VoIP.ms and Google Voice (a combination that works for me)
soundview:
@MurrayB
+1! Caller ID filtering through voip.ms is one of the more sophisticated and flexible ways to handle both telemarketers AND friends who block their IDs. You won't get this ability with other "value" plans.
@Taoman
I highly recommend you give them a try. It is better suited for folks who like to tinker and there are plenty of tools in the shed to play with. It only took me an afternoon to figure out how to activate and use all the features in their suite. I am puzzled why there isn't more mention of voip.ms on the forum. I don't have any affiliation with them and they don't offer a referral bonus (I wish they did!).
UPDATE:
Outgoing fax worked fine on the 10 year old Brother FAX-775 (ITU-T Group 3). Have not verified incoming fax but I am certain it works as well. Since fax is slowly becoming extinct, I'm glad I don't have to remember and spend a lot of time setting up fax every few months after it is long forgotten how it was done last time. More importantly, my wife can fax on her own as before.
:D Have not received a single telemarketing call to date. Used to get about 1 per day.Keeping Google Voice has many advantages.. A global spam filtering option which helps cut down on telemarketing calls. A safe place to park your invaluable phone number and flexibility to forward to different voip services simply by changing a setting on the web. Lastly, the Google Voice app which I believe superior to other apps offered by voip providers. It notifies me when I get texts or voicemail, free SMS and history. Plus voice to text transcription, email notifications...for free. I think there should be more discussion of apps here. Other voip providers require that you log into a web portal for those features (like I'm going to do that). With the GV app, my iPad beeps and displays a message when I get a text or voicemail in realtime. I can respond without getting up from the couch. Of course GV might go to crap when it is merged with Hangouts but that's a discussion for another day.Obi device setup is handled directly through the local web interface (called Web Server-Based or Web Management Access). Be prepared to get your hands a little dirty to set up and manage your Obi. This may not be suited to anyone looking for ease of set-up (ala ObiTalk) but it wasn't difficult (with an added complication since I wanted to keep GV for outgoing until 5/15).
yorktown:
An important factor for any VOIP system you sign up with:
---- How many servers do they have and where are they?
They can be cheap as can be, but if they are using a handful of servers at a single location you are wasting your time and money. No one will hear you on the line.
I learned this about 7 years ago when I switched from Vonage to Broadvoice. They had a much more attractive monthly plan, and I consume phone minutes. The problem was, the IP data would have to go to the NYC servers, then route over VOIP. I was in Europe. It was like talking to someone on Mars. Talk....WAIT....Response.....Talk...WAIT...
Google, Vonage, or any service seriously committed to multiple VOIP servers at multiple locations will work. Anything else is a waste.
colleenz:
Quote from: MurrayB on May 03, 2014, 11:58:42 am
Glad to hear that you are having success with Voip.ms. I have been using it with three DID and one SIP on two Obi110 since early December. I am surprised that I do not here more people trying the service.
The Caller ID filtering they offer is fantastic blocks all sorts of evil..
Can you make inbound & outbound calls?
MurrayB:
Yes, with VOIP.ms you can make both inbound and outbound calls with loads of features. Check their website. They have twenty seven (27) servers. Nineteen (19) in the US, six (6) in Canada, and one (1) in Europe.
TonyTib:
Two questions:
1) Do you have to pay for E911? (My impressions is that E911 is a requirement unless you claim, truthfully or not, that you don't live in the US)
2) Can you easily port in a number?
I have a CA DID that's currently on Anveo, and I'm thinking of porting it to a different provider. It's not used a lot, so per minute chargers are OK. However, Anveo's deal is pretty good; $2.00 for personal unlimited DID + $0.80 for E911. But if I could get CNAM with similar pricing, I'd probably change.
Another possibility is to port it to Ring.to, but I need to play a bit more with Ring.to before I go that route (I have a Ring.to number from GrooveIP, and so far my experience has been mixed). (I don't want to go through GV porting hassles, since the number is a land-line number).
Thanks
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