free trial from a VOIP provider
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@scottalanmiller said:
voip.ms and VoicePulse are great starting points. Voip.ms is very cheap. VoicePulse is one of the more expensive ones today at $11/mo for four "lines."
the matter is i don't have a payment card to buy anything online and this trial i want it for my personal learning not in business
that will be an issue with any VoIP provider. I don't know of any that don't require a credit card. Hmmm... interesting challenge.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
@Danp said:
Have you reviewed this thead?
i took a look aver that thread and it looks like google voice provide a free SIP Trunk ??
Google Voice can be used that way, worth trying out.
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I had google voice working on my C@C FreePBX months ago - seemed OK.
But as Scott mentioned, getting a local number to you may be impossible.
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no problem, what kind of number i will get?? US number for example ??
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it looks like all technologies reside in US,
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@IT-ADMIN said:
no problem, what kind of number i will get?? US number for example ??
US is definitely available. But generally many others are too.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
it looks like all technologies reside in US,
Yes, the world's phone systems are based around the US phone system, so nearly all phone services eventually terminate there. Most VoIP providers are there.
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it is not fair lol
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@IT-ADMIN said:
it is not fair lol
If places like Qatar would open their phone systems and make them available to vendors, VoIP companies would move in there too. Too many countries lock down their phone systems making it difficult or impossible for VoIP to function there.
The phone system is very antiquated. Probably about time for it to go away.
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yes you are right, because voip calls made revolution in the phone systems industry, and they lock the market so that they can keep high rate phone calls and not having competitors
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what a bad attitude
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@scottalanmiller said:
VoicePulse is one of the more expensive ones today at $11/mo for four "lines."
That plan is no longer available for new purchase. They have switched to a model similar to VoIP.ms. They branded it VoicePulse FIVE. https://five.voicepulse.com/business/
They are more expensive than VoIP.ms by double on the outbound US calling, but the inbound is the same as VoIP.ms. Toll free is a bit higher, DID are a bit higher.
If VoicePulse offered more than 2 datacenters, or if I lived on the coasts, I would consider this new plan.
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@Danp said:
Have you reviewed this thead?
@IT-ADMIN said:
i took a look aver that thread and it looks like google voice provide a free SIP Trunk ??
Technically, no. Google Voice does not provide a SIP trunk. They never have and pretty much never will unless they significantly change the way they have chosen to operate.
What you can do with Google Voice is make use of XMPP to connect your PBX to your GV account and have it initiate a call.
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At the core, GV was designed as a call forwarding service. It was originally a product called GrandCentral (and I had the service). Google bought the company in 2009.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@IT-ADMIN said:
what a bad attitude
Whom, the country for locking it down?
yes the country that lock and prevent private VOIP companies from doing business in it, this is a bad attitude
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@IT-ADMIN said:
yes the country that lock and prevent private VOIP companies from doing business in it, this is a bad attitude
Yes, quite unfortunate.
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what about the built in sip trunk in freePBX called sipstation, they mentioned in the freePBX GUI that you can get free trial, anyone tried that before???
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I know that I have not.
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@IT-ADMIN said:
what about the built in sip trunk in freePBX called sipstation, they mentioned in the freePBX GUI that you can get free trial, anyone tried that before???
Yes I tried it and it works fine. But you have the same limitations as any other SIP provider, you won't have a local phone number.
