reckless
join:2007-12-30 | Yak sign up? Hi, I am now with TSI home phone and I want to sign up with Yak LD but under "Local Carrier" Teksavvy is not listed? What do I choose, Bell?
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TSI Rocky
Premium,VIP
join:2005-05-19
Chatham, ON
1 edit | Re: Yak sign up? Bell...... maybe say Teksavvy (Bell reseller for local phone service) in the comment line (if available). | |
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join:2003-07-31
Toronto, ON
| Re: Yak sign up? Be careful with Yak. I have Teksavvy for phone and internet and they've screwed up my line so that I cannot dial longdistance at all. They tell me that Bell has placed a block on my like and Teksavvy is saying that Yak's system is not updated. I've had no LD since the switch and am frustrated. Any suggesions? | |
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Shikomu
join:2007-11-16
Ontario | I signed up with Teksavvy Home phone and signed up for Yak
LD and in the line you could only chose Bell there was no comment line. Its been like 2 weeks and still I am not with Yak LD. So I gave up and went with Skype for any LD calls. | |
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| oblender
join:2003-07-31
Toronto, ON
| Re: Yak sign up? Yak seems to have a problem with Teksavvy or just resellers in general. I spoke to a supervisor who said she could not find Teksavvy in their database. The said my line was bell but it's a reseller of bell. Not happy here. I've been using skype for LD but it's not the best. | |
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| | timc
join:2008-04-21 | Re: Yak sign up? Is this still a problem for people, or have Yak figured it out? I use Yak long distance and my phone will be switched to Teksavvy next week. | |
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Shikomu
join:2007-11-16
Ontario | Re: Yak sign up? I'm still waiting for Yak or Teksavvy to figure it out ! its been almost 3 weeks !! | |
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join:2008-04-21
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·odynet
| Re: Yak sign up? said by Shikomu  :I'm still waiting for Yak or Teksavvy to figure it out ! its been almost 3 weeks !! So what happens in the interim? You said you are using Skype for your long distance calls. What if that isn't an option? | |
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Shikomu
join:2007-11-16
Ontario
| Re: Yak sign up? timc. Your best bet is use telehop numbers. Dial code before and it will be charged to your Teksavvy Bill. like 1010100 or 1010YAK (whatever the code is) I used 1010100 it was like 4 cents. Yake is like 3.5 Cents. theres many. Otherwise teksavvy's charge is liek 10 Cents a minute. | |
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Jean_22
join:2005-08-27
Quebec, QC | Are there any other compagnies offering a similar service that works? | |
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| cluster5
join:2005-10-12 | Re: Yak sign up? My parents use world line. Its 3.95$ for unlimited ld in Canada anytime. | |
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| | MoreFaxes
join:2002-09-27
United
| Re: Yak sign up? said by cluster5 :My parents use world line. Its 3.95$ for unlimited ld in Canada anytime. Any link or contact information for sign up? Is it a direct dial or you need to call an access number first? | |
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join:2002-04-20
canada
·Colbanet
| Re: Yak sign up? said by MoreFaxes :said by cluster5 :My parents use world line. Its 3.95$ for unlimited ld in Canada anytime. Any link or contact information for sign up? Is it a direct dial or you need to call an access number first? Yes you need to call an acess number, makes it kind of not worth it if you don'T use it also for a cellphone. | |
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| | Jean_22
join:2005-08-27
Quebec, QC
 ·Videotron
| said by cluster5 :My parents use world line. Its 3.95$ for unlimited ld in Canada anytime. Yeah I just check and it looks great! I hear their ads on the radio often, but I thought it was some kind of soft VoIP or something. Thanks! | |
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join:2005-10-12
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Re: Yak sign up? www.worldline.ca
The parents have been using it for over 3 years now. All you have to do is dial an access number then the 10 digit number you want to reach. For 3.95$/mnt it gives you unlimited Canadian LD anytime. Beats Bell's Simplitel plans all the way. I think now, you can register 2 numbers for that price, therefor, if you have a cell phone, it can work for both. | |
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join:2007-12-24
PowerUser
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Re: Yak sign up? Just curious, why not go with a full VoIP provider and an ATA?
I use Call Centric (callcentric.com) and love them. $.02/min anywhere in North America, fax reception by email, nationwide access numbers so you can get your $.02 rate at payphones and such. Voicemails to email, etc, etc, and only $1.95/mo for your own DID (phone number).
And their account management website interface is second to none. I swear I don't work for them or anything, I just put them right up there with Teksavvy. Prob my two favorite companies right now. | |
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join:2002-09-27
United
| Re: Yak sign up? I tried Concentric. I was given a 1777 internal number. Interestingly, the voice quality was very poor for 416 and 905 calls. When a call goes to other areas, it seems to work fine. I have changed different codecs but still with no difference. I'm not sure if this is your experience. | |
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Gokuu
join:2001-08-27
| I had problems with Call Centric I trialed Call Centric for 1 month with a 647 DID using a PAP2T ATA. While the outgoing calling was great, I had incoming call problems from others callers in Canada, particularly during peak times at night. This would result in incoming calls getting a busy signal (not system busy). Sometimes it was necessary to call my number 10 times before it rang. I was able to consistently reproduce the problem many times. Their support eventually gave up, and so I ditched the test DID. I suspect their upstream provider for Canada stinks. I also had a few problems dialing Japan with them.
Their dashboard is excellent, as you described.
I'm now testing Unlimitel using TrixBox and IAX2. SOLID!
said by PowerUser :Just curious, why not go with a full VoIP provider and an ATA? I use Call Centric (callcentric.com) and love them. $.02/min anywhere in North America, fax reception by email, nationwide access numbers so you can get your $.02 rate at payphones and such. Voicemails to email, etc, etc, and only $1.95/mo for your own DID (phone number). And their account management website interface is second to none. I swear I don't work for them or anything, I just put them right up there with Teksavvy. Prob my two favorite companies right now. | |
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join:2005-08-27
Quebec, QC
·Videotron
| Re: Yak sign up? said by PowerUser :Just curious, why not go with a full VoIP provider and an ATA? I use Call Centric (callcentric.com) and love them. $.02/min anywhere in North America, fax reception by email, nationwide access numbers so you can get your $.02 rate at payphones and such. Voicemails to email, etc, etc, and only $1.95/mo for your own DID (phone number). And their account management website interface is second to none. I swear I don't work for them or anything, I just put them right up there with Teksavvy. Prob my two favorite companies right now. I thought about VoIP at first but it would cost like $150 in activation/installation fee with Dry DSL, or is the jack installation included with Dry DSL? | |
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join:2004-01-17
Kitchener, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| Re: Yak sign up? said by Jean_22 :I thought about VoIP at first but it would cost like $150 in activation/installation fee with Dry DSL, or is the jack installation included with Dry DSL? ??? The activation fee on TSI's site is $19.99. You will get one jack installed, in a place of Bell Canada's choosing (probably outdoors on the hydro meter) as a demarcation point, if you bug the technician. It isn't hard to install your own wiring after that. If you're lazy, one of those 100 ft. telephone extension cords would do (although it will play hell with your stats).
If you're lucky, you'll be in an apartment or older townhouse, in which case you'll have the demarcation point indoors. | |
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join:2005-08-27
Quebec, QC
·Videotron
| Re: Yak sign up? said by shepd :said by Jean_22 :I thought about VoIP at first but it would cost like $150 in activation/installation fee with Dry DSL, or is the jack installation included with Dry DSL? ??? The activation fee on TSI's site is $19.99. You will get one jack installed, in a place of Bell Canada's choosing (probably outdoors on the hydro meter) as a demarcation point, if you bug the technician. It isn't hard to install your own wiring after that. If you're lazy, one of those 100 ft. telephone extension cords would do (although it will play hell with your stats). If you're lucky, you'll be in an apartment or older townhouse, in which case you'll have the demarcation point indoors. Oh that's new then. It was $60 activation before | |
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MoreFaxes
join:2002-09-27
United | Try Wlink. They also have no network fee, 3.8 cents per minute for domestic calls. www.wlink.ca | |
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Etheric
join:2007-04-16 | Still waiting for my yak to be setup after switching to TSI home phone. Hopefully they get this issue resolved soon. | |
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| Jean_22
join:2005-08-27
Quebec, QC
·Videotron
| Re: Yak sign up? Which plan is it on the signup page? WordTalk Residential? | |
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timc
join:2008-04-21
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·odynet
| So if I call 1-700-555-4141 and it tells me that my long distance is still provided by Yak, is that all I need to know? I don't want to call them up and have them fix it if it ain't broke. Especially considering the issues that some on this forum have had. | |
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fatness
subtle
Janitor
join:2000-11-17
fishing | Re: Yak sign up? n/m | |
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| reckless
join:2007-12-30 | I call the 1-700-555-4141 number and it tells me my provider is now Yak. This happened within a week or less for me. | |
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cacruden
join:2008-03-18
Toronto, ON | Thanks for the phone number - I had applied a few weeks ago - but had not heard from them -- apparently I am on Yak  | |
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emoci
join:2007-05-29
York, ON
| Since people are discussing this, what's your experience like with Yak LD?
I pretty much need to park my LD service somwhere for "just in case situations", been using VoIP for LD otherwise...
I have been using 3WEB's Simple 7 for the last 3 years or so...with how little I make use of it, it's fine, but I do have to send email after email once in a while to get credited back for one minute incompleted calls.... | |
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sbrook
Premium,Mod
join:2001-12-14
H0H 0H0 | I've had fewer problems with Yak than I did with Bell! | |
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| timc
join:2008-04-21
·TekSavvy Solutions..
·odynet
| Re: Yak sign up? Yak has been just fine with me for the past couple of weeks I've been with them. I never had any problems with Bell long distance either, other than the cost. Most recently, I had long distance from Rogers, but their costs slowly crept up to be the same as Bell's. | |
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chronoss2008
Premium
join:2008-03-29 | so teksavvy doesnt do longdistance?
hrm
that sucks or do they?
all this has me a might bit confused | |
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| emoci
join:2007-05-29
York, ON | Re: Yak sign up? Teksavvy does offer Unlimited US/Canada for an extra $19.95/month if you get HomePhone from them, but no Pay As You Go, or packages for international destinations for now.... | |
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Taylortbb
Premium
join:2007-02-18
Waterloo, ON
·TekSavvy Solutions..
| said by chronoss2008 :so teksavvy doesnt do longdistance? hrm that sucks or do they? all this has me a might bit confused TekSavvy does long distance. Their standard rate is $0.10/minute anywhere in Canada. You can also do unlimited north america long distance for $19.95/month.
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www.taylorbyrnes.org | |
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chronoss2008
Premium
join:2008-03-29 | only long distance i need is like one or two calls a month to doctor
and im going TSI phone end a month....
freedom..... | |
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