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 Review by crazyk4952 
UPDATED: 55 days ago
member for 7.8 years, 261 visits, last login: 1 days ago
 Pocatello,Bannock,ID
 Contract price not specified.
 about 1 days
 "can forward Google Voice number via SIP, free SIP to SIP calls, no charge toll free calls"
 "OK audio quality, questionable reliability"
 "Good as a backup"
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Currently I have a Linksys PAP2T that I have Line 2 configured for Gizmo. I have my Google Voice number forwarded to Gizmo, and my primary VOIP provider. I use this as a backup for calling toll free numbers, and I like to have a second phone ring when someone calls my Google Voice number and I am already talking on my primary VOIP line.
When I use this phone, I have noticed that people sound more distant than with my other provider. The quality has never been to the point of not being able to understand people, just not as clear. They are also missing a rather nice feature: CNAM.
I have noticed on several occasions, that my PAP2T will fail to register to Gizmo (and I get no dial tone). This problem resolves itself within a few minutes. This NEVER happens with my other VOIP provider.
Also, it seems that they are trying to benefit from all of the publicity of Google Voice, but they do not deliver in features or performance.
Based on my experience, I would not rely on Gizmo as a primary provider.
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Review by wavesound
Posted: 62 days ago
member for 7.8 years, 38 visits, last login: 55 days ago
Bolton,Worcester,MA
Contract price not specified.
"Reliable Calls, Good Call Quality."
"Support is useless..."
"Do not rely on Gizmo5 for anything other than testing."
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I started using Gizmo5 a while ago after I started using them for toll-free termination (I have since switched to another provider.). After using them for a while, I decided to add their OpenSky service to connect my Asterisk server to Skype.
Although the service works fairly well, they neglect to mention one important thing:
Skype aliases are permanently assigned. Once you create an alias (1333XXXXXXX -> SkypeName), you can never delete it. This policy not only makes no sense, its not disclosed on their website before you make your purchase.
Overall, I'd recommend looking elsewhere for SIP to Skype unless you're on a budget...
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Review by jydogg
Posted: 119 days ago
member for 160 days, 203 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Taunton,Bristol,MA
$1 per month
about 7 days
"Call quality, SIP standard"
"Horrible tech support, 7 days to add credit to account"
"If you can use it for free, do it, but don't look for support!"
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Got Gizmo5 about a year ago to use while traveling in an area with limited cellular coverage but decent internet. Installation of the soft phone is a snap, configuration of SIP devices is a bit dicey though, but with a bit of work, it does the trick. It even worked as an outbound trunk on my Asterisk box (for US toll-free calls and prepaid backup VoIP).
Adding call credit was a chore. Their Paypal interface is apparently a single human being that has to punch everything in by hand. It took me 7 days to have US$10 applied to the account for calling credit. Once I run it down, I'm not adding more.
The new Google Voice makes this a VERY worthwhile investment of time though due to the ability of even a soft phone to accept calls from landlines (and to make outbound calls with the help of a web browser).
Overall, worth the investment of time and money.
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Review by kieranmullen
UPDATED: 265 days ago
member for 3.9 years, 663 visits, last login: a few hours ago
Portland,Washington,OR
$2 per month (12 month contract)
"Unlimtied incomming service for $35 is great. No downtime."
"Customer service via email. Sometimes hard to held ahold of."
"If you need hand holding this may not be for you."
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For pay as you go with your own dedicated number you can't get much cheaper than this. The price of some numbers may vary but most of them are $35 per year or $12 for 3 months. Outgoing calls are only .19 per minute which is the top end what some providers will charge you to terminate calls. Most charge .01 but that is not much. They support mutliple softphone or hardware ATA registrations on the same account. Video chat, call recording, free voicemail, business accounts, Asterisk. SMS Etc Many features similar to skype except skype does not allow for hardware registration.
Worldwide Shared Call In Numbers
They are registered with the sipbroker.com network. To find your sip number form the Gizmo softphone dial ** Then go to »sipbroker.com/sipbroker/action/pstnNumbers pick a number, call it and then enterdial *747 followed by your full gizmo number 1-747-XXX-XXXX and you're connected.
More free outbound calling
Toll free numbers are of course free, it helps to use the softphone client when calling customer service so you can record your experience. They have a backdoor calling program in which many destinations are actually free to call BUT it plays a short message at the beginning of each call. So it is not the best thing to use for business calls.
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