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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.

Just received a call on my VoIP Stunt number, a number only one person uses to call me on, as everyone else uses my Sipgate number, the number displayed as 001 723 001 200 , there seems to be a digit missing I would have thought, they had an American accent asking me if I had a contract or pay as you go phone. I just put the phone down, I have no time to waste with people like this. Wonder...

I don't really understand the voip business model. How do companies like voipcheap and others make money? Can someone explain.

If it is possible to call a UK mobile from a BT phone for 1p / min (with the 5p minimun charge) via an 0844 dialthrough - and assuming the company doing it is making a profit - why are the voip rates to UK mobiles around the 10-15p mark I would have thought with the lowish overheads involved in running voip firms they ought to be able to replicate this rate. Surely any company that offers...

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I have 2 voip phones connected, one is a Grandstream (Ethernet), the other a UT Starcomm (wi-fi). They are connected to different Service Providers but I have the same problem - they can both originate calls and I can talk and be heard in both directions but neither will accept incoming calls. Attempts to dial the associated numbers always go to the respective SP's voicemail. I know that the...

Would I be right in saying that ACR has to work via the voip operator or can I set my SPA-3000 to do it? I have tried mucking about with various settings on the SPA-3000 and dialling *77 to no avail. I got 4 'withheld' calls during the night. I have a sick mother so I prefer not to switch off the phone. If it is possible to set it up on the ATA how do I do that? The Sipura Guide hasn't...

hi, As the subject suggests I'm looking for a UK based provider with good rates to UK mobiles and also support for iLBC. Sipgate support iLBC but don't have a good rate to mobiles (14.9ppm, charged per minute). voiptalk has iLBC support too IIRC but 12.5p + VAT isn't very good either. Gossiptel charges 15p/10p/6p but doesn't seem to support iLBC.

I found this Australian voip forum which might be of interest. http://tinyurl.com/bvsve Quite a lot of postings on Sipura. Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.

I want to use the PSTN connection on my SPA-3000 to connect to a ' door phone' (just a standard phone). I have simulated the line by a 50V d.c. supply connected via a 1k Ohm resistor - I have used this rechnique successfully before to link phones. I have tried to connect to the line, in the dial plan, by:- #00,::@gw0 and also by #00,:xx.:@gw0 Neither work.

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Hi Can anyone recommend a good ata that will plug in to the back of my D-Link G604T router please. Thanks

Have just received two emails, one from VoIP Cheap and one from VoIP Buster, both saying: credit is valid for 180 days. Your credit will expire in February. We advise you to use your credit before it expires and/or buy new credit* so your current credit will not expire. * buying new credit is only possible if you have a small credit left on your

Right. I've bought a box from an "internet phone shop" - a "Fritz box fon ATA" I've been faffing about for hours and I can't get the ******* going, and I'm just about ready to punch the wall. Can anyone help? Using:

has anyone successfully used the VOIP features of the DrayTEK Vigor2900VG? I have no ATA and want to be able to connect a regular phone to the router with any regular VOIP company (vonage, sipgate, etc - not skype). how about the router as a whole - is it worth the money? I remember reading on usenet that the earlier models of this had issues with the audio

Hi If you have an ATA adaptor, as opposed to a router with VOIP ports, how do you manage Quality of Service to ensure that your calls audio doesn't stutter? Thanks

I have a Draytek 2600VG and was wondering what connections to use for the VOIP ports.Is the line connected to the phone on the (RJ11) middle or outer two I.e. 2+3 OR 1+4 ???, I have a phone that has connections only too the outer two 1+4. Dave....

We all know about VoipBuster, SipDiscount, VoipCheap, Netappel, 1899 etc, but I was gobsmacked to see just how many companies/websites they seem to be running! According to this page it would seem that the Finarea/Betamax empire operates more than 60 of these sites (more than a dozen in the UK alone!): http://doulos.wordpress.com/technical-information/finarea/ Paul

My VOIPCheap softphone is nagging me to upgrade. Does anyone know whats different about the new version? Graham. %Profound_observation%