If I use your service over the same internet connection I currently have (that brings in my current phone service), would I be able to expect better call reliability and maybe even faster connections, or should I expect it to work about the same as what I currently have?
I'm sorry if you asked the question on the FidoNET forum in Fr+En and didn't get a response. I must have missed it, and my colleagues did too-I'm sorry.
First, do you live in Canada or the USA? Next, are you interested in having your number accessible from any phone, or do you want it to be an extension on PhoneNET v2.0 that would only be accessible from another person on PhoneNET? Because for now, we don't have many clients on PhoneNET; BBS SysOps seem to be ignoring this service.
If you want a phone number that is accessible by regular users with a number, I need to know which city you would like to have the extension in or transfer a number to. And I'd like to know how many lines you want on this phone number. For my BBS, I have a number with 5 lines. It's not the same price.
This is the first part to understand what you really need. For the second part, based on what you tell me, we'll create an account on the PBX and configure your modem. You can test it and see if it works as you want, or if you don't like it. If you don't like it, we will have done the tests and the necessary configuration, and we'll know if it works properly from your location. I know it works, but with delays and pings varying from one place to another, you never know where it will end up. So, to see how it performs, we need to try it.
If you want to test, you can try to connect to my modem with the number that is in my signature at the bottom of my message. The part of my PBX with my modems is 100% set up with the right protocols and configurations. It's not a bad idea to test before and after. And if you want to use my service, you should normally get the best results. That's because you will have a direct connection from one modem to another.
For most people at home, because they are passing through multiple levels of audio compression, they can't expect excellent results. The phone companies want to make as much money as possible. So, they compress the audio as much as they can to reduce memory and CPU usage to the minimum.
Whereas I prioritize audio quality.
Of course, if your neighbor uses phone company XYZ and tries to connect to your modem through them, and you are on my system, it's normal that there won't be crazy performance and stability. Because from XYZ's side to my PBX server, I have no control over them.
Does that answer your question? If you want us to test and go further, just send me a private message.
VA2RFC BBS Les Méchins, Québec Canada
SysOp: rmurray --- Modem: 1(418)317-1343 --- 5 lines 56 kbp/s
Telnet: va2rfcbbs.photorm.net:23 FsxNet: 21:1/235 FidoNet: 1:229/114
--- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Windows/64)
* Origin: VA2RFC BBS (21:1/235)