christcorp
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| reply to Brian in MD
Re: VOIPo - Now (unofficially) supporting BYOD
Generally speaking; there is very little reasoning behind BYOD if the provider is providing an adapter for free. Not that there aren'y ANY reasons; just very little. I myself, have so many adapters sitting around the house with no use whatsoever. However; I like knowing that if for some reason my voip isn't working or is acting weird; I can swap out adapters and see if I still have the problem. So for me, troubleshooting is the main reason. For others, there are definitely some reasons.
The reason I mention this is because even though many here have mentioned wanting to use BYOD; that is mainly because; like me and others here; you are geeks. The overwhelming majority of ANY VOIP PROVIDER has no interest whatsoever in using their own adapters. Especially if a new one from their provider is free. As such; from a strictly business standpoint; it makes sense to not allow BYOD. It's been very successful that way for vonage and packet8. The 2 largest 3rd party voip providers out there. The reason it's so successful is because of their ability to control variables and maximize training and customer support. Anyway; I think it's quite generous of Tim (VoipO) to allow users to use their own adapters if they wany. I hope it works out for all of these users. And if you need; there are a lot of brainiacs like yourselves available in these forums to help. But definitely, don't call VoipO unless you are 100% positive. Matter of fact; if you can sign up with voipo and get their free adapter; then you will have a known good one to use if you run into problems. Especially with conflicting dial plans and such. later... mike... |
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n1zuk
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| said by christcorp  :Generally speaking; there is very little reasoning behind BYOD if the provider is providing an adapter for free. Not that there aren'y ANY reasons; just very little. I'll give one: I use my SPA-1000 so I can use one provider for domestic calling, and another for international calling, all from a single line phone.
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UHF
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| reply to christcorp
No local DIDs, and I'm locked into a Qwest POTS line. So I use a ZOOM 5801 to route all long distance via VOIP, local and 911 via POTS. All incoming of course comes in on the POTS port. Works for me, but would be ugly for VOIPo or any provider to try to support such a setup. |
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