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Everyone including me loves Free stuff… then why not Free Phone Service … Yeah thats true ! You can convert SunRocket’s Gizmo into Free Phone with the use of Grand Central (an service of Google) and Gizmo Project.

What I need to do to get Free Phone up and running ?

1) Go to Gizmo Project and signup (Free Account), this will give you an SIP account (SIP is an protocol that VOIP phone uses). From layman prospective it allows you to chat with other online instant messengers (like Yahoo, MSN, Gtalk etc), In addition to this it also has SIP capabilities.

2) Now configure the SunRocket Gizmo with the Gizmo Project Servers (Gizmo internally uses the SIP protocol to communicate).

To configure a device you need the following information: ( Gizmo Project Configuration help )

SIP Proxy : proxy01.sipphone.com:5060
STUN server : stun01.sipphone.com:3478
Username : Your SIP number, found by dialing ** in Gizmo
Password : Your password
Codecs : iLBC, GSM, g711a, and g711u (Gizmo Project uses other codeces as well, but you won’t find them in your hardware settings)

3) After this, we need to Configure Grand Central to forward all your calls to your Gizmo Project account. Follow the directions as mentioned here. To use Grand Central you need to signup with them, its the service launched by Google and you will get an Phone number after signup.

4) Finally, Configure your Sunrocket account to forward all calls to your Grand Central number. You need to login into your account and forward the calls.

Now, you are all set to get the Incoming Calls for Free when your nears and dears call either your old Sunrocket number or your new Grand Central number, it goes to your Gizmo, which rings finally to your normal home phone.

During Grand Central’s Beta period you can also make the outgoing calls for Free, to do so you need to go to your Grand Central account and need to add the person into your address book (To whom you want to make an call) and then by clicking the “Call” button. This way Grand Central call the person and calls your phone to connect both, so it counts as an incoming call both way. So, by this way during the Grand Central beta period you can make all outgoing calls for free, or you can either pay $0.019 per minute for the outgoing calls.

Hope this helps in getting some use of SunRocket Gizmo and maintain your phone line till you decide your new VOIP provider…

If you want to signup for some commercial VOIP provider then you can signup with any of these providers:

a) ViaTalk - Special Contract Buyout Promotion

b) JoiPhone (You can even Unlock Gizmo and use with their service) Read More..

c) voip

d) Lingo

c) Packet8 Check this –> SunRocket Preferred Provider after they closed

Let me know in case you have any other query or need any help…

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