access3219
join:2006-10-07
Wixom, MI
| portable ata
I was told you can pick up your ata and take it "anywhere" there is a DSL or broadband access.
I am moving to Arizona for the winter, can I take my ATA there, I have quest phone service and quest dsl internet access.
I had planned to take the ATA and hook it up to the bare basic phone line quest provided me for their dsl. Like I have here in michigan. I would then use the computer phone number attvantage gave me to make my calls from there.
Is this possible? or am I dreaming, if i am dreaming why do they say its usable in hotels and its portable?
I am confused. |
Fisamo
Premium
join:2004-02-20
Apex, NC
 ·VOIPo
·AT&T CallVantage
| In technical terms, it is possible to take the TA to anywhere that has an internet connection, even overseas. However, there are a few "buts"... Some services block overseas IP addresses from registering to their network. I know for certain that ViaTalk does this, but I don't know what AT&T's IP filtering practice is. The bigger "but" is in terms of E911 service. AT&T has responded to the FCC's regulation that all "interconnected VoIP providers" (meaning has a regular phone# and can call regular phone#'s--some providers only accept calls over the internet and only allow calls to be placed over the 'net) in the following way. If you turn off your adapter for even a short period of time, you will have to 'confirm the location of your telephone adapter' before you can make outgoing calls. You confirm the location by pressing "1" to indicate that you haven't moved it, or pressing 3 or 8 (don't recall which) to indicate that you have moved it. If you indicate that you've moved the TA, your outbound service is blocked until you provide AT&T with the address where the TA is located AND AT&T verifies that they can provide E911 for that address. It's a royal pain, but I don't use my service that way, so I'm not bothered by it.
The easiest way around the problem is to always tell AT&T that you haven't moved the adapter, and never use that line to dial 911. (Otherwise, emergency personnel would be dispatched to your home address.) I suspect that course of action is somehow against the TOS, so you have to decide if that's a reasonable approach for you. If that's a deal breaker, check out other providers that are a little more flexible with E911 implementation. Good luck. |
