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For the past week almost every call I make gets cut off at exactly 2 minutes. If I call back after that its ok - never used to have this problem - is anyone else having it?

I have a Zyxel 2602HW ADSL router and have set it up to use sipdiscount to see how I get on with VOIP. It works OK but I need to dial a full international code to make a call to UK numbers. On thinking about this it does seem reasonable as the VOIP server has no idea where you're from and could itself be anywhere. However dialling all those digits could rapidly become a bit of a drag, so:- ...

Every morning, between about 07:15 and 07:40, Voipfone stops responding to registration requests from my Sipura 2100 ATA. I have conducted continuous traces of registration and network activity, and the failure is consistently repeating at around these times every day. There is no problem at any other time. I know that at least one other person is experiencing the same problem, but Voipfone...

Anybody with some VOIP advice would be helpful. I am thinking about opening up a low cost international calling company in an Afrcian country similar to telediscount. What equipment will be needed? Anybody have some documents or white papers on the subject? Your valuable input will be much appreciated Thank-you IMPI

I've recently signed to use voip.co.uk as a bit of an experiment. I'm using Ubuntu Linux and the Linphone package. I can call PSTN numbers but I get cut off after about 100 seconds or so. Below is my configuration for Linphone. Does this look right? It seems to work, but I had to play around to get it to do so. Oh, I've replaced my id with nnnnnn and my password with ****** Regards, Tony.

I have a cable modem, a switch, and the Blueyonder Dual Gaming option which gives me a second IP address. That is wired to a part of the house where I'd like to put a VoIP phone. I've plugged a Grandstream Handytone 486 Analogue Telephone Adapter into it, and so far I can't get it to run. I've had it successfully connected for testing on the Blueyonder primary IP connection which goes to my...

Has anyone else noticed that SIPDiscount are not using https for their credit card entry page when you sign in to buy credit? I have asked them about this via the customer support form and will keep you posted if/when I get a reply. Strangely, other Finarea sites (1899.com, 18185.co.uk) do use https. -- Ron Wellsted

See the news he http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/dec/1245962.htm Or on the BBC news website.

To those experiencing problems with calls terminating unexpectedly, here's an update from voip.co.uk support: "Our technical team have discovered a potential problem with certain SIP devices, which is causing spurious call termination issue for users of these devices. We are implementing a software update, which will contend with this issue and resolve these call terminations problems. We...

Voip Learning and Translating Tutorial Voice Over IP is a new communication means that let you telephone with Internet at almost null cost. How this is possible, what systems are used, what is the standard, all that is covered by this Howto. http://www.freewebs.com/voipformula/VoIP-HOWTO.html

AsterFax the Open Source SMTP Fax Gateway for Asterisk Noojee IT offer a range of support options for AsterFax as well as general Asterisk consulting services News!!! 27 December 2005 AsterFax version 1.0 beta 5 released http://www.freewebs.com/asterfax/index.htm

Has anyone used one of these? Details: http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=3LFS I will using it with my voipfone account. Is there any reason why this should be avoided - it seems cheap at £45? Well, cheaper than getting an ADSL router and a decent ATA separately. Thanks in advance.

Is there an informative US newsgroup like this? Under a name other than voip?

what do you think may be the best fat rate for calling italy (landline, not mobiles) with a softphone? thanks robert

Hi I'm thinking of getting a pap2 ata. Googling around some of the forums, I have read that there may some issues with the codec's and voipbuster not working on this ata. Has anyone got voipbuster/cheap etc working on this ata and is there anything in particular to look out for. Thanks

URL please?

Hi, I see that we can get free calls to US landlines and mobiles even from EU, but not to our own Europe mobiles. Lowest UK mobile charge I saw was 5p/min and only on weekends. Cheapest weekday price is 10p/min. Do you know any cheaper ppm or is there any regulations or just not enough competition to make it as cheap as in US? best regards, Andrius

Ban Skype for business, analyst warns http://www.contractoruk.com/news/002381.html The London technology researcher Info Tech is urging enterprises to ban Skype - the massively popular Voice over Internet Protocol phone software - from their organisations. An advisory issued by the Research Group lists five reasons why Skype, as opposed to general VoIP packages, should be barred from...

Just got the email below. ************************** Hello! We see you are still making calls to our old SIP server. Therefore you receive this message Soon we will shut down our old asterisk servers. The exact shutdown date has

Hi, I'm just about to head off to study in Europe for a few years and am taking my laptop with me. I want to be able to make cheap phone calls to Australia and also for my parents to call me cheaply. I also want to be able to make cheap phone calls within Europe whilst I am there.