Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Trevan Richins
Gabriel Gunderson wrote: On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 08:09 -0600, Michael Moore wrote: We're moving in two weeks, and I'm considering switching to using just a SIP phone for our home phone. Has anyone else done this? We have all VoIP at out house. It's made up of 2 hard phones upstairs - 1 down,

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Moore
Cost - I'm only paying $12 total a month - TOTAL. 1 Number, unlimited lines in and out of the house, unlimited free instate calls. CONS: BV - My particular VSP is junk. This is not really a VoIP thing, but a Broadvoice thing. I stick with them cause they let me use Asterisk and the price and

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 12:51 -0600, Trevan Richins wrote: I have an asterisk server setup and am wondering how you did the press 2 to ring my office? I know how to get this working with a voice menu where when they call the phone number, it says a nice message to tell them to press 2 otherwise

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 13:18 -0600, Michael Moore wrote: Who are you with? Broadvoice is the name of the company. Like I said, they stink at some things and are great at others. If you do go with them (with eyes wide open), use my number as a referral number (804-1199). Just don't tell them

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Michael Moore
Broadvoice is the name of the company. Like I said, they stink at some things and are great at others. If you do go with them (with eyes wide open), use my number as a referral number (804-1199). Just don't tell them that I said they stink :) deal. I was initially planning on using Gizmo,

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread David Allred
we have and asterisk set up but get a lot of echo.. andy suggestions? BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG.

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Brent Thomson
David Allred wrote: we have and asterisk set up but get a lot of echo.. andy suggestions? Could be your phone, your setup, or your internet connection. What can you tell us about each of these? Linksys/Sipura 941 phones reduce echo with a firmware upgrade. If you're getting broken sound as well

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
On Tue, 2006-06-20 at 14:51 -0600, David Allred wrote: we have and asterisk set up but get a lot of echo.. andy suggestions? The only way to beat echo is to first understand the problem. The fixes are as varied as the causes. Try these links for some good reading:

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Ash
Brent Thomson wrote: Don't pay any attention to the animated GIF on their site--they're pretty dang cool in spite of it. What about this error? Pretty uncool imho: This presentation contains content that your browser may not be able to show properly. This presentation was

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Mark Gardner
So what your saying is that i can I have a regular phone line from Alltel, I don't want to pay .40.min for long distance. I could set up an asterisk server with gizmo and have all my calls come in on the regular line then say... press 9 to get a long distance line? Or am I missing

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-20 Thread Phillip Hellewell
On Tue, Jun 20, 2006 at 01:54:46PM -0600, Michael Moore wrote: That's fine for outbound but what would stop me is the inbound: Gizmo will give you a 775-xxx- (Nevada area code?) number for free (via Callwave.com, it looks like). Makes it long distance for people calling you, but it's

[uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-19 Thread Michael Moore
We're moving in two weeks, and I'm considering switching to using just a SIP phone for our home phone. Has anyone else done this? What were the pros and cons? Thanks, -- Michael Moore --- www.stuporglue.org -- Donate your used computer to a student that needs it.

Re: [uug] Anyone switched to just SIP phone?

2006-06-19 Thread Gabriel Gunderson
On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 08:09 -0600, Michael Moore wrote: We're moving in two weeks, and I'm considering switching to using just a SIP phone for our home phone. Has anyone else done this? We have all VoIP at out house. It's made up of 2 hard phones upstairs - 1 down, an Asterisk server, 2 VoIP