Phone number for your pc - FREE incoming calls!

robred_2

hi everyone

i am living in spain and have 1 of the 2 phone ports on my linksy wrt54gp2 router configured for my sipgate account which works great most of the time

as i have another port to configure i would now like to get a sipgate equivalent supplier with a spanish number so i can call my girlfriends spanish mobile and make other calls to spanish land lines

does anyone know any such suppliers ( i had a quick search to see if sipgate had a spanish subsidiary but couldnt find anything. if they have and i am not looking hard enough please can someone send me a link)

thanks in advance

Rob

robred_2

hi again everyone

i have a linksys wrt54gp2 that is a great box but for some reason has been discontinued and i am trying to get hold of another 1
i have found 2 advertised but they say they are "vonage" versions
can someone tell me what that means and can i use it or modify it to use it as i do my "normal" version ?

any help will be greatly appreciated

thanks in advance

Rob.

all the best things disappear if its good buy 2 more before they take them away

BexTech

Vonage is one of many VoIP providers, Vonage locked devices are just that, locked so you can only use Vonage. For most people Vonage isn't great value for money.

I've read that certain versions of Vonage locked devices have been capable of being unlocked.

robred_2

thanks oh wise one (bextech) :-)

does anyone know if linksys have replaced the discontinued wrt54gp2?

all of my networking boxes are linksys and i would like to keep it that way for compatability reasons

as you seem to be knowledgeable in all things VOIP did you see my previous post regarding VOIP providers that provide spanish numbers

setting aside the fact that the best voip solution is too have 2 numbers 1 outgoing and 1 incoming as this is just too much effort for my girlfriend, i am using sipgate 1000 is this about as good as it gets for calling mainly uk landlines and sending 5.9p sms's

i have 2 bt calypso cordless phones that can send sms messages does anyone know if that function should work across VOIP and save me the 5.9p per text from sipgate (texting from the keyboard is far to easy for my girlfriend and will cost me a fortune)

once again thanks in advance for any replies

Rob

for the benefit of bextech:
it's VOIP Provider not VOIP, it's SMS Message not SMS :-)

MercilessKiller

robred, using VoipBuster AND Sipgate together you can make free calls to any landline!!! Which is a lot cheaper than what you're doing!

Anyway.. bump.

dickibobboy

i didnt know you could attach a normal house phone to routers

BexTech

dickibobboy wrote:

i didnt know you could attach a normal house phone to routers

You can if you have a router with built-in VoIP ports or use an ATA device such as the Linksys PAP2.

dickibobboy

i see, thanks

MercilessKiller

BexTech wrote:

You can if you have a router with built-in VoIP ports or use an ATA device such as the Linksys PAP2.

This would use Skype am I correct? Or possible a BT VOIP service?

Either way I wouldn't recommend that for wanting free calls etc.. this thread was about how to give your PC a phone number, and how to make free calls from your PC to Landlines

Kilty_2

I'm going to set this up but I need some reccomendations for a USB handset.

Preferrably one thats like a real phone (ie, USB cable is not connected directly to the handset).

Not looking to spend a fortune either.