[ale] Slightly OT: recommendations for VOIP/SIP to replace POTS

[Alex Carver]

The HT802 provides two line service using the standard inner/outer pair 
configuration of the single jack on the back. (That's why it's the 
HT802, two lines -- The HT801 is one line). Each line can be configured 
with separate SIP credentials/accounts to whomever the SIP provider is 
which would give you some combination of two lines. Some providers can 
give you two lines of the same number and others would give you two 
different numbers.

Keep in mind that a SIP trunking provider is different from a VoIP 
provider. The trunking provider doesn't necessarily have the POTS 
connection, the VoIP provider does. 3CX is a SIP trunking provider along 
with a cloud PBX provider. They're the ones you use to manage an office 
of VoIP phones but they don't necessarily give you the phone number. 
Instead you connect your 3CX system to a VoIP provider to get a phone 
number. So you really only need a VoIP provider that has the 
interconnections in place like voip.ms or Vonage or similar VoIP 
providers. For a single SIP device like the HT802 ATA that's all you'd need.

On 2022-11-11 08:04, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
> Thanks to all for replies.   Yes, sounds attractive.  No, don't want to 
> add telecom guru to my brain if avoidable.  Installing subway tile 
> backsplash in the kitchen is my brain exercise for the month. Following 
> a known recipe would be more better.
> 
> So, instead of paying $50/mo to AT&T to enable the POTS jack on the back 
> of their fiber device, which feeds the POTS wiring in the house, I can:
> 
> - Buy the Grandstream GS-HT802 2 Port Analog Telephone Adapter VoIP 
> Phone & Device for $38 one time;
> - Use VOIP.ms Residential for about $5/mo, or maybe 3CX for free/mo.
> - Port the existing phone number.
> - Plug the existing house wiring into the HT802
> - Use the existing house phones for inbound & outbound.
> 
> Yes?
> 
> I also see some ambiguity - The HT802 says it is 2 ports.  It says 2 SIP 
> profiles.  Some of the comments indicate it supports POTS Line 1 & Line 
> 2.  But the pictures only show one POTS jack.   (Which has 4 wires, and 
> can support two POTS lines)   Our POTS phones ARE 2 line, using a single 
> POTS jack.  Are the pictures on Amazon wrong, does it really have two 
> RJ11 jacks, or is the single jack handling both?
> 
> Some of the questions/answers suggest the HT812 in order to have inbound 
> rollover from Line 1 to Line 2.  Which would be nice, but not necessary.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Neal
> 
> On 2022-11-09 22:27, DJPfulio--- via Ale wrote:
>> On 11/9/22 21:18, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:
>>
>>> https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-WP810-Portable-Wi-Fi-Device/dp/B087D5TB7C/ref=asc_df_B087D5TB7C
>>
>> If you are still happy with your POTS normal home phones, get an ATA
>> like I suggested in the earlier message.  Mine is a 6-node cordless
>> (pre-DEC) system with chargers/handsets all around the house. The base
>> station plugs into the ATA and all the handsets work as expected,
>> including caller ID.
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Grandstream-GS-HT802-Analog-Telephone-Adapter/dp/B01JH7MYKA
>> for $40 is what I'd get today.  The single-port version isn't much
>> cheaper, but perhaps you still like to use fax?
>>
>> VoIP.ms has configuration examples for many devices. Easy to follow if
>> you don't want to become a telecom guru.
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