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Re: FWD-Free world diapup, how does it work? said by alfonzo21:I will check on the Spirua 3000... to see if it would meet our needs. The problem I have ran into on setting up a VOIP line out of the US ....is that they do not allow it if the box is outside the US. Packet8 does not allow an unlimited service unless the box is pulling an IP address from the US. I haven't gotten anyone to test this with yet (you really need SPA-3000's on both ends of the link to properly test this, and I only own one) so YMMV. But FWIW I have heard that with a proper dual Sipura SPA-3000 setup (i.e. a Sipura SPA-3000 on both ends) and 4 "free world dialup" accounts (two accounts per SPA-3000) and a "normal phone line" on each end (which could be a locked VoIP adapter from some other service), you can setup an arrangement where either party can do all of the following from the "phone" attached to their SPA-3000:
1) Call out and receive FWD calls (and this also means that either party can call the other "for free"). This one is easy, and is done by putting the 1st FWD account for that user/device into the primary "Line 1" slot of the SPA-3000 (and possibly modifying your "dial plan" to make FWD calling easier to do than the "default dial plan" makes it).
2) Call out via any secondary VoIP services you have (locally) setup in the four "gateway" slots in the SPA-3000. To do this, you just configure those VoIP services on the 4 "gateway" fields, and change your "Dial Plan" so that you can dial some special "code" on your phone to direct the call via one of your "gateway" providers.
3) Call out and/or receive calls from your local telco "line" at your residence (and remember, another provider's "locked VoIP adapter" could be the "telco line" you hook the SPA-3000 up to). To do this, you obviously have to plug the SPA-3000 into that telco line. You will also have to modify your "dial plan" (so that you have the option to dial out via the telco line), and enable the "ring through" option (so the telco line ringing will also ring the SPA-3000's phone port).
4) And finally, if the other side's "line" isn't currently in use, you should be able to call their 2nd FWD number (the number you didn't use to make a direct call to them), have their SPA-3000 auto-answer the call, enter a "pin code" (so that their SPA-3000 knows it is you), and then get "dial tone" on their "phone line" (even if it's in a different country)! This one is the hardest to setup (and one part I haven't yet tested), and makes use of the 2nd FWD number being programmed into the "PTSN" side of each SPA-3000, and the VoIP=>PSTN gateway features being enabled (and configured). But once it is setup, you can not only use your local "phone line", but also the remote person's "phone line"!
NOTE: This setup does NOT give you access to the remote end's "secondary VoIP services". You only have those accounts "locally" with this setup. But it does give you indirect access (via FWD and the SPA-3000's) to the remote end's "telco line", even if that "line" is another (locked) VoIP device (such as a Packet8 DTA). And it also gives you the ability to directly "talk" (with your remote "buddy"), and use any services you locally have access to!
Now, that said, I haven't yet had an opportunity to test this setup (although others are apparently using it), so YMMV.
Also, keep in mind that allowing a remote buddy in another country to "borrow" your local "phone line" (especially if that "line" is something like an unlimited Packet8 account) may very well be against the TOS you agreed to when you signed up for that residential service. And while such arrangements appear to be legal in the USA (I'm not a lawyer, so don't take this as legal advice), such "bypassing" of the normal telco routes could (potentially) be serious violations of some other country's telco laws (especially in a country that has highly regulated and highly taxed telco services). So make sure that using an SPA-3000 in this way isn't illegal in the country you are doing it in first, before just blindly setting things up this way to save money. |
