selfhosting.couchsurfingFeb 13
I hate to say it, but I'm probably gonna have to find a different VOIP provider than #VoipMS at some point. I mean I'll wait until I'm forced - maybe - but their forum is not encouraging, nor is the performance of many of their services which aren't solely related to SIP voice calling.
selfhosting.couchsurfingNov 8

interesting, voip dot ms now has their own branded softphone app for Android and iOS...

https://wiki.voip.ms/article/VoIP.ms_Softphone

given the state of their API and the state of SIP calling on modern Android, I gotta be honest that I'm not super excited about this. I find my physical wifi-based VOIP phone way more user-friendly for phone calls, and thankfully 98% of my messaging happens in Signal so I don't have to deal with SIP texting much. there's a third-party app for that on #VoipMS but it's weird because their API is weird.

#SIP #VOIP #DIY

selfhosting.couchsurfingNov 7

looks like #VoipMS still doesn't really handle group texts well at all in 2025. not great.

however, it's $1.10 a month for their metered lines, which is a big part of why I'm a customer ... that and the fact that I am one of the very few people who does nearly all their messaging on Signal

selfhosting.couchsurfingJul 16, 2025

#VoipMS softphone app for iOS and Android 🧐

https://wiki.voip.ms/article/VoIP.ms_Softphone

#voip #sip

Ed W8EMV Jul 15, 2025

A little bit about some recent #VOIP adventures, featuring Hamshack Hotline, Hams over IP, NZSIP from DVNZ, and moving my ATT land line phone to voip.ms .

https://vielmetti.typepad.com/w8emv/2025/07/voip-update-2025-07-14-hams-over-ip-hamshack-hotline-nzsip-and-porting-my-home-phone-line.html

Please don't let anyone ever tell you that this is "not really ham radio" when there is a ham at each end of a conversation!

#hh #hoip #nzsip #dvnz #voipms

Blippy the Wonder Slug 🇩🇪May 16, 2025

🙄 Does anyone out there have knowledge/experience with using voip.ms and Zoiper (or similar)?

#Voipms #Zoiper

Show threadselfhosting.couchsurfingApr 5, 2025

but thankfully there are parts of my #surfhosting tech stack which are fairly settled already:

OS: #LinuxMint; #Debian (with #LXQt if needed, or #BunsenLabs); #OpenWRT

Virtualization: #Proxmox

Hardware: refurb "1-liter" #1LPC business #miniPC from HP, Dell, Lenovo, with mid to high end CPU

Network: #GLiNet and #FriendlyElec #NanoPi routers / network-attached devices; #PiVPN

Phone: #VoipMS with dedicated SIP phone, plus softphone apps for limited use

Power: 90% of everything powered from compact #GaN USB-PD power supplies; 24/7 gear backed by ~15 year old consumer UPSes with drop-in LFP 12V batteries

Show threadselfhosting.couchsurfingMar 28, 2025
@purpleidea the unannounced changes to services people are actually using is by far the worst part of the #voipms experience
James Just JamesMar 28, 2025

For anyone using CHAN_SIP with #voipms, whatever unannounced migration/configuration change they just did (around ~12h ago) broke all those connections for inbound traffic (to your asterisk/freepbx boxes) only.

If you were affected by this, please comment and let me know.

selfhosting.couchsurfingFeb 25, 2025

despite the firmware bugs - which do seem to be getting fixed over time - having a physical VOIP phone like the Grandstream WP826 makes using a generic VOIP carrier like Voip dot ms so much less painful than software phones can be.

that's pretty important, especially when you realize that with #VoipMS you can have a phone like for about $2/month and $0.01/minute of talk time.