From: malassimiQRMlation@gmail.com   
      
   On Mon, Sep 05, 2022 at 08:49:48PM +0000, Bill Horne wrote:   
   > My callcentric VoIP phone stopped working yesterday, and it's still out.   
   >   
   > Yesterday (Sunday, 9/4), my VoIP phone went dead. It's a three line   
   > phone, and there are two VoIP services I use it for: Callcentric,   
   > where I get my "home" phone number, and the Hamshack Hotline, a free   
   > VoIP service for Amateur Radio operators like me. They both quit at   
   > the same time.   
      
   Yesterday (Wednesday, 9/7), I got a call from someone at "Galaxy   
   Cablevision," and he told me that my VoIP lines are out-of-service   
   because of "Cee-Gee NAT." He did his best to convince me that the   
   ports used for the "new" Internet layout that my local cable company   
   is using can't be "mapped" to my VoIP phone, and that there was   
   nothing he could do about the problem.   
      
   I did my best to explain to him that I used to be a Certified NetWare   
   Engineer(tm), and that I have been the Moderator of the Telecom Digest   
   for about fifteen years, and that my job gives me extraordinary access   
   to world-class experts on the subject of Network Address Translation,   
   the TCP three-way handshake, and VoIP in general, and that there was   
   no "port mapping" involved. I told him that I didn't need any ports   
   mapped, and that such capability wasn't what I had sought after.   
      
   He told me that my problem would be solved by a "Fixed IP Address,"   
   but when I advised him that I wasn't interested in paying for a   
   capability which isn't guaranteed to solve the problem, he said he'd   
   do some more research and get back to me.   
      
   So, I'd appreciate your help: please point me to a source of   
   easy-to-understand information about current VoIP practice, especially   
   as it relates to NAT of any flavor, and let me thank you in advance   
   for your help. I'd also like to know if there are more current   
   versions of the story about being born at night in the back of a   
   turnip truck, since I'd like to have answers ready if and when someone   
   at Galaxy Cablevision calls me again.   
      
   Bill Horne   
      
   P.S. I'll also call Alexis Rosen at Panix, and ask if he can support   
   the "OpenVPN" capability of my ASUS router. Here's hoping ...   
      
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