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uk.telecom.voip (UK VOIP) (uk.telecom.voip) Discussion of topics relevant to packet based voice technologies including Voice over IP (VoIP), Fax over IP (FoIP), Voice over Frame Relay (VoFR), Voice over Broadband (VoB) and Voice on the Net (VoN) as well as service providers, hardware and software for use with these technologies. Advertising is not allowed. |
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![]() I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. All my calls will be to national landline numbers so aren't bothered about rates to mobile's, international or 0870/0845. I already have a 4 port router and would like a cordless VOIP phone if possible. Any recommendations? |
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![]() In message of Sat, 21 May 2005, Phil writes I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. All my calls will be to national landline numbers so aren't bothered about rates to mobile's, international or 0870/0845. I already have a 4 port router and would like a cordless VOIP phone if possible. Any recommendations? Take a look at: JustDialVoIP £1.99 pm to include English Voicemail and free UK evening and w/end, and a geographical number of your choice of area. OR Sipgate UK which is free for the service and a crap voicemail which is for ever at Beta stage, no inclusive minutes, but cheap, choice of geographical area number OR VoIPtalk - Make your own enquiries as I don't know much about them. David |
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![]() David Floyd wrote: In message of Sat, 21 May 2005, Phil writes I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. All my calls will be to national landline numbers so aren't bothered about rates to mobile's, international or 0870/0845. I already have a 4 port router and would like a cordless VOIP phone if possible. Any recommendations? Take a look at: JustDialVoIP £1.99 pm to include English Voicemail and free UK evening and w/end, and a geographical number of your choice of area. OR Sipgate UK which is free for the service and a crap voicemail which is for ever at Beta stage, no inclusive minutes, but cheap, choice of geographical area number OR VoIPtalk - Make your own enquiries as I don't know much about them. David Just had a look at that, the area codes on offer by JustDialVoIP are quite limited. |
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![]() David Floyd wrote: In message of Sat, 21 May 2005, Phil writes I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. All my calls will be to national landline numbers so aren't bothered about rates to mobile's, international or 0870/0845. I already have a 4 port router and would like a cordless VOIP phone if possible. Any recommendations? Sipgate's reliability is improving, the recent outages have been down to PSTN gateway problems I believe rather than internal to the system. Take a look at: JustDialVoIP £1.99 pm to include English Voicemail and free UK evening and w/end, and a geographical number of your choice of area. OR Sipgate UK which is free for the service and a crap voicemail which is for ever at Beta stage, no inclusive minutes, but cheap, choice of geographical area number Sipgate does have a 1000 inclusive minutes for £5.99/month option, but unless you're going to use that amount of time it's not worth it. Voicemail is being worked on at the moment and will hopefully soon be migrated to a dedicated server (it shares with the German system at the moment) which should improve things. Regarding phones, get a Sipura SPA-2000 ATA, this has two phone line ports, you can then plug whatever phone (wired or DECT) that you like in. Or if you want to be able to plug in to a normal BT line as well, the SPA-3000 will do the job. Ivor |
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![]() In message of Sat, 21 May 2005, Ivor Jones writes Sipgate's reliability is improving, the recent outages have been down to PSTN gateway problems I believe rather than internal to the system. To be honest, Ivor, you've been saying that for months and it's wearing a bit thin now. Voicemail is being worked on at the moment and will hopefully soon be migrated to a dedicated server (it shares with the German system at the moment) which should improve things. Similarly it's been over 2 months that it's been 'being worked on' - with no improvement. :-( Regarding phones, get a Sipura SPA-2000 ATA, this has two phone line ports, you can then plug whatever phone (wired or DECT) that you like in. Or if you want to be able to plug in to a normal BT line as well, the SPA-3000 will do the job. Can't fault you with those recommendations. David |
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![]() wrote in message news ![]() On Sat, 21 May 2005 06:55:06 +0100, "Phil" wrote: I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, A more true sentance was never written . I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. Viopfone could be your answer . Hi personally I tried sipgate and never had any success despite me having a Snom 190 phone. I use www.voipfone.co.uk and apaprt from an outrage about January been faultless for me cheers Roy |
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![]() "Ivor Jones" wrote in : David Floyd wrote: In message of Sat, 21 May 2005, Phil writes I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. All my calls will be to national landline numbers so aren't bothered about rates to mobile's, international or 0870/0845. I already have a 4 port router and would like a cordless VOIP phone if possible. Any recommendations? Sipgate's reliability is improving, the recent outages have been down to PSTN gateway problems I believe rather than internal to the system. Take a look at: JustDialVoIP £1.99 pm to include English Voicemail and free UK evening and w/end, and a geographical number of your choice of area. OR Sipgate UK which is free for the service and a crap voicemail which is for ever at Beta stage, no inclusive minutes, but cheap, choice of geographical area number Sipgate does have a 1000 inclusive minutes for £5.99/month option, but unless you're going to use that amount of time it's not worth it. Voicemail is being worked on at the moment and will hopefully soon be migrated to a dedicated server (it shares with the German system at the moment) which should improve things. Regarding phones, get a Sipura SPA-2000 ATA, this has two phone line ports, you can then plug whatever phone (wired or DECT) that you like in. Or if you want to be able to plug in to a normal BT line as well, the SPA-3000 will do the job. Ivor The Sipura SPA-1001 ATA is also a nice little unit. It has two VoIP SIP accounts but only one phone port using the "Se" software from Sipura. You can set a prefix to dial out on the second line. Incoming calls on either line ring the phone (with call waiting). It should be cheaper than the 2000 on eBay. Mine was about £45. Peter |
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![]() On Sat, 21 May 2005 06:55:06 +0100, "Phil" wrote: I am looking at using VOIP. I need a reliable company so I guess from what I've read that rules out Sipgate, I also need a Georaphical number 01723 (scarborough) if possible. All my calls will be to national landline numbers so aren't bothered about rates to mobile's, international or 0870/0845. I already have a 4 port router and would like a cordless VOIP phone if possible. Any recommendations? We offer a sipphone like service, but with more functionality, customer service and reliability: www.gradwell.com/voip We have a 3 month free trial on our single line service: cheers peter -- peter gradwell. gradwell dot com Ltd. http://www.gradwell.com/ -- engineering & hosting services for email, web and voip -- -- http://www.peter.me.uk/ -- http://www.voip.org.uk/ -- |
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![]() David Floyd wrote: In message of Sat, 21 May 2005, Ivor Jones writes Sipgate's reliability is improving, the recent outages have been down to PSTN gateway problems I believe rather than internal to the system. To be honest, Ivor, you've been saying that for months and it's wearing a bit thin now. To a certain extent you're right, but the recent problems *have* been due to PSTN gateway issues; inter-Sipgate calls have been fine, at least they have here. Voicemail is being worked on at the moment and will hopefully soon be migrated to a dedicated server (it shares with the German system at the moment) which should improve things. Similarly it's been over 2 months that it's been 'being worked on' - with no improvement. :-( The problem was it got activated before it was intended, and once the genie was out of the bottle that was it, and it wasn't possible to just switch it off again. I know that the engineers didn't want to activate it when it was first switched on, but once it was..... Ivor |
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![]() PeterW wrote: The Sipura SPA-1001 ATA is also a nice little unit. It has two VoIP SIP accounts but only one phone port using the "Se" software from Sipura. You can set a prefix to dial out on the second line. Incoming calls on either line ring the phone (with call waiting). It should be cheaper than the 2000 on eBay. Mine was about £45. Despite it only having one phone port you can configure the two SIP accounts to give different rings (if your phone supports different cadences) so you know which number is being dialled (handy if you want private and business calls (or his and her calls) directed to the same phone. -- The From address is a spam-trap, so all replies to the newsgroup please. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Be Alert, Your Country Needs More Lerts! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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