Voip.co.uk & Cisco SPA112

I'm no expert but I think my MTA-V102 took a power surge and got fried.
Voip.co.uk have offered to configure and send me a replacement Cisco
SPA112 ATA for 60 quid all in.

I see that Broadbandbuyer are selling the Cisco ATA for 33 quid delivered.

On the basis I pretty much know diddly squat about voip, is the
Voip.co.uk a good offer?

Thanks
Peter

 

If you are intending to use the ATA purely for telephone
calls and nothing else more sophistcated, setting it up is a
doddle.

Do a bit of Googling and you will probably be able to find a
voip phone so you won't need an ATA.

One question: do you have a router or is your broadband
single feed? If the former then the ATA you are suggesting
will do perfectly; if you have a direct feed then get the
SPA122 as it has a built-in router.

Setting up is simple - if you buy it contact me off net and
I'll give you the info - I used to use a PAPT2 on voip.co.uk
which was the Linksys version before Cisco took them over.
There is a Linksys version on eBay item 161043338135 rather
cheaper.

Also have a look at eBay item 380895303938 for another but
equally good make. If you prefer a voip phone have a look at
350944606172 - of which I have one that I use on
voip.co.uk - which works very well. The set-up manual is
available on line. If you go looking for a voip phone make
sure it has a PSU with it - most voip phones are PoE - Power
over Ethernet.

All of these ATA's have a built-in web server for setup.

 

Woody, I'm really grateful to you for your prompt and informative reply.
In answer to your questions, yes, I only want to make phone calls and,
yes, I have a router.

I like the idea of the Grandstream voip phone and have placed an order.
I would also like to take you up on your offer of help to configure
the phone on voip.co.uk.

Many thanks. It's appreciated
Peter

 

No probs but get your order in quick - we're off on hols
soon.

 

I found a new Grandstream voip phone on fleabay for 25 quid, which
should be here Tuesday or Wednesday. To be fair to Voip.co.uk they have
given me configuration details so if it's that easy I hope to be able to
do the setup myself!

For the price, I'm also tempted to get a Linksys PAP2T

Fiddling around this morning, I can neither ping nor log in to my MTA
V102 so I'm convinced it's fubar. I even found this link
http://www.velocityreviews.com/forums/t304088-provision-server.html
describing how to do a factory reset and that didn't work either.

As an aside, I'm on a 3 phone contract with unlimited mobile broadband
data. Is there any way of using 3's service with my voip.co.uk account
(I have more than 1 number) for incoming and outgoing calls?

 

You will probably find that they will block the ports as it
looses them revenue. Public wi-fi not run by one of the
SP's - like McD's used to be but is now O2 - generally
works.

If your e-mail address is real I have sent you all the info
you need, if it isn't let me have your real address - as
mine is below the signature.

 

Thanks again, Woody. I've received your emails and will take any
further discussion offline

 

Thanks to Woody's pointers, I eventually bought a PAP2T-NA ATA and a
Grandstream Budge Tone BT-100 VoIP Phone. Both seem to be working okay,
except I have a couple of issues:

- With the PAP2T I can make phone calls but cannot hear ringing. It's
the same for incoming callers. They can't hear ringing either and only
know the call's connecting when I answer!

- I need to upgrade the firmware on the BT-100. Does anyone have a
'walkthrough' tutorial using Solarwinds TFTP Server tools?

Many thanks
Peter

 

Register yourself with Sipgate - it doesn't cost anything
and you get a line number in the process - and then go have
a look in their support area where you will find configs for
many ATA's including the PAPT2. My duaghter has mine down in
Bath at present so I can't look at it to tell you.

 

Google it - there's plenty of help.

Basically you set the server running with the new binary
file in the same directory, then point your phone at its
address and tell the phone which file to download in the
process as a switch. I'm curious as to why you need to
update?