New to VoIP advice

RomfordNavy

One complication I have discovered is that each wired telephone extension counts as another user, if I have three VoIP phones around the house I would have to pay for three users.

Edit:
Guess I could have an ATA which has the extension phones running from, I assume that would then be only one user.  However can I get an ATA which allows two incomming lines?

brewerdave

Reading these posts about VOIP services makes me realise how little I know ! Does anybody produce a booklet entitled "VOIP for Dummies " ? LOL

iniltous

There literally is a book , ‘VoIP for Dummies’ ,
https://www.google.com/search?q=voip+for+dummies&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari

https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/timothy-v-kelly/voip-for-dummies/9780764588433?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=19553274428&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-PPyk8LzhAMVtJZQBh2CcgAeEAQYASABEgLJ1vD_BwE#GOR013205379

Eldi_Dos

brewerdave said:

Reading these posts about VOIP services makes me realise how little I know ! Does anybody produce a booklet entitled "VOIP for Dummies " ? LOL

All the consumer really needs to know is how to unplug phone from wall socket and into rear of router when the switch to VOIP occurs.

iniltous

TBH , I don’t think the OP is  considering a proprietary  VoIP service supplied by the ISP , where the ATA is built into the ISP supplied router ( like BT Digital Voice ) but a separate service, supplied by a more traditional VoIP service provider like Sipgate , where it’s not  plug and play and needs more configuration and separate ATA etc . 

littleboo

RomfordNavy said:

One complication I have discovered is that each wired telephone extension counts as another user, if I have three VoIP phones around the house I would have to pay for three users.

Edit:
Guess I could have an ATA which has the extension phones running from, I assume that would then be only one user.  However can I get an ATA which allows two incomming lines?

The Grandstream HT801 is a 1 FXS Port/1 SIP profile device, the HT802 supports 2 FXS Ports/2 SIP profiles, so the HT802 would work. But you would obviously be using analogue phones, not IP phones

brewerdave

Eldi_Dos said:

brewerdave said:

Reading these posts about VOIP services makes me realise how little I know ! Does anybody produce a booklet entitled "VOIP for Dummies " ? LOL

All the consumer really needs to know is how to unplug phone from wall socket and into rear of router when the switch to VOIP occurs.

If only it were that easy ! But some ISPs aren't going to offer VOIP services (Plusnet whom I'm with, for one) and ,as I want to keep my existin telephone number it becomes more complicated.

RomfordNavy

iniltous said:

TBH , I don’t think the OP is  considering a proprietary  VoIP service supplied by the ISP , where the ATA is built into the ISP supplied router ( like BT Digital Voice ) but a separate service, supplied by a more traditional VoIP service provider like Sipgate , where it’s not  plug and play and needs more configuration and separate ATA etc . 

Exactly that, as my fibre provider doesn't offer VoIP yet.

RomfordNavy

Just a quick check to ensure I have understood this correctly:
If I get a Grandstream HT802 I could run three telephone extensions on each line meaning six telephones in total, is that correct?

littleboo

yes, you should be able to have 2 separate SIP telephone numbers configured through the HT802 and then 1 or more analogue phones connected for each "line". The analogue interface is RJ11. There is a limitation on the number of phones that can be supported, but modern phones present a small load so shouldn't be a problem, although check the REN. There is a discussion on that point here