Device not registered

[VOIPoTim]

What do I expect them to do? Here's the answer:

Inform the customer by email or SMS or some means that THE VOIPO SERVERS HAVE ELECTED TO INVOKE FAIL-OVER FOR MY INCOMING CALLS. MY OUTGOING CALLS ARE NORMAL; NO ATA NOTICE VISUALLY OR AUDIBLY THAT VOIPO IS HAVING TROUBLE ON THEIR END.

Because the ATA does not tell me it is having problems, I cannot know.

Unfortunately we do not offer monitoring of customer equipment or customer networks. We only monitor our own network.

You've made your request in many many posts here and our response remains unchanged.

I'm not aware of any VoIP provider that offers this. It's just not feasible for residential providers to do so.

This is not true.

There are tickets on file. Exactly the same as last time tickets were filed when the same symptoms occurred. The VoIPo tech on the last occasion had no diagnosis other than: try forwarding virtually all ports, up to 65535 (the max). Then some other suggested individual ports, because some ports are needed by other devices/apps on computers in this LAN, i.e., it is not practical to forward most all ports to the ATA. So with the suggested discrete port numbers forwarded, this problem reoccurs.

There are TWO PROBLEMS HERE
1. VoIPo does not make any attempt to warn customers that there is some sort of server/registration renewal error in VOIPO's SERVERS such that outgoing calls are normal but incoming calls roll to the backup number. VOIPO's SERVERS KNOW there's a problem because THEY elected to initiate the incoming forwarding. But VoIPo elects to not warn the customer. Nor does the ATA detect a flaw and warn the customer. Let's make this clear: VoIPo's servers NOT ME, elected to invoke forwarding of of incoming calls to the backup/fail-over. That should tell support that something's wrong. The ATA is not reporting a registration error. Outgoing calls normal.

2. The root cause is not known to VoIPo support; they guess and power cycle and so on until it starts working. Then after some expiration time (perhaps 2-4 weeks) the VoIPo servers elect to forward incoming calls as in (1). Or maybe the reoccurring problem is related to the other customers' reports in this thread, triggered by some reboot/restart at VoIPo.

Fix it.

At this time, it sounds like the best option for you is to find an alternative service provider.

VoIP is dependent upon a lot of variables and what works well for some customers may not for another based on their router, ISP and home network configuration.

All providers have different networks. It's very possible another provider might better suit your needs because your network configuration, router and ISP combination may work better with their setup. What works well for one customer on one provider may not work well for another.

Less than 1% of our customers have ever contacted support so the service works well for the vast majority. If you're in the 1% that has problems though, you'll likely to continue to have issues and there's no need to be unhappy.

We always hate to lose a customer, but ultimately you seem to be having a lot of problems. If you've already worked with our support team and continue to have chronic issues like you describe, you'll likely to continue to have those issues which is not a good situation for anyone.

We hope that you can find a provider that meets your needs. Once you've made arrangements to transfer your number, e-mail tim @ voipo.com letting me know and I'll make sure that you get a full prorated refund.