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Subject:Re: 1899VoIP this morning
Date:Sun, 22 May 2005 21:31:29 +0100
From:me@privacy.net
Newsgroups:uk.telecom.voip
On Sun, 22 May 2005 21:08:09 +0100, "{{{{{Welcome}}}}}"
<bhx@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

>Thus spaketh me@privacy.net:
>> On Fri, 20 May 2005 10:20:59 +0100, David Floyd <david@floyd.org.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Can't log in to 1899VoIP this morning using ATA-486.
>>>
>>> Tried sip.1899.com and iax.1899.com which both worked yesterday.
>>>
>>> Does this confirm that they have pulled the plug on us non softphone
>>> users.
>>>
>>> I presume that their softphone must send some other information so
>>> that they know when it's being used.
>>>
>>> DF
>>
>> My Sipura is incapable of accessing 1899 VOIP. Until a couple of days
>> ago it worked fine, and I haven't changed the settings.
>>
>> Is it just me or are others in the same boat? It says it's registered,
>> but when u try to call PSTN it just goes beep, beep, beep.
>
>
>Sounds like the classic blocked number that has been plaguing many.
>
>Register another number with 1899 and then program that new number into the 
>Sipura. 
>

Why would they block that number?