Voicestick no longer free - now $3.75/month - Page 3

andy · 30-09-2007, 14:59

I'd guess that IPKall would be ok for North American users but nobody else

The problem is that they seem to have changed policy that they must have a recognised caller ID for incoming calls to the number, which might leave out some VoIP providers.

But even with a caller ID sent, they themselves have corrupted the incoming DID by truncating it at both ends

+4478xxxxx605 becomes 478xxxxx60

Well, that was 2 or 3 months ago, and I haven't tried since

dg7feq · 30-09-2007, 15:46

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Originally Posted by PhotoJim

It can't be forwarded to a PSTN number, but it can be made to ring on a SIP device very easily.

I signed up there some days ago.
But the number never got activated as it seems. Always get a fast-busy-signal when i try to call it.

Chris

andy · 30-09-2007, 17:20

Does anyone think it will still be possible to use Voicestick for call forwarding, with a different DID pointed to the SIP address?

PhotoJim · 30-09-2007, 22:07

You will get a fast busy signal if you don't have your SIP client running and have the ipkall account properly configured. I got it to work without any trouble.

petkow · 30-09-2007, 22:43

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Originally Posted by andy

Does anyone think it will still be possible to use Voicestick for call forwarding, with a different DID pointed to the SIP address?

Probably... I don't see why not. They are after all just a standard SIP service. However, even though they were obviously very popular here on ppgsm, are their rates really any good? I don't think so!

DRNewcomb · 01-10-2007, 03:06

I opened a trouble ticket telling them I didn't want an account that charged $3.75 per month and got a terse "Thanks for your business." reply. Now I can't get into my account. It looks like they just took my credit balance. I think I'm due some explanation.

prion · 01-10-2007, 08:11

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

I opened a trouble ticket telling them I didn't want an account that charged $3.75 per month and got a terse "Thanks for your business." reply. Now I can't get into my account. It looks like they just took my credit balance. I think I'm due some explanation.

They will give you a new login number once the process is complete. They will also transfer your balance to the new account. Only the passwd remains the same.

dg7feq · 01-10-2007, 10:21

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Originally Posted by PhotoJim

You will get a fast busy signal if you don't have your SIP client running and have the ipkall account properly configured. I got it to work without any trouble.

ok i'll check the settings again. The SIP device is always running as it is my DSL modem. But maybe the SIP adress doesnt work for them. I have several ones to check though

EDIT: Now i used a differnet SIP-adress to forward and it works.

Chris

DRNewcomb · 01-10-2007, 13:00

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Originally Posted by prion

They will give you a new login number once the process is complete. They will also transfer your balance to the new account. Only the passwd remains the same.

OK. I'll try to be patient. They could have told me something like that.

MATHA531 · 01-10-2007, 14:46

.....anybody ever hear the term bait and switch...that is exactly what has happened here and while it is not illegal, it is certainly immoral (and no there have been no recent legislation to justify this charge...it's greed pure and simple).

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	30-09-2007, 14:59 I'd guess that IPKall would be ok for North American users but nobody else The problem is that they seem to have changed policy that they must have a recognised caller ID for incoming calls to the number, which might leave out some VoIP providers. But even with a caller ID sent, they themselves have corrupted the incoming DID by truncating it at both ends +4478xxxxx605 becomes 478xxxxx60 Well, that was 2 or 3 months ago, and I haven't tried since

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	30-09-2007, 17:20 Does anyone think it will still be possible to use Voicestick for call forwarding, with a different DID pointed to the SIP address?

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PhotoJim (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Expert Posts: 389 Join Date: 10 Dec 2006 Location: Regina, SK, CA Country:	30-09-2007, 22:07 You will get a fast busy signal if you don't have your SIP client running and have the ipkall account properly configured. I got it to work without any trouble. CA: SaskTel, Wind postpaid; Rogers, Bell postpaid iPad flex plans; US: T-Mobile postpaid data, prepaid voice; PureTalk (AT&T MVNO) prepaid voice/data; AT&T prepaid iPad plan Hardware: Too much but notably iPhone 5, iPad Mini Retina LTE, Moto G LTE (N.A. version), iPhone 4. All unlocked.

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DRNewcomb (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,465 Join Date: 27 Feb 2004 Location: Mississippi, USA Country:	01-10-2007, 03:06 I opened a trouble ticket telling them I didn't want an account that charged $3.75 per month and got a terse "Thanks for your business." reply. Now I can't get into my account. It looks like they just took my credit balance. I think I'm due some explanation.

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MATHA531 (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Specialist Posts: 869 Join Date: 15 Oct 2004 Country:	01-10-2007, 14:46 .....anybody ever hear the term bait and switch...that is exactly what has happened here and while it is not illegal, it is certainly immoral (and no there have been no recent legislation to justify this charge...it's greed pure and simple).