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ENUM Frequently Asked Questions
"ENUM is not required for VoIP,
although it does facilitate it." - Wikipedia
1. What's ENUM?
2. How can people save money with ENUM?
3. How do I register in ENUM? Do I have to
pay?
4. Why don't we need to pay to have a SIP
account or an ENUM registry?
5. How do I know if a number is registered
in ENUM allowing me to call this number for free?
If you don't find your question here, contact us:
info (a) startel.pt
1. What's ENUM?
ENUM is the bridge between the switched telephony network and the
Internet. This protocol uses the Internet DNS system to translate
E.164 (i.e. ordinary) telephone numbers into IP addressing schemes
(like SIP, H323 or Email).
2. How can people save
money with ENUM?
When you register your telephone number in ENUM, you allow your
clients and friends to contact you for free. This happens because
the calls that used to go to your phone, routed by a telecom operator,
will be routed through the Internet for free.
3. How do I
register in ENUM? Do I have to pay?
In some ENUM trees you have to pay, but there are some free trees.
The register process is easy, you just need to:
1 - Create an account in StarTel (you can do it in "My Account"
menu)
2 - Go to www.e164.org
and register your phone number associated with the StarTel SIP account
(ex: +351261333333 -> yourname@startel.pt).
4. Why don't we need to pay
to have a SIP account or an ENUM record?
A SIP account is like an email address. Have you ever paid to have
an email address?
Some ENUM records are free, and some are not. The E164.org registries
are free
5. How do I
know if a number is registered in ENUM, allowing me to call this
number for free?
Put the number you would like to call for free in http://enumquery.com
and check the result.
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