Voip providers and time to get incoming.

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does anyone know of a voip provider that has incoming calls as soon as you
set up the voip box?

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In message <wtdie.221042$cg1.65589@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
"sergio Fernandez" <fernandez.s@nospam.net> wrote:

>not all, I'm waiting for incoming only have out going.
>just starting to look for an alternative, just in case.

With what provider?

Are you using a provider-assigned number or trying to port a number?


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sergio Fernandez wrote:
> does anyone know of a voip provider that has incoming calls as soon as you
> set up the voip box?
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I got SunRocket with one of their temp numbers and had full service the
moment I plugged in my adapter. Don't know how long it will take to port
my own number when I am ready.

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sergio Fernandez wrote:
> It does not make sense that person should be two weeks with no incoming.
> I get a "It takes time to register your number" reply ...... when I ask why
> I don't have in bound yet.
>
> it does not make sense.

Sez you :-( i was without incoming for 5 weeks! And that was after it
had worked flawlessly for 8 weeks!

The number "port" had been done wrong. So I got bills from BOTH old and
Voip companies. I got both on the phone and old - co agreed to stop
billing. Well, they issued a "disconnect" order, which has a legally
required 4 week grace period. Ergo on Christmas day 2004 we stopped
getting incoming. Outgoing continued to work just fine. It took three
weeks to get upper management's attention. Then I had to pay the local
company (neither old nor new could do this 'fix' by themselves!) to fix
the local Switch in our town. Then the Voip company could complete the
"port".

On the plus side, the VoIP company gave me a full refund and 3 months
credit.

There are a minimum of 25 steps required to 'port' a number. It is
complicated by regulations and by organizational issues and by the
technology of number portability.

Make more sense now?

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In message <Wvwie.224077$cg1.22372@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
"sergio Fernandez" <fernandez.s@nospam.net> wrote:

>How good is the sound quality?

Vonage? I'd rate it somewhere between a landline and a cellphone. It's
generally closer to the landline side of things though.

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