Babble.net

I have read good about them, but a week ago I joined and paid 10 pounds to top up. Then I found I could not get the service to work with my Grandstream (I wrote and asked them if we can have SIP numbers with more than one provider on the Grandstream 2000 since it allows you to have 4 #s). the grandstream only allows one STUN # but 4 SIP, so I am confused.

Meanwhile, their (Babble.net) store is broken and i cannot dial in to their UK telephone. they do not answer my support tickets. Anyone have any info?

I would like them to at least acknowledge on their site if they have technical troubles.

thanks


paul in tokyo

Welcome to Voipuser!

I have an account with Babble but have not used int for a long time as another carrier proved to be preferable in my situation. You only need one STUN server set up (voipusers is stun.voipuser.org). The manual for the Grandstream 2000 is here:] http://www.grandstream.com/user_manuals/GXP2000.pdf
in case you have not found it. Grandstream devices are usually fairly easy to get working. Try to get it working with one provider first .... easy ones are voxalot.com (free registration - echo test number is 600) and Free world dialup (http://www.freeworlddialup.com/ also free echo test is 613). Once you have one of the working you can try others. Let us know how you get on.

The babble site seems to be working at present. The setting that they give are

SIP server: babble.net
Outbound proxy: babble.net
SIP user ID: Your username or Your username [!at] babble.net (replace the [!at] with a @)
Password: [your babble password]

pretty normal.

If you have other question prease give more details about your settings/setup

I have just found that the babble set up for the Grandstream 2000 is on the website here

http://www.babble.net/SIPsettings.php

I hope this helps.

Hi, dibsmft

Thank you for the reply--all 3 of them. I am eager to try to connect when I get back home tonight. I am glad they are working. Their web shop appears down all this time (cannot see anything other than minutes--last week I was told i needed to set up a number before I could use the service, and that link just went to the same page.　Now that link is gone and there is no word on why. So I assumed the whole service was down. I guessI can call but not BE called until I get a number from them).

By the way, I am amazed at what is out there. And your site is great in that it is not biased toward any one company.

I am a little confused why one would need many providers (for example, I have Gizmo and now Babble). But my phone can take two numbers--glad to hear only one STUN is needed. Also, you offer VOPI too, and I like the principle behind contributing in order to get service. I may well do that.

Is my understanding correct that one may need multiple numbers in order to take advantage of cheaper calling to some countries?

I am based in Japan and make/receive calls primarily within Japan and to the US.

In Japan we have a fairly developed IP phone setup with providers like Yahoo (Softbank) and JCom cable TV. But they are still pricier than using various SIP services. But I am moving house in a few weeks and will not contract with a phone company as I want to be a pioneer with VoIP. I have mobile for emergencies, so am not worried about that.

Speaking of IP, when I went to Akihabara, the huge electronics section of Tokyo. I could not find any shops selling IP phones. I saw a lot of USB handsets, mostly marketed for SKYPE. I finally found one shop which specializes in non consumer stuff. When I asked, they directed mt to the correct floor, but when I asked the salesman, he asked me which provider and I said "various". He assumed I wanted to use a local company and when I said I wanted a Gradstream or similar, he refused to serve me, saying they could not gauarantee a specific hardware device would work with a given provider.

I got the feeling that they are avoiding selling to the public, perhaps to protect the local companies, with whom they may be in a partnership with (broadband is big here, and significantly faster than the US, for example, though even Korea is faster).

Whatever, I located the Grandstream distributor and now am looking forward to making use of the technology.

Thanks again for the great help.

paul

I suggest you get a free voxalot.com number (free for the basic service). These are easy to set up and will allow you to connect to more than just two providers. In addition, if the people that you are calling already use voip then you may be alble to call them directly from your phone to their phone (IP to IP) an vice versa. You can register for a free US number with Ipkall so that they can call you.

I have sent you a pm.

dibsmft :

I suggest you get a free voxalot.com number (free for the basic service). These are easy to set up and will allow you to connect to more than just two providers. In addition, if the people that you are calling already use voip then you may be alble to call them directly from your phone to their phone (IP to IP) an vice versa. You can register for a free US number with Ipkall so that they can call you. I have sent you a pm.

thanks!

I am a bit fuzzy on all the options, but it looks like they will be able to route me the cheapest way. I just found your PM and will respond more there.

Think babble.net is down for now..