NewMan <> writes:
> Well you could play dirty. Find another AC Adapter that will plug in
> to the PAP2 unit - perhaps one of the universal ones, but with a much
> higher voltage. If it is rated for 6 volts, put 12 or 18 volts into it
> and fry it. Then return it with the original adaptor as "defective"
> and get a free replacement.
Such damage usually leaves big tell-tale signs in the form of darkened
PC board sections and components. I also suspect such damage is
fairly common and the repair depot will know exactly what happened.
After all, there are some folks that will plug stuff in using any
wall-wart that happens to have the same physical connectors.
I fear the original poster will just have to pay up and find a better
service for when his contract runs out.
Personally, I think people would do well by avoiding the fixed-price
voip service providers. They tend to be nasty inflexible companies
that only allow you to connect up to them using their one
configuration-locked ATA. Places that charge by the minute usually
cost less when averaged over the year (at least for me) and they
usually couldn't care less if you have your own password or administer
your own ATA or sip-phone. You need to at least be able to set up
your own dial-plan in your ATA to make direct SIP URL calls over the
net (which is where the real fun starts!).
-wolfgang
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Wolfgang S. Rupprecht
http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/
Direct SIP URL Dialing:
http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/phonedirectory.html