voip.ms number porting

[canadatoronto]

- Does anybody have any experience porting a phone number from voip.ms to another carrier (ie. rogers, bell, another voip provider...)?
I was told by Rogers csr that once you port your number to voip.ms you can not port it back, is there any reason why you should not be able to do so?

- What happens to the number if the voip company goes out of business?

Thanks.

[JAC]

http://wiki.voip.ms/article/Porting_a_Number#What_about_porting_out.3F

[evergreen2]

Thank you for this post

[canadatoronto]

Thanks for the link Jac. So may be they were just trying to change my mind about canceling...

[PianoGuy]

I was told by Rogers csr that once you port your number to voip.ms you can not port it back, is there any reason why you should not be able to do so?

There is no reason why VoIP.ms would refuse a legitimate port out request. Assuming Rogers ports in numbers (and I can't see why they would refuse business) you should be able to do what you want.

It could be that the CSR was confused and thinking of another scenario. They won't be able to port in a VoIP number that's not from your rate centre. Here's an example. In British Columbia, Vancouver and Richmond have local calling to each other. Let's say I live in Vancouver, but I get a Richmond number from VoIP.ms because it has a number combination I want. The Richmond number acts just like a Vancouver number, with the exception that I won't be able to port this to an LEC such as Telus or Shaw unless I move to Richmond. The LECs typically won't let you use a number not in your area.

However, a number that was with Rogers, and was ported to a VoIP provider, should be able to be ported back to Rogers, if you still live at the same address, or near the same address.


What happens to the number if the voip company goes out of business?

Many VoIP providers will give customers notice before going out of business. Your best bet is to attempt to port the number right away.

[redgrandam]

I could be wrong but I think a year or two ago you couldn't port out from VoIP.ms, as they were 'working on it'. Maybe it was another VoIP provider. Clearly either way you can do that now, which is great.

Rogers often gives false information about other companies. Try asking them about Teksavvy!! Lol. The lies they will have on the tip of their tongue.

[flight878]

Don't believe Rogers. But in general, it's always good to verify that, once you successfully port in a number, you can also port it out. VoIP.ms will allow you to port out.

For more info regarding porting w.r.t. VoIP, read this comprehensive post (http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,12997657).

[aemi]

now to high-jack your thread, but how do you use voip.ms?

From what I got, you need a special modem (?) a phone and internet. Is that it? It's like a replacement of a home phone right?

[death_hawk]

now to high-jack your thread, but how do you use voip.ms?

From what I got, you need a special modem (?) a phone and internet. Is that it? It's like a replacement of a home phone right?

Depends on what scale you want to deploy.
You can do a Skype type situation with a softphone installed on a PC to an ATA connected to a traditional PSTN phone to a dedicated VoIP phone to a full blown PBX connecting the previous devices.
It doesn't HAVE to replace your home phone, but it can. *insert caveats about usage during a power outage without proper setup*

[gnuman]

now to high-jack your thread, but how do you use voip.ms?

From what I got, you need a special modem (?) a phone and internet. Is that it? It's like a replacement of a home phone right?

You can get an ATA device like the PAP2T-NA that I use for my VOIP.ms account. It's pretty easy to setup in all honesty just look at a few guides and then you can set it up and test.

You don't need to use the premium routing and don't subscribe to the callerid function as I found quite a few of the numbers that call have the callerid get passed through even in value plan

[canadatoronto]

now to high-jack your thread, but how do you use voip.ms?

From what I got, you need a special modem (?) a phone and internet. Is that it? It's like a replacement of a home phone right?

Yes, to replace a landline, all you need is adding a voip adapter such as new Cisco SPA112 (around $60) which has replaced the popular PAP2T and is even easier to setup and connecting it to an available port on the router/switch or any available internet outlet in your house/office and then connecting a regular phone to it and signing up for a voip plan such as the one voip.ms provides, and porting your current phone number if nessesary or getting a new one.

A cellphone a is good back up in case of rare power outage or internet distruptions.

[acemobile]

My current "home phone" is with VOIP.ms for a couple of years now.
I have a PAP2 adapter connected to my home phone. If my internet goes down (with Teksavvy, it goes down quite often) I have VOIP.ms forward my calls to either my cellphone or my wife's cell.
Considering it's only $0.99/month, it works amazing! My wife and I rarely get any calls on the home phone.

[redgrandam]

My current "home phone" is with VOIP.ms for a couple of years now.
I have a PAP2 adapter connected to my home phone. If my internet goes down (with Teksavvy, it goes down quite often) I have VOIP.ms forward my calls to either my cellphone or my wife's cell.
Considering it's only $0.99/month, it works amazing! My wife and I rarely get any calls on the home phone.

Is there a specific setting to make sure it forwards to your cell if Internet is out?

[aemi]

how much is it to make phone calls?

[synaptech]

Is there a specific setting to make sure it forwards to your cell if Internet is out?

Yes you use the fail over settings. Has other options too, like if busy, no answer..etc.

[redgrandam]

Yes you use the fail over settings. Has other options too, like if busy, no answer..etc.

That's the one! Thanks. It was a whole ago I set it all upp thanks!