I want to replace my cell phone with a mobile data plan and VOIP client. What's the most cost-effective option in the Montreal, Quebec area? Snowflake details inside.
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posted by signsofrain
on Feb 4, 2013 -
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Are there any decent business/enterprise-class internet providers in Los Angeles?
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posted by sektah
on Jan 2, 2013 -
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VoIP: How much should I really be paying for Canadian DIDs in major metro areas? Currently paying $2/mo for US numbers and $5/mo for Canadian.
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posted by thewalrus
on Oct 24, 2012 -
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Is there a way to talk make a Facetime call from an Android phone to an iPad?
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posted by Vorteks
on Sep 14, 2012 -
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Moving to Germany next year, how best to stay in touch with everyone back in the US?
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posted by photo guy
on Aug 1, 2012 -
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Please help me design a method for using an old iPhone to make and receive calls on my current AT&T wireless number by WiFi, preferably for free. Ideally, I would like to have this old iPhone (without service), sitting on my desk, ringing when calls come into my current AT&T number, and when I make outgoing calls via Wifi, the caller ID shows my current number. The reason is primarily that AT&T coverage is horrible inside my house, so the ability to do this by wifi at home would be great. But I hate the confusion created when you make outgoing calls and the number is different. I can think of very convoluted ways to do it, so I'm asking you smarties if you have a better way.
posted by DesmondDoomsday
on Jul 23, 2012 -
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I need some help with my Avaya 1100 series phone, and our support guy is totally unresponsive. Anyone know anything about these things?
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posted by backseatpilot
on Jun 4, 2012 -
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What is the best VoIP approach for a startup in the very early stages?
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posted by JPD
on Apr 25, 2012 -
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I'm thinking about getting an Obi110 VOIP appliance to replace our T-Mobile @Home service that's set to expire soon and keeping us tethered to an expensive plan.
Is Google Voice the best service to go with, or should I go for another SIP voip provider? 911, either built in or third party, is a must.
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posted by mccarty.tim
on Feb 18, 2012 -
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Where should I look and what should I look at for replacing our old Norstar/Meridian PBX? Should we replace the hardware or switch to a hosted solution?
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posted by MrBobaFett
on Feb 1, 2012 -
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University campus switching to VOIP. The landlines are perfectly good. What else can they be used for?
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posted by jwells
on Jan 27, 2012 -
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My VOIP phone requires a wired ethernet connection. But after an office redesign, my VOIP phone is now far enough away from the router than an ethernet cable isn't an option. Is there any way to get the VOIP phone (LinksysIP phone SPA 942) connected to my router via wifi? Some way to make it seem like it's on ethernet (like a wireless ethernet adapter or something)?
posted by cg1
on Oct 21, 2011 -
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Is there any VOIP or other audio-chat-over-the-internet software that doesn't massively compress the audio and flatten quiet moments into complete silence?
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posted by dmd
on Aug 17, 2011 -
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USB headset with a physical switch that enables speakers. OS X. Can I (my employer) buy such a thing?
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posted by sbutler
on Jun 30, 2011 -
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I am looking for a good VOIP provider for a medium size business - any recommendations or experience to share?
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posted by alcahofa
on May 23, 2011 -
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AT&T be gone. What are my options to have a land line at home? Can I use the phones I have?
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posted by snowjoe
on Apr 21, 2011 -
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I've got a VOIP service that's really inexpensive, a first year, new client deal. That's about to expire and my rate will bump. While it's still inexpensive, I'm wondering how I can get control of this and not be at the affect of a external company, specifically how can I control my public phone number, keep my calling rates low, and avoid having an external company call the shots.
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posted by diode
on Apr 4, 2011 -
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My T-Mobile contract expires in a couple months, and I'm considering ditching smartphones entirely and getting a tablet, instead. Anyone have any experience with this? Especially VoIP experience.
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posted by Squid Voltaire
on Apr 1, 2011 -
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Two LG Optimus Android Phones. One Google Voice account. Anyway to get both phones to play nicely using sipdroid & GV as the outbound & inbound calling method?
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posted by TrueVox
on Mar 18, 2011 -
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Sorry if this seems repetitive of other threads about home phone, VoIP, etc. I've read those, but my special snowflake situation is this:
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posted by randomkeystrike
on Feb 28, 2011 -
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My
alarm system uses one main phone line and one backup phone line to check in with the security service company by, apparently, dialing and transmitting tones to a 1-800 number. Paying $40 each month, even for two measured lines, seems quite unnecessary, if a cheaper "VOIP" replacement could help instead.
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posted by glibhamdreck
on Jan 19, 2011 -
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I'm looking to get a virtual international phone number that can send and receive SMS text messages and can be used with my US mobile phone.
I've found
Virtual Phone Line and
VoipVoip, but they support voice calls only, not SMS.
posted by matrushka
on Jan 11, 2011 -
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What system would be the best for forwarding my cellphone calls so I can stop getting robbed by RoBelLus (rogers, bell, tellus).
What I want to do is something
like this, but I'd prefer to have control over it so that I can decide whether or not my call ident sends to the recipient properly (this isnt totally necessary but I do like the idea of running my own pbx).
What I'm going to do is use the "Smart Dialing" option or some variant in my Crackberry or android phone (whenever it comes back from the repair depot), to call a PBX that will give me a dial tone than I want to have my phone automatically wait for a moment or two (to ensure the pbx has responded with a dial tone) than dial my desired number.
This way I can add my PBX's number to a "My Five" (or whatever its called for my provider). Thus essentially giving me unlimited calling.
Also forwarding calls from my pbx back to my cellphone would be ideal otherwise I would only be able to make outgoing calls from my phone and I want the best of both worlds.
Suggestions or solutions for how I'm going to be able accomplish this task would be appreciated.
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posted by Chamunks
on Oct 30, 2010 -
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I often work during the day in libraries or coffee shops with wifi but I'm too cheap to buy a cell phone. I have a laptop and a recent ipod touch. What are some clever ways I can contact my wife at home when I have something time-sensitive I need to share?
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posted by craniac
on Oct 27, 2010 -
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My Linksys T-mobile HiPort Wireless Router is sporadic and weird with my MacBook Pro 2007 Santa Rosa's wireless networking. What's the ideal way to fix this? Or should I get a new router? And what will we do when our contract is up and T-mobile shuts down the landline?
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posted by mccarty.tim
on Oct 24, 2010 -
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Anyone here using Vonage World plan? Is it good enough? Any alternatives?
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posted by zaxour
on Sep 30, 2010 -
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Is there anyway to use an existing phone with Skype and a wireless router without a PC?
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posted by fleeba
on Sep 8, 2010 -
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What is the best provider for telephone service for a small office? We are looking for a VOIP solution that allows forwarding of 800 numbers, allows everyone to have their own VM box, and call holding, forwarding, everyone to have their own extensions, etc.?
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posted by banished
on May 26, 2010 -
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This should be fairly simple. I use
Mumble, and I'm looking to have music piped over my server, sort of a juke box sort of thing. The more features (other people queueing songs, play lists, etc) the better, but at a minimum just playing my music without having to buy any extra hardware (something like
this, but for mumble). Any ideas? There must be SOME software that does this... right? Thanks in advance!
posted by TrueVox
on May 21, 2010 -
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Another ditch-the-cell-phone-bill/Google Voice question: Google Voice made me give them my cell phone number (800-OLD-CELL) when I signed up, and then assigned me a new number (800-GGL-VOIC). However, I don't have calls forwarded from the Google Voice number to my actual cell phone - Instead, everything goes to voicemail. What happens if I cancel my old cell phone number?
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posted by lizzicide
on May 1, 2010 -
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