In ALL cases get your dial tone from your local phone company.
I’ve been in this field of networks/voip since before there was voip. But I have managed the implementation of VoIP, Internet Access and intra Corporate networks for over 40 years.
You just got some free, but very valuable advice.
Well, I’ll remember your advice.
But this has worked for me for ten years; and I’m not leaving it just because a couple of companies don’t want to deal with it because they can’t verify the phone number unless I call them up and argue with them about it.
I’ll just find companies that will - which has been most of the many companies we deal with.
Thanks again.
my voip phone has a dial tone when it’s not even plugged in to the network switch.
as a matter of fact, it doesn’t even need to make a dial tone. it just does that because phones have done that since forever and people are use to it. it could just as easily say “please dial the number you wish to reach” when I pick it up.
The call does eventually leave the SIP (internet phone) network if it’s routed to a POTS number (plain old telephone system) though a local pop (sip to pots hand off) IF the call is going to a POTS customer. SIP to SIP never leaves the internet.
Copper is dying tech, that is why the giverment is dumping billions on LECs (local exchange carriers like Frontier and Centurylink) to provide “broadband” when they can’t even provide a dial tone to most of their areas now. They are simply trying to keep them (and their unions/donations) around.
(abbreviations explained for everyone as I am fairly sure you know what they mean already)