sipgate - voicemail - questions

I have a sipgate geographic number, 0114 xxx xxxx. It shows as my
number when i log into sipgate and I have set up my voice mail to
accept messages when the phone is offline, (I don't have an adapter
for a phone on my router just yet).
However when I dial the 0114 number I get nu tone.
Should dialing my 0114 number result in something other than nu?
Should I expect callers to be able to record to voicemail under the
given circumstances?

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amos

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lid wrote:
| I have a sipgate geographic number, 0114 xxx xxxx. It shows as my
| number when i log into sipgate and I have set up my voice mail to
| accept messages when the phone is offline, (I don't have an adapter
| for a phone on my router just yet).
| However when I dial the 0114 number I get nu tone.
| Should dialing my 0114 number result in something other than nu?
| Should I expect callers to be able to record to voicemail under the
| given circumstances?

Sipgate seems to be having one or two difficulties at the moment.

All your expectations should be realised, however, when dealing with Sipgate
& especially their voicemail, it doesn't always work. Voicemail is in Beta
also.

I'm in the middle of setting up a voip PBX using Asterisk (*) - I can't
tell if I'm doing something wrong, or Sipgate is down. Very frustrating.

On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:42:18 GMT, "The Cable Guy"
<> wrote:


>Sipgate seems to be having one or two difficulties at the moment.
Sipgate have been having one or two difficulties since I first signed
up two or three months ago ! .
>All your expectations should be realised, however, when dealing with Sipgate
>& especially their voicemail, it doesn't always work. Voicemail is in Beta
>also.
And just how long do they expect customers to keep accepting the
BETA excuse or why don't they just say it is in continual BETA .

wrote:
|| On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:42:18 GMT, "The Cable Guy"
|| <> wrote:
||
||
||| Sipgate seems to be having one or two difficulties at the moment.
|| Sipgate have been having one or two difficulties since I first signed
|| up two or three months ago ! .

Hmm. IKWYM - it is free, though.

||| All your expectations should be realised, however, when dealing
||| with Sipgate & especially their voicemail, it doesn't always work.
||| Voicemail is in Beta also.
|| And just how long do they expect customers to keep accepting the
|| BETA excuse or why don't they just say it is in continual BETA .

They /do/ say it's in BETA continually.

On Sun, 15 May 2005 20:45:00 GMT, "The Cable Guy"
<> wrote:
>Hmm. IKWYM - it is free, though.
Not if you want to make calls to BT and TW lines it isn't .
>They /do/ say it's in BETA continually.
Hadn't seen that .

<> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sun, 15 May 2005 20:45:00 GMT, "The Cable Guy"
> <> wrote:
>>Hmm. IKWYM - it is free, though.

> Not if you want to make calls to BT and TW lines it isn't .

He meant *voicemail* is free <g>

>>They /do/ say it's in BETA continually.

> Hadn't seen that .

)

Ivor

On Sun, 15 May 2005 14:42:18 GMT, "The Cable Guy"
<> wrote:

> wrote:
>| I have a sipgate geographic number, 0114 xxx xxxx. It shows as my
>| number when i log into sipgate and I have set up my voice mail to
>| accept messages when the phone is offline, (I don't have an adapter
>| for a phone on my router just yet).
>| However when I dial the 0114 number I get nu tone.
>| Should dialing my 0114 number result in something other than nu?
>| Should I expect callers to be able to record to voicemail under the
>| given circumstances?
>
>Sipgate seems to be having one or two difficulties at the moment.
>
>All your expectations should be realised, however, when dealing with Sipgate
>& especially their voicemail, it doesn't always work. Voicemail is in Beta
>also.
>
>I'm in the middle of setting up a voip PBX using Asterisk (*) - I can't
>tell if I'm doing something wrong, or Sipgate is down. Very frustrating.
>

Tried again. this time I can leave a message, with "sipgate phone" off
line, or unanswered (now have softphone configured for sipgate).
Voicemail .wav file attached to e-mail from sipgate is received
within 2 minutes of leaving message. The recording, played with
real player, is very clear.

Just one problem though. X-lite, proxy 1, is now configured for
sipgate. The softphone handles incoming calls OK. But if the
softphone is *online* when I try to play the voice mail, with real
player, then I get a BSOD. I have'nt had BSODs for years. Merde.
8-(

--
amos

wrote:
|| On Sun, 15 May 2005 20:45:00 GMT, "The Cable Guy"
|| <> wrote:
||| Hmm. IKWYM - it is free, though.
|| Not if you want to make calls to BT and TW lines it isn't .
||| They /do/ say it's in BETA continually.
|| Hadn't seen that .

Even though I meant voicemail is free, I'm sure you'd use 1899 to ring POTS
lines, wouldn't you?