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Originally Posted by Keith_EE
If I can sign up with a VSP, say, voipo.com to make and receive calls, and also have a SIP number, why would I bother to sign up with voxalot?
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The primary reason to combine Voxalot with a VoIP provider (or multiple VoIP providers) is to get the best features of both services. Voxalot does have a number of services (many of them free), that many VoIP providers don't have built into their service.
For example, while you need some other VoIP provider to make normal toll calls, Voxalot does let you call (and be called by) other VoIP users for free (although in some cases you have to enter special dialing codes to complete the free call). And if you use Voxalot with a VoIP provider, you can get the best of both worlds (your VoIP provider for toll calls, and free calls to other VoIP users).
Another useful thing about Voxalot, is that it has several customization features (for your phone service) that might otherwise not be available. For example, Voxalot lets you preconfigure how each call is completed, based upon patterns in the number you dial. One useful use of this feature, is to automatically route calls via the cheapest of your available options. So if you had multiple VoIP accounts, you could pick the one that is the cheapest to the area you are calling. Or you could also do things like force 411 to use a free information service (for example, automatically redirect 411 calls to the free 1-800-free-411 service).