said by devy :I'm a bit new to VOIP & SIP, but I'm starting to figure things out
I have two questions for MartinM (or anyone who can answer)...
1) Why can't I be using a mobile phone? ie. you say "I never understood the appeal of being able to receive a SMS on a number that is not a cel phone".. but don't people use VOIP/SIP on mobile devices?
2) I apologize for being slow, but I'm not clear as to where the SMS feature falls into your priority list?
Trying to find my way to having a voice & sms over IP solution that I can run on my Android device.
Thank you kindly.
My point was that if you're already using a Cel Phone, why do you want to receive the SMS somewhere else? E.G: SMS Sent to your VoIP number, received by email.
To maintain a SIP Connection over a 3G Connection, that means you already have a mobile plan. Is there a reason why you want to have people that already call your mobile and have your mobile number listed as their contact, send an SMS to a different number?
I'm not saying SMS is useless, we're just discussing. I like reading all the opinions so far and what use people would do with incoming SMS available on their SIP DID Numbers. I've seen it in action with the Jabber protocol and while it was nice as a technical point of view I failed to find a use for it.
I do see some legitimate reasons in this thread so far that qualifies outside of "hobbyist" reasons. Keep them coming.