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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      Phone systems are never free, even for trials, because of the way that they are - they are low margin, per minute usage systems. If you want to trial them, you just pay for them. What does a month of service cost? $2, $5, $11 tops! Vendors know that if you want pay $5 to test for a month, you won't buy at the end of the month. And it costs them money to deliver that service, potentially more than the $5 if you use the service heavily depending on how they bill.

      To trial VoIP, just buy a VoIP service. You only pay for what yo use. There is really no need for a trial.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Same with Internet. Imagine calling an ISP and asking for a month of free Internet access in order to "test out using the Internet." No one is going to do that. But you can pay for a month of service and if you don't like it, cancel it and only pay for the one month.

        Same with water, sewage, medical care and other utilities.

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        • IT-ADMINI
          IT-ADMIN
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          yes your statement is logical

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          • scottalanmillerS
            scottalanmiller
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            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."

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              I don't believe that any VoIP vendor is going to be able to get you phone numbers in Qatar though. You will likely be stuck with a US or European number.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller
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                Or maybe something like Bahrain, UAE, etc.

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                • IT-ADMINI
                  IT-ADMIN @Danp
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                  @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 ??

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                  • IT-ADMINI
                    IT-ADMIN @scottalanmiller
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                    @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

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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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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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                        last edited by

                        @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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                        • DashrenderD
                          Dashrender
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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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                          • IT-ADMINI
                            IT-ADMIN
                            last edited by

                            no problem, what kind of number i will get?? US number for example ??

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                            • IT-ADMINI
                              IT-ADMIN
                              last edited by

                              it looks like all technologies reside in US, 😞

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                last edited by

                                @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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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
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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-ADMINI
                                    IT-ADMIN
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                                    it is not fair lol

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                      last edited by

                                      @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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                                      • IT-ADMINI
                                        IT-ADMIN
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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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                                        • IT-ADMINI
                                          IT-ADMIN
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                                          what a bad attitude

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @IT-ADMIN
                                            last edited by

                                            @IT-ADMIN said:

                                            what a bad attitude

                                            Whom, the country for locking it down?

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