So, I picked up a Sipura S3000 Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA). These let you plug your existing telephone into the interthingy, and have a passthrough port to your normal phone line so you can still dial out for an ambulance or fire engine when the power’s off. Assuming of course you configured the cryptic Dial Plan code correctly. Otherwise someone’s going to die. Here for example is my dial plan
(000S0< :@gw0>|1[38]xxx.< :@gw0>| 0[2-9]xxxxxxxxS0| < #9:>xx.< :@gw0>)
As far as density of settings v volume of equipment, this box has got to be at the top of the scale, it will take a while to come to terms with what can be set.
After reading Whirlpool for a bit I decided to sign up with Ozcall as my VoIP provider. Unfortunately, my ATA didn’t seem to want to talk to Oztell, so there was an evening wasted. Read Whirlpool for a bit more and decided to try signing up with Astratel. This did work almost immediately. Managed to get the phone to ring (very wierd, having a phone that’s not plugged into the phone network ringing :). Made a test call, and have now switched the home phone over to use the VOIP box. We shall see how it goes.
