[ale] Slightly OT: recommendations for VOIP/SIP to replace POTS

[David Ritchie]

If you really don't want to have to screw around with this much, and need
to port your existing number in, I have found ooma premier service to be a
good option, and it supports nomorobo to filter spammers. The unit is about
$100 and comes with two lines - monthly rates may be a bit higher but it is
pretty much fire and forget.


-- David Ritchie

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 3:06 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> The HT802 provides two line service using the standard inner/outer pair
> configuration of the single jack on the back. (That's why it's the
> HT802, two lines -- The HT801 is one line). Each line can be configured
> with separate SIP credentials/accounts to whomever the SIP provider is
> which would give you some combination of two lines. Some providers can
> give you two lines of the same number and others would give you two
> different numbers.
>
> Keep in mind that a SIP trunking provider is different from a VoIP
> provider. The trunking provider doesn't necessarily have the POTS
> connection, the VoIP provider does. 3CX is a SIP trunking provider along
> with a cloud PBX provider. They're the ones you use to manage an office
> of VoIP phones but they don't necessarily give you the phone number.
> Instead you connect your 3CX system to a VoIP provider to get a phone
> number. So you really only need a VoIP provider that has the
> interconnections in place like voip.ms or Vonage or similar VoIP
> providers. For a single SIP device like the HT802 ATA that's all you'd
> need.
>
> On 2022-11-11 08:04, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> > Thanks to all for replies.   Yes, sounds attractive.  No, don't want to
> > add telecom guru to my brain if avoidable.  Installing subway tile
> > backsplash in the kitchen is my brain exercise for the month. Following
> > a known recipe would be more better.
> >
> > So, instead of paying $50/mo to AT&T to enable the POTS jack on the back
> > of their fiber device, which feeds the POTS wiring in the house, I can:
> >
> > - Buy the Grandstream GS-HT802 2 Port Analog Telephone Adapter VoIP
> > Phone & Device for $38 one time;
> > - Use VOIP.ms Residential for about $5/mo, or maybe 3CX for free/mo.
> > - Port the existing phone number.
> > - Plug the existing house wiring into the HT802
> > - Use the existing house phones for inbound & outbound.
> >
> > Yes?
> >
> > I also see some ambiguity - The HT802 says it is 2 ports.  It says 2 SIP
> > profiles.  Some of the comments indicate it supports POTS Line 1 & Line
> > 2.  But the pictures only show one POTS jack.   (Which has 4 wires, and
> > can support two POTS lines)   Our POTS phones ARE 2 line, using a single
> > POTS jack.  Are the pictures on Amazon wrong, does it really have two
> > RJ11 jacks, or is the single jack handling both?
> >
> > Some of the questions/answers suggest the HT812 in order to have inbound
> > rollover from Line 1 to Line 2.  Which would be nice, but not necessary.
> >
> > regards,
> >
> > Neal
> >
> > On 2022-11-09 22:27, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
> >> On 11/9/22 21:18, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-WP810-Portable-Wi-Fi-Device/dp/B087D5TB7C/ref=asc_df_B087D5TB7C
> >>
> >> If you are still happy with your POTS normal home phones, get an ATA
> >> like I suggested in the earlier message.  Mine is a 6-node cordless
> >> (pre-DEC) system with chargers/handsets all around the house. The base
> >> station plugs into the ATA and all the handsets work as expected,
> >> including caller ID.
> >>
> >>
> https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-GS-HT802-Analog-Telephone-Adapter/dp/B01JH7MYKA
> >> for $40 is what I'd get today.  The single-port version isn't much
> >> cheaper, but perhaps you still like to use fax?
> >>
> >> VoIP.ms has configuration examples for many devices. Easy to follow if
> >> you don't want to become a telecom guru.
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