dollar it would still work with CallCentric's free NY DID, but just be a slightly more complicated setup and then I would only be paying for outgoing minutes? Even the 250 minutes a month would be way more than I would ever use for sure. But I like that idea because it would be recurring and I wouldn't be wondering how much I owe. Also, it says that using PayPal pay option requires that I submit at least $10 up front. So how does this work? I pay up front and that is then used as credit for what ever services I signed up for? So if I only want the 250 minutes per month, they would in turn only take 0.75 cents monthly until that credit is no longer available and I just top off at my convenience when it gets low? If that's the case, that is very interesting.
Do they have setup fee's? I could not find anything mentioning setup fee's, or a spoofing fee.
If you pay with a credit card, you can pay as little as $1.00. The setup fee for the DID is $3.00.
Yeah, but my bank is Bank of America which means I may see several fee's for sending money to the UK because BoA is very greedy and does not like sending money out of the country, lol. Would rather pay with PayPal since that is much more an International friendly corporation. Plus my only income comes from PayPal.
I keep hearing about CallCentric being really high quality DID, even their free ones. Is it a noticeable difference from Localphone to CallCentric? Not that I am being cheap, but if it is much higher quality and free, well you see what I am getting at. If its not that noticeable then I would want the easier to setup method which is probably Localphone DID. By the way, you mentioned pinging the servers. How would I go about doing that to see which ones provide the lowest latency? Also, did you say with Localphone my caller ID would continue to work properly? and that for SMS I would just keep using Google Voice on my computer as I do now? Sometimes I purchase stuff off of Craigslist and use GV for texting potential sellers and sometimes I use it for texting friends or family members.
Anyway thanks for your assistance. Its still hard to believe that Google is going down this route with their voip service. I was hoping they were going to have the next big thing with voice service, similar to how exciting their Fiber Internet is slowly becoming. Oh well, I think its for the best as we need less Google as apposed to more. I used to be such a huge Google fan boy, but now I see them as nothing but a major Privacy Invasion company. I wouldn't be surprised if they listened to every phone call made through their network just to key in on those specific key words to try and figure out what to sell us next.
N7AS:
Quote from: VoipDude on April 12, 2014, 06:12:27 am
Quote from: N7AS on April 10, 2014, 05:25:34 pm
I would go with Localphone. US DIDs are $0.99/month. Free inbound. Free outbound to TollFree numbers. Outbound is $0.005/minute (that's 1/2 cent)
They can spoof your GV number.
They have subscriptions available.
250 outbound for $0.75/month $0.003/minute
800 outbound for $1.60/month $0.002/minute
5000 outbound for $5.00/month $0.001/minute
You can forward a Callcentric Free NY DID via SIP URI to Localphone. Have GV forward to the Callcentric DID. That should give you Caller ID and CNAM as well if CNAM still works from them.
Can you give instructions on how to forward CC DID via SIP URI to Localphone? I PM'd ya a few days ago, but haven't received a reply. This way it will benefit all on the forum.
Log into Callcentric dashboard. Click the Preferences tab then click the DID FORWARDING tab. You will see a list of your DIDs. Click the edit link on the right of the DID you want to use. You will see a list of options. Select the bottom one and enter the SIP URI for Localphone in the box. Use the format your Localphone account number @ localphone.com example xxxxxxx@localphone.com
click SAVe and you are done. All calls to that DID will be forwarded to your Localphone number.
N7AS:
@SkOrPn,
I use Bank of America and send money to Localphone all the time when I fill up. I have no problem. I just get nicked a 3% International Transaction Fee which amounts to next to nothing.
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