[kwlug disc.] Voice over IP Presentation and Workshop

[Oksana Goertzen]

Comments below..   :)

On 6/22/07, Unsolicited <unsolicited at gto.net> wrote:
>
> Oksana Goertzen wrote, On 10/10/2006 11:33 AM:
> >
> > Hi John,
> >
> > I would love it if you would do a session on VOIP.  I'm in the process
> > of converting to VOIP at my home.  I've already got a Linksys SPA3102
> > (that's unconfigured) and an account at unlimitel.ca for VOIP.
> .
> .
> .
>
>
> Hey Oksana. And anyone else who has some insight.
>
> I am in the process of investigating this stuff myself.
>
> My thinking is to use the 3102 without Asterisk, for the moment, and
> Unlimitel's a la CARTE service + voice mail. i.e. For the moment, just
> establish the equivalent to what I currently have (Bell phone line).
> At some point when I do *, probably within a vm for isolation, the
> 3102 should just come along for the ride (albeit with some
> reconfiguration).



I'm using the 3102 with Unlimitel's a la Carte service.. with no voice
mail.  I've had zero problems
with it... no gotchas.  Sometimes I find the cables - although they snap-in
- sometimes seem loose
after a period of time.  I'm not using Asterisk.. I just don't have the
need... I get very few calls anyhow.. and I mostly use it to call my parents
or my sister or friends out of town.. everyone else I seem to communicate
mostly with email or IM.

Oksana, are you using the 3102 without *? Have you run into any
> gotchas, issues, or have any other insights or things to be aware of?
>
> e.g.:
>
>         As far as I can see, the 3102 has no provision for voicemail,
> although it can make use of such a facility. That facility could be
> unlimitel, or *. Are there other functionality changes I should be
> aware of and prepared to deal with beforehand?



I don't see why you couldn't attach a voice mail device.. I have one.. I
just never have done so.  People who know me - know they can get me quicker
through email usually. If you want to use the phones througout your house -
the existing wiring -- you'll need to make some connections..
see:
http://www.vonage.ca/help.php?article=921
This will disable your POTS phone line.. so only do this if you intend to
get rid of Ma Bell or whomever else your telecom service provider is.  You
can run the VOIP solution alongside your regular phone line for a while if
you wish to try it out... just connect a phone line to the 3102.



        From what unlimitel has said, although one DID has 5 incoming
> 'lines', if their voicemail is used and the first call is connected /
> busy, all other calls go directly to their voice mail. With the 3102,
> could I use a 2nd ATA (or modem), connect an answering machine to it,
> and do further processing. e.g. Assuming the wife is on the phone, and
> a 2nd caller is sent to the answering machine, could I have: Other
> incoming calls depending upon the callerid automatically forwarded to
> my cell, simultaneously with other incoming calls ignored depending
> upon the callerid (marketers), and another simultaneous call receive
> "please hold until someone else finishes recording their message on
> the answering machine"? All with the 3102 and a 2nd ATA, only, or are
> we now well into Asterisk?


On my 3102 I only have one line for the phone... I forget the proper
terminology.. but the voice traffic over IP converted to a regular phone
line  - there is only one connector on the device I have.
see:
http://linksys.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/linksys.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=5165&lid=6881669263B01

and for a picture of the ports:
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_CASupport_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1169083369263&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper&lid=6926342928B08

        If a call coming in to unlimitel is forwarded (via unlimitel, 3102,
> or Asterisk), say to a cell, are unlimitel minutes still being consumed?



I don't know but I would think if it hands off the call - like to a cell,
then I would assume no.. if Asterisk is handling the call internally and the
traffic is still being routed.. then no.

Hope this helps!

Oksana  :)

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