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More info?)
I think that the issue is, that depending on the cities involved, he may
have to deal with two or more seperate VOIP providers to get service. If he
is running multiple SPA-2000s (or other VOIP adapters) behind a NAT router,
does he run into problems forwarding the necessary SIP ports in the router
to more than one device?
Mike Schumann
"Kyler Laird" <Kyler@news.Lairds.org> wrote in message
news:m20a52-quv.ln1@lairds.us...
> "Explain me" <nospam@nospam.com> writes:
>
>>I buy a router NetGear DG834G
>>http://www.netgear.com/products/details/DG834G.php
>
>>I would connect to the router 2 wireless phones.
>
> This is still unknown. It depends on the provider. You
> definitely can do it with some combinations of providers
> and hardware.
>
>>In the first phone I put a number of London +44
>>In the second a number of New York +212
>
> That doesn't mean much to me. You'll register each
> device (or each line of each device) to an account with
> some provider. How they route calls to you is up to
> them.
>
>>Now for each of them I set the Voip provider and
>>so the number will be recognized in the phone.
>
> Well...close enough.
>
>>For you how many phones can I connect to the same
>>router? I suppose about 3 or 4 with that model.
>
> Bandwidth (upstream, probably) is the only technical
> limitation. I have 384Kbps uploads at my house. Using
> a medium-speed codec, let's estimate 40Kbps (with IP
> overhead), I *could* support 9 simultaneous calls.
>
>>Now, per each phone, can I set more numbers right?
>
> It's up to your provider.
>
http://broadvoice.com/features_premium.html#alt_numbers
>
> Pick up to two additional phone numbers, with
> each number having a distinctive ringing pattern.
>
>
>
http://www.voicepulse.com/features/service/VirtualNumbers.aspx
>
> You can have as many Virtual Numbers as you
> want on a line or account!
>
> Instead of just reading more about this, I recommend
> getting an SPA-2000
>
http://store.voxilla.com/customer/product.php?productid=16134
> and a VoicePulse Connect! account.
> http://connect.voicepulse.com/
> That's what I finally did. It made the situation much
> clearer to me. Absolute worst case, you will have spent
> ~$100 on a great education.
>
> (I don't think VoicePulse is the best provider for long-
> term use but their Connect! service is a good cheap way to
> get started.)
>
> --kyler