sipme.me and Linux voip softphone

[Stan Goodman]

At 13:47:01 on Tuesday Tuesday 01 June 2010, Tomer Cohen <tomer at gmx.net> 
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've signed-up an account on sipme.me voip provider. They are official
> landline phone provider from the Ministry of Communication office, and
> provide phone lines with the 078-555 prefix. They are providing a
> customized soft-phone application for various platforms, including
> Windows and Symbian and iPhone, but as I preferred to use it under
> Linux, I had to configure it on SIP-complaint desktop application.
>
> Configuring it on various applications (including Ekiga, QutePhone and
> sflphone) was not an issue, and I can receive calls without any
> problem. As for doing calls, it seems that the line is hanging-up right
> after handshake, so my regular land-line phone is doing half ring and
> unable to get even the caller id string from the caller. For mobile
> phones I was unable even to get this.
>
> After asking their support, they said that it is happening due to the
> usage of a different SIP stack, and seems to refuse guiding me with
> relevant information. Anyone succeed getting their service to work well
> under Linux? Thanks.

I use a VoIP provider in the US (more convenient for me for several 
reasons). His support desk was helpful in the setup phase and who remains 
ready to answer questions (I pay $0.019/minute, with no monthLy fee, for 
calls to virtually anywhere on the planet, with excellent sound quality). 
The provider I used previously (also in the US) was equally helpful. 
If "sipme" is unwilling to even try to support you, what you need is a 
different provider; there is no excuse for limiting their interest in you 
to only collecting money from your credit card account.

-- 
Stan Goodman
Qiryat Tiv'on
Israel