Dnia 25.09.2023 o godz. 14:23:57 john.m.hopkins Hopkins pisze: > > Currently residing in Poland. > > Previous skype subscriber. > > Primary functions: > > 1) This is not for Business: strictly occasional one-on-one personal use. > > 2) U.S. "landline" number for U.S. caller ID functionality. ("DID"? > "SIP"???)… > > This was a fee-based subscription. [...] > 5) I am currently subscribed to skype with the aforementioned "landline > number" (area code 651-); > > All microsoft-associated services will be terminated (i.e. skype). [...] > If the aforementioned "landline number" is "ported over", will I need to > maintain my skype subscription to keep this number? [...] > IFAIK, a "softphone" desktop interface is necessary.(??)
Was your landline number provided by Skype or some other phone provider? How do you exactly plan to "port over" the number? As far as I know, Skype (as a provider) does not use SIP on client side; they have their own protocol that only Skype (as an application) uses. So if the number stays with Skype (provider), you need to keep your Skype account and your Skype application. If you are able to transfer the number (via the administrative process) from Skype (provider) to another phone provider that uses standard SIP - or if your number is already handled by such a provider - you may use any SIP-compatible softphone application (including Linphone, which this mailing list is devoted to). Whether video calling and/or SMS functionality will be possible, it depends on the provider. Usually these functions are not available with calls from/to regular phone network, but *may* be available with pure SIP-to-SIP calls (depending also on application capabilities on both ends). Linphone supports these features, but the application on the other end, or the provider, might not support them. I don't know if the administrative process I'm referring to does exist in the US; in Poland, if you are a subscriber to any phone provider and have a Polish phone number, you can request to have that number administratively transferred to another Polish provider you choose; ie. you are changing a provider while keeping your phone number. As you are located in Poland, have you considered subscribing to a Polish phone provider (for example https://www.ipfon.pl/ ) and obtaining a Polish phone number instead the US number you use currently? Is it a viable option for you? -- Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa r...@rafa.eu.org -- "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub." _______________________________________________ Linphone-users mailing list Linphone-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/linphone-users