Truphone

Stu · 16-02-2009, 14:10

I saw the IHT's article on Dubai. Right now my wife's work is secure, but remember she works for a US company and is only 1/3 time in Dubai. The company bills her by the hour and she is one of their top hourly biller so they are actually making money on her. She also has one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in her company so I think we are ok.

My wife likes a phone for telephoning and a PDA for email. For $10 a month, I am not going to fight with her about this. She carries a Blackberry Curve with UMA and a Samsung Katalyst which are both HS@HOme compatible. I have an old Nokia 6086, but rarely have my SIM card in that phone except when I am out of the country.

My E-71 has unlimited hotspot calling in most countries via my Asterisks server. My standard second phone is an E65. I have SwyxIt Mobile on it which is meant for their PBX, but works fine for my Asterisks system (not all the secondary commands work) and allows seamless two stage dialing.

My ATT phone still has fast forward on it (unlimited call forwarding minutes) and I basically divert that number to my solution de jour. When I am at home or at work, I divert the number to my Asterisks system. I have a friend who is a small VOIP reseller in Michigan. He has given me four or five US inbound DIDs and I buy 100,000 North American minutes a month from him for $25. He also ported my home phone and business lines over. I have the capacity to set the CID on my outbound DIDs so I am pretty much in business. I have Voicetrading and a Future-Nine account for my international calls. I also have a UK and a Canadian DID,, but that is a different story. No one seems to be selling UAE DIDs for obvious reasons.

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Stu (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Guru Posts: 1,091 Join Date: 11 Feb 2004 Location: Detroit (formerly Dubai) Country:	16-02-2009, 14:10 I saw the IHT's article on Dubai. Right now my wife's work is secure, but remember she works for a US company and is only 1/3 time in Dubai. The company bills her by the hour and she is one of their top hourly biller so they are actually making money on her. She also has one of the highest customer satisfaction ratings in her company so I think we are ok. My wife likes a phone for telephoning and a PDA for email. For $10 a month, I am not going to fight with her about this. She carries a Blackberry Curve with UMA and a Samsung Katalyst which are both HS@HOme compatible. I have an old Nokia 6086, but rarely have my SIM card in that phone except when I am out of the country. My E-71 has unlimited hotspot calling in most countries via my Asterisks server. My standard second phone is an E65. I have SwyxIt Mobile on it which is meant for their PBX, but works fine for my Asterisks system (not all the secondary commands work) and allows seamless two stage dialing. My ATT phone still has fast forward on it (unlimited call forwarding minutes) and I basically divert that number to my solution de jour. When I am at home or at work, I divert the number to my Asterisks system. I have a friend who is a small VOIP reseller in Michigan. He has given me four or five US inbound DIDs and I buy 100,000 North American minutes a month from him for $25. He also ported my home phone and business lines over. I have the capacity to set the CID on my outbound DIDs so I am pretty much in business. I have Voicetrading and a Future-Nine account for my international calls. I also have a UK and a Canadian DID,, but that is a different story. No one seems to be selling UAE DIDs for obvious reasons. Last edited by Stu; 16-02-2009 at 14:19..