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![]() I meant to x-post this here as well as uk.telecom but forgot so.. BT have quietly launched a new Broadband VoIP offering. http://www.bt.com/broadbandvoice/ Appears aimed at residential broadband customers and appears similar to US services like Vontage (http://www.vonage.com/) I haven't yet gone through the pricing properly but the call charges appears "linked" to BT Together Option 2 and that BT have finally found a use for the 05 number range. The entry in BT's price list can be found at http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/c...oo/0037110.htm As a special offer it appears you will get cheaper international calls for a few months and various "Broadband Voice" Calling Features free fro a few months. Regards Sunil |
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![]() "Sunil Sood" wrote in message ... I meant to x-post this here as well as uk.telecom but forgot so.. BT have quietly launched a new Broadband VoIP offering. http://www.bt.com/broadbandvoice/ Appears aimed at residential broadband customers and appears similar to US services like Vontage (http://www.vonage.com/) I haven't yet gone through the pricing properly but the call charges appears "linked" to BT Together Option 2 and that BT have finally found a use for the 05 number range. The entry in BT's price list can be found at http://www.serviceview.bt.com/list/c...boo/0037110.ht m As a special offer it appears you will get cheaper international calls for a few months and various "Broadband Voice" Calling Features free fro a few months. Fine so they are providing a digital to analogue converter and an RJ45 inline PBX master to allow a bt phone. It seems to me that whilst they are using Voice over ip to clog up the broadband network they aren't using voice over ip properly in the sense of a free long distance service. What would make more sense surely if everyone just bought themselevs a Voice over ip phone and there were competing service providers for 'gateways' just like I can use news.f9.net.uk etc. Calls to over IP phones would then be free and service providers could provice 05x \ 08x \ 07x numbers to for incoming calls from the main telephone network. sam Regards Sunil --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Sent from \\STN1 on HOMENET1 by user Sam Albrow 'Administrator'. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.548 / Virus Database: 341 - Release Date: 06/12/2003 |
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![]() Ian Stirling wrote: What would be really nifty would be if you can unplug it from your router, take it to work, plug it in, and you've got a home phone line anywhere you can get IP connectivity. Mobility Once you have configured your Broadband Voice Telephone Adaptor (BTA) you can plug it into any Ethernet port in the UK with access to the public internet. The location does not affect the call tariffs, and calls to your Broadband Voice number will ring on your handset regardless of who owns the local computer network you are using. |
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![]() In article , Bat Guano [email protected] wrote: What would be really nifty would be if you can unplug it from your router, take it to work, plug it in, and you've got a home phone line anywhere you can get IP connectivity. Mobility Once you have configured your Broadband Voice Telephone Adaptor (BTA) you can plug it into any Ethernet port in the UK with access to the public internet. The location does not affect the call tariffs, ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ However, the protocols used by the device are probably not going to be allowed through firewalls, limiting the usefulness. What would be nice is the ability to tunnel over http, so you could use the phone anywhere you could get www access (including via web proxies) - but that's probably too difficult for a simple service such as this. Zane. |
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![]() In article , Sam Albrow wrote: Personally, I have no great problem with phone calls costing money, as long as internet is free ![]() True, I don't have a problem as such, just can see the case for Voice Over IP being free because its using the same bandwith that watching a video file online does that we already pay for. i.e. the internet isn't free, just unmetered. You would think that BT Voip to another BT Voip would be free, or at least flat fee per call (BT does the initiation, but the phone-to-phone costs after that are all bandwidth related and covered already by whatever network connectivity you're plugged into). 3p/minutes is a bit much. Zane. |
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![]() Zane Wilson wrote: In article , Bat Guano [email protected] wrote: Ian Stirling wrote: What would be really nifty would be if you can unplug it from your router, take it to work, plug it in, and you've got a home phone line anywhere you can get IP connectivity. Mobility Once you have configured your Broadband Voice Telephone Adaptor (BTA) you can plug it into any Ethernet port in the UK with access to the public internet. The location does not affect the call tariffs, Presumably, this should work just fine outside the UK too. Really handy to be able to take your phoneline with you on holiday for no extra money, and the ability to make and recieve call at UK rates. However, the protocols used by the device are probably not going to be allowed through firewalls, limiting the usefulness. What would be nice is the ability to tunnel over http, so you could use the phone anywhere you could get www access (including via web proxies) - but that's probably too difficult for a simple service such as this. Hmm, I missed that bit. Second thing after I get it (after opening it to look for chip numbers) is to see if I can reverse engineer the protocol enough to write a proxy, then go and see if I can do enough to get a totally software solution. |
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![]() Zane Wilson wrote: However, the protocols used by the device are probably not going to be allowed through firewalls, limiting the usefulness. Firewalls only allow through protocols that are deemed useful, and VOIP probably falls into that category. |
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![]() On 2003-12-12, Ian Stirling wrote: Second thing after I get it (after opening it to look for chip numbers) is to see if I can reverse engineer the protocol enough to write a proxy, then go and see if I can do enough to get a totally software solution. You don't need to reverse engineer the protocol. They're using MGCP and RTP. See SIN 420 at http://www.sinet.bt.com/ for details. -- Andrew McDonald http://www.mcdonald.org.uk/andrew/ |
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![]() Martin? wrote: Sam True, I don't have a problem as such, just can see the case for Voice Over IP being free because its using the same bandwith that watching a video file online does that we already pay for. i.e. the internet isn't free, just unmetered. You can the VoIP for free with Skype or FWD. It is the net to public phone network part that you have to pay for. And being BT it's a rip off ! Why another ?7.50 standing charge if you are already paying line rental AND broadband fee. It's another line. 7.50 for a phone line isn't a terrible bad price. |
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![]() Andrew McDonald wrote: On 2003-12-12, Ian Stirling wrote: Second thing after I get it (after opening it to look for chip numbers) is to see if I can reverse engineer the protocol enough to write a proxy, then go and see if I can do enough to get a totally software solution. You don't need to reverse engineer the protocol. They're using MGCP and RTP. See SIN 420 at http://www.sinet.bt.com/ for details. Thanks. |
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