Free service is available
ant17:
Why wait when this (Kot voip) free service is available now, and callcentric provides a free incoming phone number too. I have the free incoming set up on SP2, and free Kot on sp1.
Many "no wait" options here folks!
Totally free, in and outbound-->http://kot.voip01.com/
enjoy
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vtsnaab:
Why wait ?!?
OK, I'll bite.
Many reasons are clearly visible to the most casual of observers...
That site looks like it was made by an ambitious kid and not by any sort of stable group of people, and how it explains itself is not at all encouraging IMO=>
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KoT VOIP (kot.voip01.com - King of Tweaks' VOIP, the #01)
It also says there for all to see:
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* Direct Google Voice dialing
* Use any VOIP provider
* Works through proxy, firewall and VPN
* VO3G, smartphone and tablet friendly
* Free
Login/Register (ignore the certificate warning)
Donate $10 or more for 1 year of paid service, thank you!
Donate with Card
Donate with PayPal
To this old man's eyes it looks like something made by someone who wants access to a great many folks' credentials and services - and for what purpose, I don't even want to guess...?!?
Ignore the certificate warning ?!?
Yikes.
Free ?? Or not free ??
It has no known VOIP or Obi reputation (or others here would have brought it up months ago).
And - here's the kicker:
Do a whois check on kot.voip01.com and the most important thing revealed is that it appears to be running on a dynamic DNS, which most likely means it is on some sort of (home ?) server that does not have a fixed IP.
Has anyone tried this yet, and maybe have some experience-based info to add ??
Thanks.
ipse:
Nothing personal ant17, but I have a hard time trusting this solution.
Within a few days Ring.to will probably be a safer alternative - I'll wait rather than give away my GV credentials like that.
yosif:
vtsnaab and ipse,
I have tested KoT VOIP with IPKall and IPComms. It works very well. It is free. You should not expose your important Google Voice credentials. Just create a new Gmail, Google Voice account for KoT VOIP use. You can transfer your Google Voice number between accounts if you want to preserve that number and use it with Kot VOIP. Don't put any money into that Google account and there is nothing left to be afraid of.
vtsnaab:
Hi Yosif.
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I have tested KoT VOIP with IPKall and IPComms. It works very well. It is free.
Very good news that you have tested that offering !!
I do use IPKall but have seen here that IPComms tends to delete users when they feel like it, so that one does not appeal to me.
I've never put any money into or through ANY google services, nor would I ever do so:
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You should not expose your important Google Voice credentials. Just create a new Gmail, Google Voice account for KoT VOIP use. You can transfer your Google Voice number between accounts if you want to preserve that number and use it with Kot VOIP. Don't put any money into that Google account and there is nothing left to be afraid of.
My goal is to be as free as possible from the Big G these days, so making yet another account of any kind with them is not attractive to me; and as to this Kot VOIP idea, it looks to me like something that will only be around a short while, so I'd rather use an ITSP with some years behind it already like Future Nine for my main home phone service - and since it's looking like Android + Wifi is a good, almost free cellular replacement, this Kot thing is just a curiosity for me and nothing more.
Thanks.
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