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[jaray]

I'm from the very same area you are. You won't find a VoIP provider selling services in the 807 area code. Same goes for the Tbay area. They will sell you a DID for a hunting group of lines you would already have..but not a true DID. Only option is to use a gateway device such as a SPA or TDM card and plug an analog link into. I live off an SPA-3102 and my home pstn line plugged into it with a few trunks out to other providers in Canada.
If you get this message, I might be able to suggest an organization that may be able to sell you a DID in the 737 exchange. I'll wait for your response...

 

[discodave1977]

I turned off all the notifications on the m3's, they beep and bop a lot.

I've got a spa-3000 running now as my gateway to Bell. I find the clarity a bit low when on it. Not sure yet if its the location of the base and one of the remote m3's.

I would be interested in who might be able to get me a 737 exchange number. Let me know here or via PM.

 

[jaray]

...thought harder about it, depending on if this is for home use or institution use, there is the option of a PRI via Bell. I don't know if they sell less than a full channel T1 PRI but it would be worth asking. Then you can put local #'s (Bell DID's) on it. This would be a digital circuit.
We use Cisco gateways in some cases and they handle analogue lines quite well, but you definitely don't need to go that far. The Sangoma's are good too.

 

[discodave1977]

Its for home use. PRI is way overkill for what I'm using PiaF for.

 

[w1ve]

807 DIDs

I see that Vonage Canada provides 807 DIDs... No idea if it's a local Thunder Bay number, but it probably is. Just get a softphone account and use it with your PIAF!

(I'd like a DID in Charlottetown, and Vonage seems to be the only one there also)

 

[discodave1977]

Odd. I just looked at Vonage and it said they didn't offer 807 DIDs. How did you find it?

 

[jaray]

Likely the only way you'll ever be able to affordably purchase an 807 DID, is if some 3rd party purchases a large bank of them from Bell on a PRI, and sells them off 1 by 1.
There just doesn't seem to be enough demand in a small area for this yet.

Bell has minimum quantity requirements and they don't price it so that people can purchase on a small scale.