Google Voice + Sipgate + PIAF + Orgasmatron == Free home phone service.
Instructions are at nerdvittles . . .
Ya, it’s been spammed all over the web by now–I know. But, I actually set it up and have tested it. The only downsides I have noticed is that call-setup takes more than 15 seconds, I can’t set my outbound caller-id to my “real” number OR use LNP to move my real number over, and there is roughly 500ms of delay (though you probably already have worse on your crappy cellular service and never noticed.)
Of course these are all initial impressions. In a few weeks I will post back on how I really feel, after the new-geek-toy-smell has worn off.
26 Feb 2010, 3:38pm
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Impressions after new geek toy smell has worn off?
Wow! This is slick, works most of the time (I have had less problems with this than some of the VOIP providers I pay good money to use) and doesn’t cost a dime. The only issues I have really had were that sometimes DTMF transmission isn’t entirely reliable. So I don’t use it for outbound toll free numbers (which is in 99% of cases where DTMF is needed: conference calls, customer service numbers etc.–it all adds up to a less than a couple bucks a month really.)