Sure. Porting numbers requires time and resource. Time and resource aren't free as we know.

In reply to a post by sjr:

Similar story here with mobile signals. What we do is use wifi calling with the phone in airplane mode. That stops it looking for a signal that probably doesn't exist and draining the battery. Simply switch airplane mode on, that will most likely turn the wifi off so just turn wifi back on again. You do of course need to remember to switch airplane mode off when you go out but you soon get used to that.

Some people have managed to make wifi calls with the type of phone I have but I have never been successful. If do as above I can however make a Sipgate VOIP call!

Do you ever get Text messages via Wifi? That is something I would like as banks etc love to send codes which you then have to enter soon after they are supposed to arrive.

Yes text messages come through no problem with airplane mode on and wifi on.

I'm on EE with a Samsung S22 but this has been working with my two previous phones too (Huawei P20 Pro and HTC 10)

In reply to a post by Michael_Chare:

Do you ever get Text messages via Wifi? That is something I would like as banks etc love to send codes which you then have to enter soon after they are supposed to arrive.

EE launched WiFi calling back in 2015 or 2016…. With both voice and SMS. Three quickly followed, and then Vodafone and O2 launched WiFi calling without text messaging…. And it was sometime in 2020 when Vodafone managed to get SMS working, and O2 caught up end of last year. 🤣 Not all the virtual networks support WiFi calling or WiFi SMS, for example Plusnet mobile does not.

WiFi calling replaced the “SureSignal” box that Vodafone used to sell, and the other signal boosters that some networks provided.

It should be built in to any recent Android, and all iOS phones back to the iPhone 6.

In order to see what is going on with Sipgate I took a look at other Websites in Europe and I found this;

https://www.teltarif.de/sipgate-starter-tarif/news/8...

My german is very poor but from what I can tell it is as we thought;

(1). Sipgate Starter is not open to new Starter customers.

(2). They plan to end Sipgate Starter for existing customers in 2023.

(3). The reason for all of this is their desire to get rid of, "what they call", Dead Files that have booked numbers but do not use them anyway.

(4). Aparantly, Sipgate do plan to introduce a replacement free offer but I have no idea what that could be or when.

Like I posted earlier we are in Limbo.

As far as I understand it with my Gigaset N300A base station I can have a few accounts running in parallel and if I can do that, for a month or so, I will use Sipgate Starter as well as Voipify on the same N300a unit. - (Kindly advise if you know that is not possible).

I suspect that the writing is on the wall for free accounts and that Brexshit does not help.

I have had enough of Limbo an I am now openning a Voipify Account and will port the Sipgate Number to them for £15.00.

Regards,
Fido

Edited by Fido (Wed 21-Sep-22 01:25:42)

In reply to a post by Fido:

I suspect that the writing is on the wall for free accounts and that Brexshit does not help.

Why would you make up a cause like that, the last time I checked this was also affecting customers in Germany which are still very much in the EU.

What not wait and see. They haven’t even reached out to existing a/c holders yet.

Sure do your homework, but why the urgent rush to run away (and pay)?

The bridge hasn’t been gelignite’d. 😀

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

What not wait and see. They haven’t even reached out to existing a/c holders yet.

Sure do your homework, but why the urgent rush to run away (and pay)?

I'm with you on this, a lot can change between now and any planned announcement for 2023 and even if they notify people, they won't be turfing people off their system the same day.

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

What not wait and see. They haven’t even reached out to existing a/c holders yet.

Sure do your homework, but why the urgent rush to run away (and pay)?

The bridge hasn’t been gelignite’d. 😀

Obviously, Sipgate may relent with regard to their existing Sipgate Starter Accounts. - Let us hope so but the fact that Sipgate do not reply to messages/queries about this does not bode well.

Last night I paid Voipify the £6, (that apparantly comes off any bills), in order to open a Voipify Account but for now I will not burn the bridges with Sipgate and I will not port the Sipgate number out until after the dust has properly settled.

For now I plan to use the Voipify number as well as the Sipgate number on the N300a and I will see how they both go for at least six months to a year and will make a decision then. - (In between times I will keep the balance in the Sipgate Account low in case I need to exit quickly).

Maybe my openning a Voipify Account now it is premature but I do not like being in Limbo or feeling like a mushroom and then needing to quickly make last minute changes.

Regards,
Fido

Edited by Fido (Wed 21-Sep-22 13:43:09)

If that gives you peace and reassurance, then fair play.

My personal view is that tis better to wait and see what they actually announce, before rushing away. In any event it won’t be overnight and even if it was my balance on the account is minimal and porting numbers is pretty easy and quick.

Each to their own.