Purchasing Fongo VoIP unlock key service

[FES]

Hi There,

I am planning to get rid of my current provider and switch my home phone to Fongo. I read in the page that it cost me one time $50 to set up. Is that right? Can I transfer my number? What other fees involved? Is there any monthly payment as well?

Thanks a lot

[FONGO_kris]

There are absolutely no monthly payments, unless you've enabled the auto-renew feature on our World Credits for long distance. To port your number, it is a one-time fee of $25 additional to the cost of the VoIP unlock key.

[Jake]

You will obviously need some sort of ATA as well if you are planning to connect your home phones. They cost around $50.

[FES]

OK, I called and talk to a customer rep. It sounds good. Apparently, there is only that $50 + $25 charge and nothing else! I will switch soon...! One more question that I forgot to ask: Do you guys have 416 Toronto numbers to assign if I don't want to transfer my old number and want to get a new number? Thanks

[FONGO_kris]

Unfortunately we do not. Toronto-416 numbers are pretty rare nowadays unless subscribers cancel (our service, or other carriers) no one really has any anymore.

[Jake]

It looks like Telus still has a few 416 numbers, so if you really wanted a 416 number you might be able to grab a prepaid sim card with them, request (or change) to a 416 number, then port it out. This will obviously cost a bit more so it will depend on how much you need a 416 number.

[jbr439]

Can someone tell me if Fongo supports SIP over TCP (it's part of the standard) in addition to SIP over UDP?

The battery saving characteristics of TCP (greatly increased keep-alive interval needed to keep service provider NAT entry nailed up) is significant and makes it a very, very good thing to have. FWIW, the pbxes.org people realize this; that's why sipdroid/pbxes uses TCP, and TCP-level keep-alives for even greater efficiency.

[chrisandmj]

It's $25 one time fee for the port yes. It would actually be a $99 (not 50) for the ATA device and VOIP unlock. If you already have a third party ATA device then it's 50 for the VOIP unlock. All the same, I have purchased the device and ported my old number from Rogers successfully and everything works great so far!