Comments for Voice Over Ip Phone

Comment on how do i connect a fax if im using voice over ip? by Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:47:40 +0000

Hi, as far as I know, fax was designed for analog networks, and does not travel well over a VOIP network. The reason for this is that FAX communication uses the signal in a different way to regular voice communication. When VOIP technologies digitize and compress analog voice communication it is optimized for VOICE and not for FAX. Subsequently, there are a number of things you need to take note of when you move to a VOIP Phone System.

If you want to continue using your old fax machine, and you want to connect to your VOIP Phone System, its best to use a VOIP Gateway and an ATA that supports T38. T38 is a protocol designed to allow fax to ‘travel’ over a VOIP network.

Another way to deal with fax when you switch to VOIP is to connect the fax machine directly to the existing analog phone line and bypass your VOIP system

Comment on how do i connect a fax if im using voice over ip? by Man-At-Arms

Man-At-Arms — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:53:50 +0000

You have to make the fax noises with your mouth. Nah, just kidding. Use a phone line splitter and plug your fax in. Faxes send data down the voice channel of a phone line. It won’t interfere with the Internet. You may need to use an ADSL splitter though, depending on your setup.

Comment on Can VOIP telephone be forwarded to a non VOIP phone such as to a Blackberry or iPhone? by Leroy

Leroy — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:18:26 +0000

Yup VoIP service can be forwarded to any existing number be it mobile, virtual number, etc.

Comment on Can VOIP telephone be forwarded to a non VOIP phone such as to a Blackberry or iPhone? by Mike

Mike — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:09:18 +0000

YES! This is a VERY basic feature that can easily be done. I run a VoIP Phone Service company and you can be assured that most providers have this feature. We also have a feature called Voicemail-to-Email which forwards voicemails to your email and even attaches an audio file so you can listen to them. I love it because if I’m out of the office, I get my voicemail on my blackberry immediately.

You can also do advanced Call Forwarding which we commonly do for our customers. You can set it up to where it will ring the office phone for a certain amount of rings, then if noone answers, you can have it ring your cellphone or any other phone then if you dont answer there, it goes back and leaves a voicemail at the office. All the while, the caller has no idea the call is being forwarded around.

Also, the Iphone has an App where you can set up a VoIP account directly on your iphone and make and receive calls from the app. This is called a softphone and they have several available that run on your computer. My partner uses it a lot and it works great! So far, there is not a softphone app for the blackberry but I’m hoping there will be soon.

Comment on Can VOIP telephone be forwarded to a non VOIP phone such as to a Blackberry or iPhone? by Greg

Greg — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:51:31 +0000

Yes, almost every VoIP provider offers Call Forwarding along with Caller ID, Voice Mail etc… But, you don’t need an expensive VoIP account for those features, MagicJack will do that for you, and they are only $ 19.95 or $ 19.99 per year.

I use my Magicjack for my office phone, and have a toll free number ringing into it. Nothing like paying about 20 bucks per year for business phone service, and less than 3 cents per minute for toll free service nationwide. I love saving thousands per year over what I used to pay with Qwest.

Comment on Q&A: will all voip access devices work with all voip service providers? by David D

David D — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 10:43:07 +0000

There may be something of use here.

Comment on How is the call quality of VoIP? What are the best providers? by KB

KB — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 05:16:00 +0000

I have a Vonage account it very good. You have to change the quality setting to the highest then it very good.

Comment on What voip providers allow you to keep your existing telephone range? by Gary G

Gary G — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 12:14:38 +0000

There are tons of providers out there. Check this link:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20920967-General-VoIP-providers-with-LNP-Support

Comment on Is skype the best voip service provider or three are others voip service providers? ? by Haris

Haris — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:30:22 +0000

Try SMSDiscount.com, VoIPRaider.com, Nonoh.net instead! Best, cheapest of the lot!

Comment on Is skype the best voip service provider or three are others voip service providers? ? by Mr. VoIP

Mr. VoIP — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 20:38:19 +0000

I have used Skype for over 3 years now. It works very good for me. My borther in New Mexico and I (in Canada) talk together with Skype often and find its voice quality very good. But for some reason, some other people don’t seem to share our same experience.
Skypes per/minute rates are not the cheapest. But their Unlimited USA and Canada plan for $ 2.95/month is a good deal.

Google Talk works quite good too, for me. But, Google Talk is primarily for PC-to-PC calling for free, similar to Skype’s PC-to-PC calling. Google Talk will work over a Dial-up connection too. So, for some people still stuck on dial-up, that is a viable option. There is a service that connects Google Talk to landlines. It’s called GTalk2voip.com

Another PC based VoIP solution is Efonica. Their per/minute rates are slightly cheaper than Skype.

Gizmo5 is a Skype competitor with very similar rates and features.

For my primary home phone system I use my own configurable Linksys SPA-2102-NA VoIP adapter and configure it to work with pay-as-you-go and BYOD (bring your own device) VoIP services like CallCentric, InPhonex, Les.net, and Voip.ms. But, doing it this way takes a little more technical know how, which doesn’t seem to appeal to most people.