Voip 800 # possible ? in Business Connectivity http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r22634433 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:06:33 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:06:33 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669620 kim : I didn't know we had a voip tech chat forum. Thank you.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669620 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:02:55 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669538 PX Eliezer : You should (also) be posting in the main Voip forum---

»VOIP Tech Chat

and looking directly as well at some of the major Voip providers such as Voip.MS (which is Canadian), CallCentric, and others.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22669538 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:49:10 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638766 kim : That's still a possibility.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638766 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:56:23 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638450 Matt :
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No work around for that eh? Dagnabbit!
They could switch their entire phone service to a VoIP provider, but that would incur additional costs too.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22638450 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:14:42 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637848 kim : No work around for that eh? Dagnabbit!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637848 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:14:17 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637107 Matt : Heya Kim,

So you want people to call an 800-number, and then have that number forward to your friend's business? Yeah, you can absolutely do that. Just sign up with any VoIP provider that offers 800 service and forwarding. You're going to pay per-minute inbound for the call however and might even have to pay again for the outbound "forwarded" portion of the call.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22637107 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:37:12 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636073 kim : Almost... on my service there is no such thing as long distance. They are all local calls. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636073 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:49:07 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636050 RockyBB : so you have a VOIP service for a fee, and that fee includes long distance minutes.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22636050 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:43:39 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635978 kim : Well I guess I should have been more specific. I have Voip on my home line. I do not pay for long distance. That's where I got 'free' from. Bad choice of words I guess.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635978 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:29:28 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635937 RockyBB : if you're looking for free, stop looking. there is no such aminal as free minutes on a toll-free number. Long ago there was a company that offered free minutes, but you had to pay a monthly fee of $1500 + a T1 loop fee of about double the market price. VOIP doesn't make stuff free, it makes it less expensive than traditional services, usually by packaging multiple services into a single package.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635937 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:20:45 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635434 kim : I'm actually doing this for a friends business. I'm trying to eliminate the cost of long distance to the business.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635434 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:42:56 EDT Re: Voip 800 # possible ? http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,22635056 drew : When my step-mother had an 800 for her home-office, they billed by the minute... she said it was more expensive for her than it would be for most people to have made the call using their long distance.

I know it's not VoIP, but are you trying to take on the cost for someone else or ...?
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I called my local cable provider Cogeco. I was told that they don't offer 800 service through Voip. Is this something inherent to the structure of Voip or just this carrier?

Bell quoted 7 cents/minute which is their long distance rate or a few plans which work out to ~ .03/min

I'm wondering if there's a connection type that would avoid this and thought Voip would be the answer.

Anyone have experience with 800 #'s and forwarding?

TIA,
Kim
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