Showing posts with label Freephoneline.ca Phone Support. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freephoneline.ca Phone Support. Show all posts

VOIP Landline: How to get a free home phone line for life

According to the latest study by the US National Health Information Survey released in June 2012 (link), from 2008 to 2012 the percentage of American households that only use wireless phones went from 17.5% to 34%. All the while, the percentage of households with a landline phone (with or without an accompanying cellphone) decreased from 79.1% to 63.6%. The trend is clear. Consumers are cutting their landlines in favor of cell phones at an ever increasing rate. There are many reasons for this behavioral shift. Smartphones are now ubiquitous. The majority of adolescents and adults have or would like to buy a smartphone. You can carry it around with you all day, others can reach you with one number, you can browse the web, write/read email, play games, listen to music and some users even have unlimited voice and data plans. It’s very convenient.


We believe that the primary reason why users are giving up landlines it that they cost too much. Why pay for 2 phones when you have one with you at all times that does so much more? That’s a very good question, but what if we told you can you can setup a home phone for practically nothing? Would you be interested then? No monthly fees. You can use regular phones and it’s free for life. Now that we got your attention, a lot of common responses that we receive are “this sounds like a scam”, “that’s impossible”, “must be  terrible service”. Well, we have been using this service for over a year without any issues. We have even helped setup such a line for a couple of friends, also without any problems. We’ve read reports that others have been using such a service for over 5 years and they’re still happy with it.

Did we mention that you also get unlimited long distance calling in Canada? Oh ya, that’s free too.
What I’m describing is a VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) telephone line. Before we go any further, you should ensure that you have 1) a high speed internet connection, 2) a computer/laptop, 3) a regular landline phone (we recommend a DECT 6.0 cordless phone with a base station and 3-5 handsets), 4) a wireless router and 5) an analog telephone adapter (commonly referred to as an ATA device). Below is a diagram of how everything would be connected.


Grandstream HT502 Setting for Freephoneline



Before you start configuring the adapter, make sure you have the following settings for your SIP account:
- SIP Server address (sometimes called SIP Proxy)
- SIP User ID (in most cases this is the phone number)
- The password for the SIP account
To obtain these settings, you must contact Freephoneline and ask for your configuration file. There's a one time charge for this, currently $50 CAD + tax. They will send you a Word document with the settings.

Connect all the cables: power cord, an ethernet cable from your router (or modem) to the WAN port of the HT502, an ethernet cable from the LAN port to your PC and a phone to the Phone 1 port. Open a web browser and type in http://192.168.2.1. The login page will come up, enter admin to log in then click Advanced Settings:

GrandStream HT-286 Configuration for freephoneline.ca

GrandStream HT-286 Configuration for freephoneline.ca

ATA Config - GrandStream HT-286

http://support.fongo.com/attachments/token/l7ddqvurbehk2yf/?name=ATA+Config+-+GrandStream+HT-286+%2528Nov2010%2529+%281%29.pdf


Setting up the Grandstream HT286 for Freephoneline

Before you start configuring the adapter, make sure you have the following settings for your SIP account:
- SIP Server address (sometimes called SIP Proxy)
- SIP User ID (in most cases this is the phone number)
- The password for the SIP account
To obtain these settings, you must contact Freephoneline and ask for your configuration file. There's a one time charge for this, currently $50 CAD + tax. They will send you a Word document with the settings.

Connect all the cables: power cord, an Ethernet cable to router and a phone to the Phone port. Then pick up the phone and either push the white button on the adapter or dial *** from the phone. The adapter should start playing some menu options. Dial ** and the adapter will read back (with voice) the IP address it has obtained from your router. Open a web browser and type in that IP address. The login page will come up, enter admin to log in. You will be automatically taken to the Advanced Settings page:

Linksys PAP2 | PAP2T for Freephoneline.ca

Before you start configuring the adapter, make sure you have the following settings for your SIP account:
- SIP Server address (sometimes called SIP Proxy)
- SIP User ID (the phone number, with 1 in front of the area code)
- The password for the SIP account (a combination of letters and numbers)
To obtain these settings, you must contact Freephoneline and ask for your configuration file. There's a one time charge for this, currently $50 CAD + tax. They will send you a Word document with the settings.

Plug in the adapter (power, an Ethernet cable to your router and a phone into Line 1). Wait about 20 seconds then pick up the phone and dial ****110#. The adapter will read back (with voice) its IP address. Open a browser and enter that IP address. The Info page of the adapter will show up.

Setting up a Linksys PAP2 | PAP2T for Freephoneline.ca