VOTE: Replenish phone service balance

General
1

Hi everyone!

Our phone service from VoIP.ms has proven extremely valuable since we got our phone number, 513.909.HIVE, last September. When it was set up, I loaded $25 in credit to the account. That has gotten us almost a year of use.

Here’s how the costs for phone service break down:
Monthly:
$0.85 - Monthly fee for having the phone number
$1.50 - E911 service fee

Per Use:
$0.009 - per-minute phone call

Now it’s time to reload the account as its balance has dropped below $5. This member vote is for $100 to replenish the phone service. At current usage rates, this should last us almost 4 years.

This vote should conclude next Tuesday, August 3.

2

I vote yes.

3

I vote yes. I don’t know that we really need a phone line, but the cost is negligible, and it can’t hurt to have a hard line to 911 available.

4

I vote yes.

5

Is there a SIP URI and/or an E164 entry for that number? For fone phreaks it would be fun to have a hacker space hotline that is pure SIP, and therefore free to call from weird places.

6

The phone line is the HIVE13 doorbell. It takes phone messages from prospective members. And most importantly it is a safety measure to have a land line to 911 calls.

7

I vote yes.

  • 911 calls – which we have fully set up with the 911 center test that it works properly for our space
  • Calls by visitors as our doorbell
  • Speakerphone connection to provide non-sucky audio for remote people for our meetings
8

To answer Chris A’s question, there is a SIP URI for our phone number. It is 5139094483@sip.voip.ms. Incoming calls via SIP URI are billed at $0.001 per minute.

9

vote yes

10

Yes

11

yes

12

I vote yes

13

Vote yes.

John O