Upcoming Features/Enhancements

[usa2k]

Some new things in Features - Fax now as well to check out. More details to come in the feature announcement.

Is this a per-fax charge? Or are you making it free?
Glad you are bringing this back!

[VOIPoTim]

Is the a per-fax charge? Or are you making it free?
Glad you are bringing this back!

Outgoing is free for all residential users and Express users with a fax account. Also it confirms the status now for you (busy, failed, succssful, etc)

Incoming has a new option of a "temporary" fax number for one-time fee of $0.99 to receive a quick fax instead of ordering a fax number full-time.

Completely TDM based and does not use VoIP at all.

[TomP]

Outgoing is free for all residential users and Express users with a fax account. Also it confirms the status now for you (busy, failed, succssful, etc)

Incoming has a new option of a "temporary" fax number for one-time fee of $0.99 to receive a quick fax instead of ordering a fax number full-time.

Completely TDM based and does not use VoIP at all.

Free outgoing fax - WOOHOO!! Not that I'll use this extensively, but it was one of those "decision points" when considering cutting the POTS cord completely. There is now one less road block for folks thinking about going with VOIPo.

One question though - is there a limit to the number of pages per fax or per day that can be sent?

[VOIPoTim]

Free outgoing fax - WOOHOO!! Not that I'll use this extensively, but it was one of those "decision points" when considering cutting the POTS cord completely. There is now one less road block for folks thinking about going with VOIPo.

One question though - is there a limit to the number of pages per fax or per day that can be sent?

No "hard limit" at this point, but it's designed for residential use, so if there is an issue we'll just be looking at it to see if the usage is consistent with residential usage.

[TomP]

No "hard limit" at this point, but it's designed for residential use, so if there is an issue we'll just be looking at it to see if the usage is consistent with residential usage.

Sounds great! Thanks for adding this!

[gbh2o]

CID seems odd to me. When I first visit Vpanel CID, the only number shown was the 2nd line/VN, which was not my current CID to my knowledge. In fact CID had become my registered first name plus the first 6 characters of my last name as CNAME I guess, and the primary number for the account (strange at best). I clicked on the displayed 2nd line CID and then the drop down listed both numbers. I clicked on my primary number and my CID became my primary number for CNAME as well as for the CNUM portions. The Vpanel display then reverted to the original display with the 2nd line number number listed and with no alternative available in the list.

[VOIPoBrandon]

CID seems odd to me. When I first visit Vpanel CID, the only number shown was the 2nd line/VN, which was not my current CID to my knowledge. In fact CID had become my registered first name plus the first 6 characters of my last name as CNAME I guess, and the primary number for the account (strange at best). I clicked on the displayed 2nd line CID and then the drop down listed both numbers. I clicked on my primary number and my CID became my primary number for CNAME as well as for the CNUM portions. The Vpanel display then reverted to the original display with the 2nd line number number listed and with no alternative available in the list.

The reasoning behind this is because that is your only available option as far as setting your Caller-ID to rather than your regular CID. Once you've changed your default CID, it should then APPEAR in the list (to set it back to DEFAULT).

I admit this may appear a bit confusing as it says "Outbound Caller-ID: [select box] <-- and the default option selected may / may not be your current Caller-ID depending on whether it is defaulting to your default CID (i.e. has never been set) or if it has been set (in which case it should default to what it is set to)

Let me know if this makes a little more sense now, also as for the actual CNAM display a callee may see when receiving a call is dependent on something entirely different such as the Regional CNAM Database (which is queried by using your calling from phone number).

When you are setting Caller-ID all you are doing is changing the phone number appearance that you are calling from, which may/may not yield a different CNAM result depending on what the CNAM database has for that specific phone number on the receiving parties end.

I hope this all makes sense, let us know, thanks!

[usa2k]

Free outgoing fax - WOOHOO!! Not that I'll use this extensively, but it was one of those "decision points" when considering cutting the POTS cord completely. There is now one less road block for folks thinking about going with VOIPo.

One question though - is there a limit to the number of pages per fax or per day that can be sent?

No "hard limit" at this point, but it's designed for residential use, so if there is an issue we'll just be looking at it to see if the usage is consistent with residential usage.

Yes, getting shoved way back in this very thread.
Worth pointing out again

[usa2k]

Incoming has a new option of a "temporary" fax number for one-time fee of $0.99 to receive a quick fax instead of ordering a fax number full-time.

Completely TDM based and does not use VoIP at all.

Can you explain this a little more Tim?

[usa2k]

1) Get a dedicated toll-free fax number for $4.95/Mo or $36/Yr.

2) If you don't fax much but need to receive a quick one, you can get a temporary fax number for a one-time fee of $0.99. It expires after 24 hours. This works well for most residential users since they may only need to receive a fax 2-3 times a year.

Thanks for the better explanation!