Comments on: Aliens are Calling Me From Nevada: Area775 Debuts http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/ A daily round table on the tech industry with experts and callers from all over the globe. Join us as we pick apart the news and get to the meat of what\'s happening out there. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:17:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Michelle http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-73178 Michelle Mon, 04 Dec 2006 02:21:24 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-73178 I love aliens I love aliens

]]> By: Kenneth Matinale http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-15972 Kenneth Matinale Sun, 04 Jun 2006 10:50:53 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-15972 I just sent this to Jason Droege pr@sipphone.com To: Jason Droege http://sipphone.com/press/pr_feb16_2006.html That's the link for your press release: New Area775 Service Is First To Link VOIP and Traditional Phone System San Diego, CA February 16, 2006 Check this Gizmo forum thread on 775: http://forum.gizmoproject.com/viewtopic.php?t=2435 Gizmo Project Bug Reports 775 - can't answer the call There is no record of anyone receiving a call and no Gizmo support and/or SIP Phone people have responded with any fix. Try calling me. (775) 618-4502 I just sent this to Jason Droege
pr@sipphone.com

To: Jason Droege

http://sipphone.com/press/pr_feb16_2006.html

That’s the link for your press release:

New Area775 Service Is First To Link VOIP and Traditional Phone System

San Diego, CA February 16, 2006

Check this Gizmo forum thread on 775:

http://forum.gizmoproject.com/viewtopic.php?t=2435

Gizmo Project Bug Reports

775 - can’t answer the call

There is no record of anyone receiving a call and no Gizmo support and/or SIP Phone people have responded with any fix. Try calling me.

(775) 618-4502

]]> By: David Beckemeyer http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3502 David Beckemeyer Thu, 23 Feb 2006 06:34:55 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3502 Oh yeah, and you can also get a free 360 area code number from these folks: http://ipkall.com To have that PSTN number ring at your PhoneGnome, set the fields as follows: SIP Phone Number: yournumber SIP Proxy: sip.phonegnome.com In the above 'yournumber' is your number with county-code, area code, and number (e.g. 1xxxyyyzzz for US/Canada numbers) Oh yeah, and you can also get a free 360 area code number from these folks: http://ipkall.com

To have that PSTN number ring at your PhoneGnome, set the fields as follows:

SIP Phone Number: yournumber
SIP Proxy: sip.phonegnome.com

In the above ‘yournumber’ is your number with county-code, area code, and number (e.g. 1xxxyyyzzz for US/Canada numbers)

]]> By: David Beckemeyer http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3500 David Beckemeyer Thu, 23 Feb 2006 02:12:56 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3500 Alec, since PhoneGnome supports open-standard SIP protocols, I think you can use a service from someone like of the following: http://www.virtualphoneline.com/ http://www.voxbone.com/ http://www.didww.com/ http://les.net/ To forward the number to your PhoneGnome SIP address sip:number@sip.phonegnome.com Alec, since PhoneGnome supports open-standard SIP protocols, I think you can use a service from someone like of the following:

http://www.virtualphoneline.com/

http://www.voxbone.com/

http://www.didww.com/

http://les.net/

To forward the number to your PhoneGnome SIP address sip:number@sip.phonegnome.com

]]> By: Alex http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3426 Alex Fri, 17 Feb 2006 13:08:41 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3426 Notice offering some UK numbers, so maybe ramping features fast. Failure to offer non-US termination will kill a lot of potential business. Appreciate the US is a nice juicy market, but leaves a lot of business on the table. Been using a similar centrex-type service for years...but at c. $50pcm. Once solid, services like this clearly have big disruptive potential to disenfranchise access providers, whether telco or cellco. Let the fun begin... Notice offering some UK numbers, so maybe ramping features fast.

Failure to offer non-US termination will kill a lot of potential business. Appreciate the US is a nice juicy market, but leaves a lot of business on the table.

Been using a similar centrex-type service for years…but at c. $50pcm.

Once solid, services like this clearly have big disruptive potential to disenfranchise access providers, whether telco or cellco. Let the fun begin…

]]> By: ThePodcastNetwork :: G’day World » Blog Archive » gdayworld http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3423 ThePodcastNetwork :: G’day World » Blog Archive » gdayworld Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:06:06 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3423 [...] Area775 Gizmo-in service launches [...] [...] Area775 Gizmo-in service launches [...]

]]> By: David Orban http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3421 David Orban Thu, 16 Feb 2006 22:52:45 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3421 I used a non-US credit card to sign up for the free Area775 account, and number. While the fields that the form requires would be confusing for people who don't reside in the USA, the system didn't object to the values that I used, and properly validated my card. I used a non-US credit card to sign up for the free Area775 account, and number. While the fields that the form requires would be confusing for people who don’t reside in the USA, the system didn’t object to the values that I used, and properly validated my card.

]]> By: VoIP, IM and Video | Blog and Podcast http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3419 VoIP, IM and Video | Blog and Podcast Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:57:50 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3419 <strong>Area 775 - Demonstrated by Michael Robertson</strong> It looks like Michael isn't wasting any time, he's launching a new service today that lets anyone get a new Area775 phone number for free and of course it runs on.. SIP. Michael-Robertson-Area775.mp3 Subscribe to the Podcast I spoke with... Area 775 - Demonstrated by Michael Robertson

It looks like Michael isn’t wasting any time, he’s launching a new service today that lets anyone get a new Area775 phone number for free and of course it runs on.. SIP. Michael-Robertson-Area775.mp3 Subscribe to the Podcast I spoke with…

]]> By: SIPthat http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3418 SIPthat Thu, 16 Feb 2006 16:57:27 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3418 <strong>Area 775 - Demonstrated by Michael Robertson</strong> It looks like Michael isn't wasting any time, he's launching a new service today that lets anyone get a new Area775 phone number for free and of course it runs on.. SIP. Michael-Robertson-Area775.mp3 Subscribe to the Podcast I spoke with... Area 775 - Demonstrated by Michael Robertson

It looks like Michael isn’t wasting any time, he’s launching a new service today that lets anyone get a new Area775 phone number for free and of course it runs on.. SIP. Michael-Robertson-Area775.mp3 Subscribe to the Podcast I spoke with…

]]> By: Alec http://saunderslog.com/2006/02/16/aliens-are-calling-me-from-nevada-area775-debuts/#comment-3417 Alec Thu, 16 Feb 2006 15:54:10 +0000 http://saunderslog.com/?p=2236#comment-3417 Hey Osh, At this time there doesn't seem to be an equivalent in Canada, and I am not completely sure why that is. There are two potential sticking points: 1) Wholesale phone numbers in the US are much cheaper. I've seen them for as little as 10 cents a month. Up here, I haven't seen them for less than $1.50. I don't know why that is, but it's the low cost origination that allows SIPPhone to do what they do, and it doesn't seem to available here. 2) The CRTC doesn't really cut upstarts a lot of slack. Give out a phone number, here, and you have to provide 911. So, Skype-In doesn't have service here, for example. The best deal I've found to date is Unlimitel. They have a couple of packages in the $15 to $20 range which offer unlimited calling on their network from London to Montreal, and 4 cents Canadian off net. It's still less than a third of Bell Canada, and means substantial savings. And, as Andrew points out, I am a big fan of PhoneGnome, which we use at my house. I won't be dumping PhoneGnome because it's so easily used by my family and saves us so much money. Hey Osh,

At this time there doesn’t seem to be an equivalent in Canada, and I am not completely sure why that is. There are two potential sticking points:

1) Wholesale phone numbers in the US are much cheaper. I’ve seen them for as little as 10 cents a month. Up here, I haven’t seen them for less than $1.50. I don’t know why that is, but it’s the low cost origination that allows SIPPhone to do what they do, and it doesn’t seem to available here.

2) The CRTC doesn’t really cut upstarts a lot of slack. Give out a phone number, here, and you have to provide 911. So, Skype-In doesn’t have service here, for example.

The best deal I’ve found to date is Unlimitel. They have a couple of packages in the $15 to $20 range which offer unlimited calling on their network from London to Montreal, and 4 cents Canadian off net. It’s still less than a third of Bell Canada, and means substantial savings.

And, as Andrew points out, I am a big fan of PhoneGnome, which we use at my house. I won’t be dumping PhoneGnome because it’s so easily used by my family and saves us so much money.

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