iNum - who has one?

[rcourtney]

I was looking over my list of DID numbers from VoIP.ms and noticed that I still have one.

We may have tried CNET
CNET VOIP Archives: https://www.ckts.info/archives/
https://www.ckts.info/

Will PSTN eventually die like cord operator boards?  Will everyone be assigned an iNum?

(883)51000990xxxx how does one access the network remotely from another country?

Will a lookup be available for anyone or is just ISPs?

[dsk]

Here in Norway POTS died in 2022. Everybody has their cellphone and many use that system for internet connection, so my guess is that it will survive for a relatively long time. The monthly payment usually covers free calling (+SMS/MMS) for Norwegian numbers and an amount of data. Then by using the PSTN you limit your consume of data.  (And PSTN survives)

Now the world is full of war threats, and you do not shut down a working service.  Then  time and "development" goes faster and faster so nothing is for sure....

[5415551212]

I was looking over my list of DID numbers from VoIP.ms and noticed that I still have one.

We may have tried CNET
CNET VOIP Archives: https://www.ckts.info/archives/
https://www.ckts.info/

Will PSTN eventually die like cord operator boards?  Will everyone be assigned an iNum?

(883)51000990xxxx how does one access the network remotely from another country?

Will a lookup be available for anyone or is just ISPs?

Very curious, this is the first I have herd of iNum, wikipedia says its been shutdown?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INum_Initiative

Seems they got a +883 for iNum very interesting, as I have contemplated the idea of getting a +882 for C*Net via a CLEC.
 
C*Net is quite active, I am very slowly working thru the various configs to get an Asterisk tandem switch on C*Net.
I am extremely new to C*Net still.
Thanks for sharing that
Cheers
--Stephen
 

[leejor]

Had an iNum a few years back when international calling was very expensive, but I found I never really had a use for it. It was fun to play with, but more of a novelty. It may have been useful in the past, but like C*Net, it is a closed system. You have to have a way in and a way out. All well and good for enthusiastic hobbyists (like us), but it really doesn't help if you want to connect to the majority of people that only have a PSTN number.

Years ago, in the 2000's, there was a service called Free World Dialup (FWD). It was a free PBX that allowed you to get an extension number, or several. It was great for calling between two points. The only way in or out was to make use of a gateway. They eventually wanted to make some money and turned it into a pay service, but did allow access to the PSTN. It eventually died as the "free" part was now gone and people had moved on. VoIP was no longer something new and limited to just a few of us.

Local, national and International calling has become so inexpensive, if not free in some cases, that a (somewhat) closed system doesn't fit the bill any longer.

[dsk]

Are iNum still working?  When I look it up it seems to be a closed service.

I use sipbroker as a good service and may use it to call home or test my Norwegian clock.  You may call a local number and when you hear the answer you keep on dialling *011 170 and get the Norwegian (=most of Europe) time.  E.g. the chicago number (312) 205-644 works great, and on my Android phone I have stored this as  312205644,*011170  and that works, but not when I use my car conected via bluetooth.     My field phone excange has  *011 478

[poplar1]

E.g. the chicago number
(312) 205-644 works great

That's not a complete number -- should be 10 digits

[dsk]

That's not a complete number -- should be 10 digits

Thank you! you are right, it should have been a 4 more in the end:  (312) 204-6444