Any way to make *98 permanent???

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Tom
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by Tom » Wed Nov 20, 2013 4:10 pm

done
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by wally_333 » Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:47 am

Also note that in Alarm mode your touch tones won't be detected when navigating Ooma voicemail (see viewtopic.php?f=5&t=15427). And be aware that G.711 takes up a lot more bandwidth which may impair voice quality due to jitter and packet loss.
Please put this in the documentation or at least the FAQ. I wasted over an hour discovering and fixing this, although we've had no call quality issues in Alarm Mode, only "needed" alarm mode so I could have a standard dialtone which we prefer.
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by Tom » Fri Nov 22, 2013 7:58 am

For regular dialtone you can just set fax mode. I'll ask product marketing about documenting the alarm mode caveat.
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by GusHerb » Mon Dec 02, 2013 7:49 pm

Tom B wrote:done
I called customer service a few months back and no matter how I tried to explain it they had no clue what I was talking about, then eventually level 2 said "there is no way to change the voice codec"
I'm accustomed to the sound of G.711, and find automated systems are easier to navigate using it.

Could you set G.711 for my account as well?
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by Tom » Tue Dec 03, 2013 2:07 pm

Done, but be aware that the telo sends DTMF as text so the audio codec used makes no difference.
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by GusHerb » Tue Dec 03, 2013 8:35 pm

Tom B wrote:Done, but be aware that the telo sends DTMF as text so the audio codec used makes no difference.
Thank you. I noticed the difference right away, before I even checked in on this thread! Not that the voice quality is bad with the standard codec, (it's actually quite good, I just don't like the fact that the ringback tone and other background nuances sound like a cellphone with it) which btw what is the default codec and is it proprietary?
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by Tom » Wed Dec 04, 2013 5:29 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILBC
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by GusHerb » Fri Dec 06, 2013 1:53 pm

When one Ooma Telo is locked into G.711, if you call another number that's also using a Telo, does that force that Telo to use G.711 for that call as well? or does it just continue using the default codec?
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by Tom » Fri Dec 06, 2013 3:04 pm

The G.711 lock is ignored if the endpoint supports G.722, so telo-2-telo will also be G.722.
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Re: Any way to make *98 permanent???

Post by GusHerb » Fri Dec 06, 2013 7:48 pm

Tom B wrote:The G.711 lock is ignored if the endpoint supports G.722, so telo-2-telo will also be G.722.
Does that apply if neither Telo is using Ooma handsets?
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