VoIP

!TODO overview and review

VoIP.ms

VoIP allows you to never use your root phone number and maintain various alias phone numbers for different purposes. These can be turned on and off and have custom notification settings.
To sign up and avoid ID verification. Do not perform ID verification through Persona, they have a history of data/privacy violations
- Ensure you are away from your home on public wifi
- VPN disconnected
- Location services on
- Use a root (non-alias) email address for sign up
Go to voip.ms and create an account
Use your real name and root phone number, use previous address, root email
After creating account, decide how many numbers you will need and their purpose. For example:
- Trusted communications (friends and family)
- Junk
- Employer
- Job applications
You will need to add minimum $15 to the account via Finances → Add funds

After signing in, go to DID Numbers → Order DID(s)
Choose United States → Your state
Choose a city where availability is “Available” → View Numbers
Choose a number, understand fees. Some numbers you might prefer Flat Rate or per minute depending on usage levels
Choose a server closest to you
Order DID
Next you will need to create a sub-account for the number. Each number should have its own sub-account mostly for organizational purposes explained later
Go to Sub Accounts → Create Sub Account
For Authentication Type, ensure User/Password Authentication
For username append the title (purpse) of the account
Choose a password
Save the username and password to your password manager, title it according to its purpose (Junk, etc)
For CallerID Number → Use Use one of my DIDs → Choose the number you want to associate with this subaccount
Account name or description → Add the title
Create Sub Account
Go back to DID Numbers → Manage DID(s) and select the number you just created
Ensure SIP/IAX is set to the sub account you just created
Click the yellow edit button
For Message Service (SMS/MMS) → check the box, understand the fees
Link the SMS received to this DID to a SIP Account → Link to the sub account you just created

Go to “DID Numbers” > “Voicemail”
Click “Create new voicemail account”
Enter random 10 digit number for Voicemail Number
Enter a name
Enter a 4-digit numeric password and enter an email address if you want notifications of voicemails
Navigate to “DID Numbers” > “Manage DID(s)“.
Select your number and click “Edit Selection-All Settings at Once”.
Change “Voicemail associated with DID” to the mailbox of your number.
Apply all changes.

Download Sipnetic from Aurora Store
For the SIP server, input the server name
Allow all permissions
Go to Settings
Auto-start on launch
Uncheck Unregister on exit
Tap the menu icon, and tap the dropdown arrow
Select “Manage accounts” then tap the ”+” icon
Choose “List of VoIP Providers” and select “VoIP.ms”
Choose the server which matches your account settings and click “Next”
Enter your Sub Account username previously created
Enter the password configured for the Sub Account
Click Advanced Mode, and set Display Name to the title of the phone number according to its purpose
Set Default transport to TCP
Click Finish
Sipnetic is now set up and is best used for calls. For better control over texting, download voip.ms SMS from F-Droid app store
Enter your account email address and new API password from the previous task.
Tap the three dots and choose “Settings”.
Tap “Phone Numbers” and enable the account.
Unfortunately I have not figured out how to title the numbers like you can in Sipnetic
You can set number-specific notifications in Settings → Phone Numbers
You will want to disable “New messages” notifications from Sipnetic if you use this app

Download the Voip.ms SMS app from the Aurora Store
Open the app and input your account email address for Voip.ms and the API password. To generate an API password
- !TODO
Allow access to contacts and notifications
All of your accounts should sync automatically
For push notifications, go to Settings → Phone Numbers
App battery usage unrestricted
Info message at the bottom shows a url for the callback feature, input this url in the settings for each phone number
- In Voip.ms, go to Manage DIDs
- Edit a DID number
- Scroll down to SMS/MMS URL Callback, enable it and input the URL in the text field
- Do the same for all phone numbers

You shouldn’t leave your old number, it could get assigned to someone else and they could assume your identity, and other reasons.
Guide https://wiki.voip.ms/article/Porting_a_Number
If that number was messy with spam and such you can disable notifications for it.