An AWESOME feature request....

[Emily]

Id love to have a "User Chat" feature where we could chat, in real time, with other MEMBERS not guests on the site. Id love to get to know some people a little better, and an online chat would allow for that.

Gord

[usa2k]

Hi Emily,

If you join DSLReports.com them have IM.
This site also can pass messages, but DSLR is more friendly.
I am at http://www.dslreports.com/profile?find=usa2k
DSLR is free to join and VoIP Tech Chat is a great place to hang.

Its free to join, or pay $10 for a lifetime premium membership.

[johndavid]

Yep the user chat feature would be great

[tylerscell1]

Is there a way to request a change in your actual username? In any case, just wondered.

Yes just email support@voipo.com and it will submit a ticket and support should fix it withen 24 hours

[MisterEd]

Yes just email support@voipo.com and it will submit a ticket and support should fix it withen 24 hours

I tried that and they told me we are stuck with the phone number.

[VOIPoBrandon]

I tried that and they told me we are stuck with the phone number.

There are different account types, in our residential offering -- the primary phone number on your account is your username. In our other offerings such as Express -- you can choose a custom username.

[tylerscell1]

Express is the way to go!

[VOIPoDanielC]

If cell companies can play songs to the caller, instead of ringing, does that mean they connected the call? If you get a lot of LD inbound, are you guaranteeing the caller has termination fees? I guess they must. That is revenue for the cell company each time.

Not really... Audio can be sent before a call is connected to replace the standard ringing sound. Once the call is connected, the "ringing" stops. This is called "early media".

You can tell which cell phone providers are using SIP in their backbone this way...

Here's the RFC, if you'd like to take a look: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3960.txt

[MisterEd]

There are different account types, in our residential offering -- the primary phone number on your account is your username. In our other offerings such as Express -- you can choose a custom username.

I don't have the EXPRESS, I must have the LOCAL connection. Maybe that explains my problems.


Uh, what's "express."

[fisamo]

"Express" is the local forwarding-only number. With an Express account, you can order a phone# with 300 incoming minutes for $5/mo (or $36/yr)--calls to this number are forwarded to any PSTN number or a SIP address. No outgoing minutes come with this service plan.