Comments on: Introducing Skyetel: A VoIP Provider for All Seasons

By: Miles

Miles — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:54:32 +0000

Some specialty or novelty stores might carry them, too.

By: Victor

Victor — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 17:57:32 +0000

Any idea if Skyetel plans to support 3CX systems? Thanks for all your work! [WM: They already do. Here's a tutorial.]

By: Kumar Ullal

Kumar Ullal — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 19:40:17 +0000

Hi Ward, Thanks for the article. I tried Skyetel and it works great. It seems, It works particularly well with fusionpbx. Would love to have an article from you on how to setup Skyetel with fusionpbx.
Also eagerly awaiting part II of Kamailio.
Thanks and Regards
Kumar

By: Aveesh Kumar

Aveesh Kumar — Sat, 19 Jan 2019 21:26:38 +0000

Hello – Thx so much for this article. I filled in the pre qualification form for Skyetel but cannot sign up at their site coz they require a USA SMS number – I am in India. – trying a free one or even signing up to SMS enable at callcentric.com says "this is not a mobile number" at skyetel website….any suggestions? Thx…

[WM: At the moment, Skyetel service is limited to North America. But stay tuned. 🙂 ]

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 21 Nov 2018 21:01:10 +0000

The support folks at Skyetel have figured it out, though I guess I should have guessed this given their architecture: I need to open my pfSense box to allow UDP on ports 10000-20000 from the entire Internet, not just from their five IPs. Once I did that, I have two-way audio on incoming calls–now to set up an outbound route and test that…

By: Skyetel Support

Skyetel Support — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:01:36 +0000

Hey Guys,

A few NerdVittles’ users have come across this issue as well. Check this out:
https://pbxinaflash.com/community/threads/cant-get-audio-with-skyetel-trunks.23300/

That should solve the audio issues 🙂

Feel free to drop us a support ticket if you need additional help 🙂

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 11:47:01 +0000

I also have no audio (in either direction) on incoming calls (haven’t yet tried outgoing). I’ve added NAT=yes to all six trunks, I’ve forwarded 5060 and 10000-20000 to the PBX (Incredible 13-12.3 on Ubuntu 18.04, Asterisk 13.22.0) following the pfSense docs, and I’ve edited sip_general_custom.conf to specify my external IP address. I’ve also set the NAT settings under Chan SIP settings to Yes and Static IP (I do have a static IP). The system disconnects the call after 30 seconds with this message:

[2018-11-20 06:33:53] NOTICE[27790]: chan_sip.c:29632 check_rtp_timeout: Disconnecting call ‘SIP/Skyetel-1-00000016’ for lack of RTP activity in 31 seconds

PJSIP trunks are configured for Google Voice, but not for Skyetel. But when I try to do the PJSIP fix linked above, I don’t find an "allow reload" option. Where should I go from here?

[WM: Have you whitelisted the Skyetel IP addresses in IPtables using add-ip?]

By: James Powers

James Powers — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 04:23:11 +0000

So far, so good, sure appreciate the help!

It may be worth mentioning that in some cases you may need to go into Applications -> Extensions and change the Outbound CID to your new Skyetel (or other) phone number. I forgot to do this initially, and my calls were still displaying my old Google Voice (R.I.P.) number.

By: Jeff Russell

Jeff Russell — Mon, 19 Nov 2018 00:50:08 +0000

I'm able to make and receive calls with Skyetel, but I have no audio on any of the calls. I've set my NAT parameters (asterisk is behind my firewall) globally as well as on the Skyetel trunks. In addition to no audio, when I terminate a call from either end of the call, the other end is not aware the call is terminated. Any thoughts? I've also searched on the PIAF forums, and have seen someone ask the question, but with no responses as of yet. [WM: See this PIAF Forum thread for a possible solution.]

By: bfeitell

bfeitell — Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:23:36 +0000

Skyetel seems great for anyone with a static IP address. Does Skyetel provide a means for dynamic endpoint registration for those with dynamic IP service from their ISP?

[WM: Dynamic IP address support for Skyetel is now available. See the updated article for details.]