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Okay, next feature I would like! The company I work for has 4 offices. Each office has a DDI range, where the extension number is three digits (each office has a different leading number for the extension number) For example Office 1 1XX Office 2 2XX Office 3 3XX

As VoIP beds down and people get comfortable with the services etc there will come a point where number portability becomes an issue that restrains the growth of the market. There was a flurry of activivity by OFCOM last year http://www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/groups/nvs_index/ which seemed to be saying that if a provider offerred a PATS (Publicly Available Telephone Service) then in a letter...

Hi, I've got a Cisco ATA 186 connected to Voipfone. A couple of numbers that I dial, require the use of the * and # keys. However, whenever I press # I get a voice prompt asking where I want to transfer the call to. Is there a way to disable this so that I can use the # key in response to voice prompts when I need to ? Cheers, Tim.

Well, I've had my Vonage account for less than 24 hours and it's already broken! I get an annoying American voice telling me "all circuits are temporarily busy" whenever I try to call. It's been like this since about 7pm. Two exceptions: I've managed to call my (Orange) mobile phone, and I can call my own BT landline. Presumably, this means Vonage don't have enough links to the POTS to cope...

Hi all, I have a setup of 150 chennel and high bandwidth connectivity in Bangladesh. I am looking for a VOIP carrier company to terminate their calls. ~/Dev

Hi all Someone recently posted (Nick I think?) about aquiring an IP10S. He was asking about power supplies, and I replied that I was about to get a Solwise POE injector for mine yada yada... Anyway, I thought I would offer an update of how things are going for the benefit of Nick? and anyone else that has one of these phones. The POE injector came, and works beautifully... it is a small...

I can't make any calls via 'sip.call18866.co.uk' Anyone else suffering the same? G

Has anyone managed to get justdialvoip or voipbuster working with a Snom 190. They both register but don't allow any calls to be made. Both accounts work fine on a Sipura and other accounts that I have (Sipgate, Voipfone and Stanaphone) work well on the Snom. John.

"Mark" wrote in message ... Pardon my ignorance.... What is the REN of a typical FXS port on an ATA? Are multiple FXS ports (where provided) to allow support for multiple service providers (one per port) or to support multiple phones on one service? The Sipura range (SPA-2000 etc. are typically REN 3 per port, as...

Hello I am running an Asterisk, fairly recent version, connected to PSTN. I only use IP Phones but now want to connect a fax machine to the *. Plus may want to also connect the odd analog phone. People seem to rave about Sipura. How are they better than Grandstream? Basically, some pointers on which to use and why would be really helpful. Angus

Hi, If I call my home BT phone from my Vonage phone I get the following CLI on my BT phone 0441344xxxxxx My dialling code in Bracknell is 01344 so this number in neither in correct international or national format, therefore if you try and return a call to that number from a BT line or mobile phone it fails. Anyone else notice this?

Anyone have experience of how long it takes Virgin to issue unlocking codes via email? Prior to ordering my new SE K700i I was told by a nice lady in the Sales team that the handset would more than likely be unlocked. You guessed it, on arrival it was locked. I phoned Customer Services and the guy said he would request the unlock code(s) to be emailed to me, but they may take up to 30 days....

Does anyone have UK dial plan strings which covers all the phone number formats you might want to dial from a UK PSTN line? I'm programming a Sipura-3000 VoIP phone, and I'm looking for a suitable dial plan string. The phone uses something based on MEGACO and MGCP format apparently. Here's a first stab at all the possibilities, but it's sure to be incomplete and could do with further...

In article , Mark writes: Pardon my ignorance.... What is the REN of a typical FXS port on an ATA? Are multiple FXS The SPA-3000 is noticably lower REN than my BT line. It struggles to ring all the phones, whereas the BT line has no problem at all. I am probably around a total REN of 4 though, maybe a little over.

I cant seem to find how to change the time zone on my AAH box! Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! Ta Sparks...

On 21 Jul 2005, "totojepast" wrote: When you connect a single PC running Skype to the Internet, it may become a Skype supernode, thus consuming a lot of bandwidth. When the PC is hidden behind a corporate firewall and NAT and the Skype client is able to utilize only an HTTP protocol, is the Skype client able to become a supernode? If not, does its bandwidth...

I've just installed a bluetooth adapter, but it says "no hardware detected" when I insert it even after installing the software. They recommend adding a PID&VID entry into the ini file for devices it cant automatically find. Does anyone know what a PID&VID is and where do I might find it on a device? Many thanks.

Hi all, I can find reference from BT in SIN 350 as to what supervisory tones consist of and their level range but no specific recommendation for levels. Is there anything that specifies this? Regards, Paul

On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 22:10:53 +0100, Mark wrote: What is the REN of a typical FXS port on an ATA? I read in a manual that one of mine was REN=5 Are multiple FXS ports (where provided) to allow support for multiple service providers (one per port) or to support multiple phones on one service?

I am trying to establish whether my son, who is setting up a (very) small business, could possibly save some money using VoIP compared to a standard BT landline but still have a reliable service with comparable voice quality and without getting bogged down with technicalities. I am assuming that he will have a BT broadband All he needs, at least to start with, is an equivalent to a single BT...