Dear lazyweb [voip]

[theducks]

Dear Lazyweb,

When we vacate our domicile current domicile and head to my mum's, I'd like to move our old number to a VOIP provider. Can I do this? With this VOIP provider, I'd also like a box I can take to Canada and plug a phone into. What should I use for this?

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[ducts.livejournal.com]

In theory, yes.

In practice, I've been attempting to do this and had mysterious rejections on each attempt - Telstra does not tell the porting carrier enough information to diagnose the problem.

domicile current domicile

[trs80.ucc.asn.au (from livejournal.com)]

Only a few VOIP providers can do this, so you'll need to do some research. I have a list of them from when DAA moved to VOIP a few years ago.

The box you want is called an Analogue Telephone Adapter (ATA) http://voip-info.org/wiki/view/Analog+Telephone+Adapters

[luyer.livejournal.com]

Engin should be able to do this for you, and sell you hardware which will do what you want too. Cost is $9.95 p/m with them, and outbound local calls to all Australian capitals are 10c each. For an additional $5 p/m you can get additional inbound numbers (so you can be called as a local call from multiple capitals, too).

[luyer.livejournal.com]

Oops, sorry. from their FAQ:

"Engin does not yet offer Local Number Portability, you will be allocated a new number with your service."

I know NEC Nextep (as resold by PacNet and others) were doing LNP. I don't know their current rates, though.