FreshPHONE app replaces the traditional home phone

[BusinessTech]

FreshPHONE app replaces the traditional home phone

With FreshPHONE, customers are eliminating unnecessary costs and only pay for the calls they make.

 

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FreshPHONE app replaces the traditional home phone

With FreshPHONE, customers are eliminating unnecessary costs and only pay for the calls they make.

If I effectively cancel my Telkom landline by porting the number to FreshPhone, would this require me leaving the FreshPhone app running on my cellphone 24/7 in order to catch incoming calls ?

Does the app run in the background consuming minimal resources ?

Can it run on 3 or 4 cellphones simultaneously- one for each family member ?

How about the possibility of free voice communication between the various connected family members logged into the FreshPhone app as above ?

 

[Dave]

If I effectively cancel my Telkom landline by porting the number to FreshPhone, would this require me leaving the FreshPhone app running on my cellphone 24/7 in order to catch incoming calls ?

Does the app run in the background consuming minimal resources ?

Can it run on 3 or 4 cellphones simultaneously- one for each family member ?

From a quick look at their website it appears to be standard SIP VOIP system so unless they’ve blocked the ability you should be able to have it on multiple phones, you should also be able to use a VoIP handset or an ATA adapter to a normal DECT or POTS handset at home connected to your internet router.

 

[AsteriskUser]

If I effectively cancel my Telkom landline by porting the number to FreshPhone, would this require me leaving the FreshPhone app running on my cellphone 24/7 in order to catch incoming calls ?

The app makes use of push notifications so it will open the app only when the call is pushed to you from their servers.

Does the app run in the background consuming minimal resources ?

Same answer as above.

Can it run on 3 or 4 cellphones simultaneously- one for each family member ?

As I understand, because it is a free service, they do not allow the ability to register a single account on multiple devices, this will result in the registration being taken by each device constantly as it re-registers. They do allow 5 accounts to be created per user so you could register one on each phone, you would just need to set up a quickdial to the other person's freshphone number, this is easy in the app.

How about the possibility of free voice communication between the various connected family members logged into the FreshPhone app as above ?

Yes, their on-net calls are zero rated.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

From a quick look at their website it appears to be standard SIP VOIP system so unless they’ve blocked the ability you should be able to have it on multiple phones, you should also be able to use a VoIP handset or an ATA adapter to a normal DECT or POTS handset at home connected to your internet router.

I have a switchtel VoIP account, they have issues with registration, so 1 device per sip account. It works with 2 devices, bit you get all sorts of schit happening then.

I dunno if fresh phone is the same

 

[AsteriskUser]

It will work with 50 devices, the issue is still that it can only register one device so while 50 devices could make a call out (not at the same time) only 1 of the 50 will receive a call at a time, this all depends on which one registered last with asterisk.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

It will work with 50 devices, the issue is still that it can only register one device so while 50 devices could make a call out (not at the same time) only 1 of the 50 will receive a call at a time, this all depends on which one registered last with asterisk.

And this is the issue if you want to receive incoming calls

 

[AsteriskUser]

And this is the issue if you want to receive incoming calls

Correct!

 

[gfmalan]

What I do is set it to forward calls to my mobile if there are no registrations, so either way I get the call.

And when I want outbound call to show as local number I open my app or use the Yealink phone.

My call routing look like: Ext (20sec), Mobile (20sec) and Voicemail to email.

 

[Dave]

I have a switchtel VoIP account, they have issues with registration, so 1 device per sip account. It works with 2 devices, bit you get all sorts of schit happening then.

I dunno if fresh phone is the same

That’s a bit sh*t, I use Sipgate for my voip lines and there doesn’t seem to be any limit on devices, and once registered all devices can make calls and all devices will ring for incoming calls, that’s across dedicated VOIP phones (mostly Yealink), DECT cordless connected via an ATA (Linksys and Grandstream) and mobile phones connected by app (CSipSimple or Zoiper).

 

[Space]

That’s a bit sh*t, I use Sipgate for my voip lines and there doesn’t seem to be any limit on devices, and once registered all devices can make calls and all devices will ring for incoming calls, that’s across dedicated VOIP phones (mostly Yealink), DECT cordless connected via an ATA (Linksys and Grandstream) and mobile phones connected by app (CSipSimple or Zoiper).

 

[Space]

It seems you need a physical adddress in Germany for SIPgate Satellite to post an authentication code to before you can start receiving incoming calls and your free 100 voice minutes per month ?