Receive calls via wi-fi?

TwistedPsycho

I might be going overly techie here and it might cost more money than you would like, but how about:

1. Setting up a Skype account and buy one of their Skype "personal numbers"
2. Set your personal mobile to divert to your Skype number when "not reachable" (each brand words it slightly differently I think)
3. Receive calls via Skype on your wifi enabled smartphone (if you can get it) or Laptop.

This is how I monitor my business line when I am out of the office at conferences and the like.

jonmp

grumbler wrote: »

28-56kbps is a dialup access with a modem.
AFAIK, normal broadband starts from about 1Mbps=1000Kbps, but this may depend on the provider and the time. I remember my 2Mbps dropping to below 100kbps sometimes.

Normal broadband is not common in rural mid-Wales. I know it seems incredible but 40K is about it for round here if you are lucky enough to get broadband at all. Distance from the exchange, aluminium wires put in to save on copper in the 70s and DACs to split lines mean that the Welsh assembly gov. are offering upto £1000 to improve access to some people who can only get a very patchy dial-up. A small business round here often means a farmer who has to submit info for subsidies and animal passports online, its a problem that most people in the UK are not aware of.

jonmp

TwistedPsycho wrote: »

I might be going overly techie here and it might cost more money than you would like, but how about:

1. Setting up a Skype account and buy one of their Skype "personal numbers"
2. Set your personal mobile to divert to your Skype number when "not reachable" (each brand words it slightly differently I think)
3. Receive calls via Skype on your wifi enabled smartphone (if you can get it) or Laptop.

This is how I monitor my business line when I am out of the office at conferences and the like.

That sounds interesting, I will investigate.......

baldelectrician

Look at FRING on your phone

It uses VOIP and works well

TwistedPsycho

jonmp wrote: »

That sounds interesting, I will investigate.......

Forgot to point out.... Skype offer normal area codes as part of their memorable numbers, so it should not be an issue with cost much either.

dduk

Is there no mobile signal on ANY network? Or just your current provider? May be worth getting another network sim if there is. Would be silly to spend more on a new phone and voip/skype solution than it would cost just to pay for a landline for 12 months or whatever.