Remote VIOP

Posts: 18 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 18

I live in an area not served by DSL or Cable HS service
I have Vonage at my business in a nearby town.
Is there any way to call by land line and get the Vonage phone to pick up and "redial" a number so I can use it for long distance ?

Posts: 605 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:41 am Post subject:

I would imagine if you had two Vonage lines you could setup an asterix PBX on an old computer you can buy in the paper. Does not need to be a fancy computer...300 dollars or so. Then you get this FXO cards or something for the telephone lines and install the asterix software in linux. Not sure how people do this but I have seen tons of posts in the forums about this.

Linux and Asterix are free.

Then you can setup asterix to have an option to reach an outside line...enter your password of your choice and get a dialtone.

This way you can call...press hidden option 9 or something..enter your password and it will give you a dialtone to dial out on.

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:52 am Post subject:

If you have dial-up at home you could use the Vonage web site to forward your Vonage line to the number you wanted to call and then call your business. You would then unforward your Vonage line. If you only have the one phone line at home the problem would be that your business line would remain forwarded while you could log back into the dashboard and disable it.

Posts: 605 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:58 am Post subject:

Have you checked to see if your area is covered by some sorta wireless or microwave access or something?

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 10:01 am Post subject:

KDWycha wrote:

Linux and Asterix are free.

That is, of course, a myth. The hardware has cost, the electricity has cost and the setup, administration and maintenance have costs.

A simpler solution like the Ultimate Call Handler ($190) would probably be more cost effective. I am not recommending this product as I have not tested it, but there are many similar products available.

If you decide to go this route please let us know how it works.

Thanks.

Posts: 18 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 18

scerruti wrote:

If you have dial-up at home you could use the Vonage web site to forward your Vonage line to the number you wanted to call and then call your business. You would then unforward your Vonage line. If you only have the one phone line at home the problem would be that your business line would remain forwarded while you could log back into the dashboard and disable it.

Hi Thansk for the prompt reply
I am trying to do the exact OPPOSITE
I want to use the Vonage to call OUT !!
Richard

Posts: 18 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 18

KDWycha wrote:

Have you checked to see if your area is covered by some sorta wireless or microwave access or something?

Thanks for the idea but there is NO high speed service of any kind !!
RIchard

Posts: 18 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Jan 01, 2005 Posts: 18

scerruti wrote:

KDWycha wrote:

Linux and Asterix are free.

That is, of course, a myth. The hardware has cost, the electricity has cost and the setup, administration and maintenance have costs.

A simpler solution like the Ultimate Call Handler ($190) would probably be more cost effective. I am not recommending this product as I have not tested it, but there are many similar products available.

If you decide to go this route please let us know how it works.

Thanks.

Thanks...went to the site ...read fine print that said "Does NOT work with Voip"
Sad

THanks for trying
Richard

Posts: 1179 · Member of the Week Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 1179

rstan,

read scerruti's first post. In there, he suggests putting in the number you want to call in the call forwarding section of the Vonage website and then call your business. I've done this before with my home phone. It works. The only problem is that if your call rings longer than the time for voicemail to pick up, your vm picks up instead. You will also need to change the voicemail pick up time to say 45 secs or something longer.

Posts: 1424 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:37 am Post subject: Re: Opposite

rstan wrote:

scerruti wrote:

If you have dial-up at home you could use the Vonage web site to forward your Vonage line to the number you wanted to call and then call your business. You would then unforward your Vonage line. If you only have the one phone line at home the problem would be that your business line would remain forwarded while you could log back into the dashboard and disable it.

Hi Thansk for the prompt reply
I am trying to do the exact OPPOSITE
I want to use the Vonage to call OUT !!
Richard

Yeah, if you forward your Vonage number and then call it (I am assuming that calling your office is a local call), your call will be forwarded to that number by Vonage. The end effect is that your long distance call will be made on your Vonage line.