Home Phone Discussion

[Glenn]

I made an mistake, just corrected it

[Rik]

Spoilt my response rather.

[Simon]

[idnetbarry]

Me and my girlfriend are(Were) with Talk Talk for calls and BT for line rental.

We are making the switch to Idnet  Home Line Rental Unlimited Evening & Weekend Calls

We were  happy with Talk Talk which was Unlimited Evening & Weekend Calls but we got so Fed up with calls from Talk Talk trying to sell as Free broadband sometimes 3/4 times a day that i just cracked up and lost it

Idnet gives us a 1st class broadband service with great customer support thats why we made the choice to move to Idnet for are phone service

[uxbod]

IDNET for BB and Phone ... Just line rental as everything is VoIP at home 

[Ann]

I'm having trouble with IDNet taking over my line.. can't get the timing right.  My contract doesn't finish with BT until 2 March but IDNet want to take it over on 26 Feb and I specifically said that I didn't want to pay a fine with BT for finishing the contract early.. now I just want to cry...

[Simon]

Have you talked to them (IDNet), Ann?  I'm sure something could be sorted out.

[Ann]

I'm trying.  But I know I dont have a lot of patience.  If they dont understand what I'm getting at I'll just cancel everything.  I know what I'm like

[Simon]

They should understand, Ann, it should only be a matter of delaying the switch for a few days, but of course, BT may be playing hard to get.

[alan]

Can you not apply to IDnet for the transfer of your line two weeks prior of your BT termination date.. I understand two weeks notice is the minimum in which BT require notice from another provider.?

[Rik]

I'm trying.  But I know I dont have a lot of patience.  If they dont understand what I'm getting at I'll just cancel everything.  I know what I'm like

Have a word with IDNet, Ann, phone or email, they can change the date to suit you.

[Ann]

Sorted now.. 

[Rik]

That's great. 

[g7pkf]

IDNET for BB and Phone ... Just line rental as everything is VoIP at home 

Same as me sort of...

2 lines 1 for adsl 1 for normal phone, adsl line used for fax/remote dial out only.
I have 6 sip accounts registered on the avm fritzbox.

3 for work (1 real, 1 test and 1 for customers to phone me on)
1 for me and wife
1 for parents
1 for when i want to phone someone and "may" change the number regularly to stop it getting spammed.


and an asterisk server running to handle the gsm mobile's to voip functionality. (house has too many thick walls for dect to handle it)

do i have the most complex home telephone system?

Oh broadband and both lines with IDNet.

[pup]

Quick question about the phone packages...

Is it possible to have calls to mobiles barred?  Im thinking of changing to idnet from tiscali but need mobil calls barred. tiscali used to do it free, but ive recently noticed that they had turned the barring off. i rang them to find out why and to get it turned back on, only to be told that they have never offered call barring!

[Lance]

You might need to ask support about that, pup.

[g7pkf]

Blocking calls is a nightmare for a provider.

What i have is an avm fritzbox, although primarily a voip-normal phone adapter it also routes through calls from the pstn line AND HERES the big bit:-

I can bar certain external calls either the whole of 07 (mobiles) 09 (expensive) or just a specific number eg 07740852837 AND i can block incoming numbers, only discovered this when i kept getting dodgy calls from a specific number, blocked them easily.

I can also route 0800 and 0870 over pstn and everything else over voip.

My home life is rather complex, (My parents and kids live with me) doing it this way we have 1 line rental and run individual numbers (and bills) over voip.

[mchunt_idnet]

The call barring options are

"1) Bars almost all calls including 1571, cancelling this option automatically cancels any
other barring options.
2) Bars national and international calls and calls to mobiles
3) Bars international calls.
4) Bars all operator-connected calls and SMS calls
5) Bars calls to numbers with * or # in them, this will include some Wholesale Calling &
Network Features but does not bar Call Barring.
6) Not currently used
7) Bars all Premium Rate calls"

barring mobile calls would make most 'unlimited' call packages not viable as most providers use the income from mobile calls (particularly the high call setup costs of 8p per call) to subsidise the free calls.

[Simon]

Thanks Martin. 

[pup]

The call barring options are
...

barring mobile calls would make most 'unlimited' call packages not viable as most providers use the income from mobile calls (particularly the high call setup costs of 8p per call) to subsidise the free calls.

So can it be done or not?   

Brian in sales says the call barring hidden in the package comparison (hover over calling features) page is just to bar all calls from the phone. i cant see the point in that myself...

[Rik]

BT used to do 'incoming only' lines at one time, I guess this provides the same effect.

[mchunt_idnet]

The call barring option is user configurable (via special key codes) and you can enable any of the 7 options mentioned in my previous post.

Unfortunately solely barring 'Mobile Calls' is not one of the options, so the answer is no it can't be done.

[pup]

option 2 barrs international an mobiles? if thats so thats fine.  i really want to get away from tiscali

[Rik]

But it also bars national calls, Pup.

[Simon]

Option 2 bars NATIONAL and international calls, and calls to mobiles, according to Martin's earlier post, so would be quite prohibitive.  I'm not sure if the bar can be bypassed by entering a special 'pin' code, but that could be one solution.