tkessler Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 I use a callcentric.com Voip line with a Grandstream HT801 adapter you can buy on MercadoLibre in Mexico for $50. When someone calls my US number, it rings the GDL and Ajijic house and my MX cell simultaneously. About $3 a month. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lcscats Posted August 30, 2019 Report Share Posted August 30, 2019 Net talk used it for five years. Very reliable and cheap. Buy two of the adapters so you have a spare if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLU Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Google voice & obitalk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickS Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/29/2019 at 9:57 PM, tkessler said: I use a callcentric.com Voip line with a Grandstream HT801 adapter you can buy on MercadoLibre in Mexico for $50. When someone calls my US number, it rings the GDL and Ajijic house and my MX cell simultaneously. About $3 a month. Not too sure where you get the "$3/mo" unless that is your average for inbound and you have no outbound. CallCentric is different than 'most' VoIP services in that their inbound and outbound services are independent of each other.... you can get either or both. Inbound has 2 plans... pay/minute ($1.95/mo. + 1.5c/minute) or unlimited at $5.95/mo. Outbound has 4 plans: pay/call @.02/minute, 120 minutes for $1.95, 500 minutes for $6.95 and 1000 minutes for $12.95. The latter three also cover the E911 cost of $1.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NLU Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 google voice is basically free with obitalk https://www.amazon.com/OBi200-Adapter-Support-Service-Renewed/dp/B07SF8LYG6/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=obitalk&qid=1567260017&s=gateway&sr=8-4 a side benfit of obitalk is that it sends you an e-mail every time the internet connection is lost even if it is only lost for a few seconds that's the major reason i always knew when i lost my connection to my internet provider when one starts getting 10+ e-mails every hour that you have lost your internet connection one begins to suspect that their internet provider might not be telling them everything when they say 'everything is fine.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Darn I'm missing out on all these other things just because all I want is to make and receive PHONE calls which I have happily enjoyed for many years with Vonage. I guess being able to do this with 60 countries for my monthly charge is meaningless in the overall scheme of things.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pappysmarket Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 1 hour ago, happyjillin said: Darn I'm missing out on all these other things just because all I want is to make and receive PHONE calls which I have happily enjoyed for many years with Vonage. I guess being able to do this with 60 countries for my monthly charge is meaningless in the overall scheme of things.. How much is Vonage these days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyjillin Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 42 minutes ago, pappysmarket said: How much is Vonage these days? My Vonage Canada is $31.65cdn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sorn Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Hopefully, this isn't too far off topic because we're having a similar problem. We recently bought Mexican SIM cards (Telcel) for our cellphones and are in the midst of switching over from our US provider (Verizon). Part of this includes changing our numbers for confirming/recovering email accounts, credit cards, banking stuff, etc. By that, I mean when an internet site doesn't recognize your computer (or whatever) and sends a text message to your cell phone with a password for you to use. Okay, here's the problem: none of our friends and family type in the same numbers to text us. Some have to start with +52, some with 0052, and some just start with the actual number. So, can anyone confirm what they've used for this purpose? We're reluctant to ditch Verizon until we know how that works. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simpsca Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 Ooma - you buy the device and program your phone number. Monthly charges around $7 USD. Works like a dream. Great sound quality, and the machine is also an answering machine so you can hear your missed calls. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bontepar Posted August 31, 2019 Report Share Posted August 31, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 5:38 PM, Faulkner said: I have Magicjack which works outgoing but doesn't ring here for me. There must be a better way? Any suggestions appreciated. My majick jack works perfect for me outgoing and incoming calls check your set up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkessler Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Thats right, I have very little outbound on Callcentric...$0.02 a minute not much of an expense even if I had a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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