[jasonsawyer]

From time to time I call Europe when I'm on the road. I'd like to be able to use my cell to call into the PSTN gateway on my SPA-3000 and re-route my calls over my BroadVoice account. I'm a bit confused about BV's policy in this regard.

This article http://voxilla.com/voxstory71-nested...hreshold0.html (linked from the BroadVoice.com BYOD rate page) makes it sound like I can set both halves of the 3000 up with the same credentials and then pay a 3.9 cent fee when two calls are active at the same time. (Which would never happen, I'm either at home or on the road - not both.)

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So how does BroadVoice prevent its users from openly sharing their credentials with others? They don't.

Instead, the company has come up with an innovative way of ensuring that users don't abuse the open credential system. According to Epstein, in addition to monitoring usage patterns to look for suspect activity, which many providers do, BroadVoice will also charge the end-user 3.9 cents per minute if more than one outbound call is active using the same set of SIP credentials (except in the case of a three-way call).

[mberlant]

Shared Line Appearance might be good for you, if you can't guarantee that a member of your household won't try to use the phone while you are engaged in a call.

The most popular way to work around this limitation is discussed in several other threads here. It involves registering your BV line on PSTN Line and @gw1, registering FWD/IPKall or StanaPhone on Line 1, and forwarding your BV number into your Line 1 number to receive incoming BV calls when you are at home.

[jasonsawyer]

I see. Thanks for the reply, I appreciate the advice.