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After suffering with sipgate for some time now, I need a reliable service for Voip, I have been with sipgate for several months hoping that they might just get the service working reliably, but according to my callers, the failed calls are getting more and more common. It's apparently quite common now for them to have to try more than five times before they get a successful connection. ...

Attempts to ring my VOIP number (Gradwell) result in an announcement that the called party has hung up. Any ideas? Don

I want to use my existing panasonic cordless phone to access VOIP services. I have been told the above type of product will allow me to that. The question I have is with this type of product is it limited to the services of Skype or can it be used for other VOIP service. Additionaly can anyone recomend good places where it can be purchased Thanks

Hiya, Does anybody happen to know of a VoIP service that offers cheap phone calls to/from Trinidad And Tobago? I'm not entirely sure how the phone system works over there, since it's +1-868 to dial it from the UK - which should normally imply that it's an american phone number... Does this mean that a long distance account on an american carrier gets free calls to Trinidad? Or is it not...

back from 2 weeks travel - made one phone call on sipgate this morning and now cant dial in or out - getting number unobtainable tone from PSTN - aaggghhhh!!!

I have family in Malaysia and am trying to locate a Malaysian phone number which can be terminated VoIP via SIP or IAX. Any ideas? Thanks -- Dave Topping newsatuk.davetopping.com Voicemail: +44 (0) 701 7000 913

Any Asterisk @ Home gurus out there? Install the system for the first time, and I was super duper impressed, installed and ran first time, no issues with linux. But I do have some problems I have not even tried linking to the outside world yet as I have had problems with extensions. I have created SIP extensions and have the units registered (SJPHONE , PA1688 based phones) but they then do...

Been having problems since last night. Up until 07:30ish this morning calls to sipgate from a standard phone would drop on answer. Now calls from a standard phone only have one way audio, the other person can hear me, I can't hear them, yet a call to my IPKall number which is linked to my sipgate account works fine - audio both ways.

Does anyone know what the SIP address is for JDVoIP. Normally it would be something like @justdial.com that doesn't work, neither does @82.110.16.193 I'm trying to use the account as a gateway account in an SPA3000; it works OK as Line 1.

Can anyone recommend a good backup provider, (this is to interface with asterisk). I am currently using sipgate and have been very happy with them. Can anyone recommend a headset for use with a Grandstream GXP-2000? TIA for any help with this.

I'm not sure this is feasible, but can you use a bluetooth headset with skype?

All, I'm using a soft-client on a portable and would like to buy a very directional mic to avoid some of the echo that I'm getting (heard by the people I'm talking to, that is). Anyone recommend a good mic - 3.5mm plug version only please. Cheers, Paul DS.

Anyone use the Ineen client to do video calls? If so, do you know what bandwidth it consumes? Cheers, Paul DS -- Please remove the "x-" if replying to sender.

One of my SPA-3000's seems to have developed a fault with its web interface, and I'm wondering if anyone else has seen this. The fault is intermittent and may be getting worse. It doesn't happen in the basic user tabs, but does in the advanced admin tabs, and sometimes in the basic admin tabs. I think it probably relates to the total amount of data in all the tabs (they all seem to be passed to...

"Joe Harrison" wrote in message ... Me and my SPA-3000 have been using Sipgate for about a month with not many problems but suddenly last few days there is about a one-second lag between me speaking and other end hearing, leading to comically confused conversations sometimes. Also seems to be added strangeness...

Is anyone else having problems with incoming calls on Voipfone, or is it just me? I cannot receive calls on my 056 number, and I have just set up an 0870 number to test, and I cannot receive calls through this either. I have tried making calls through two mobile networks, because dialling through NTL in my area does not get past the 4th digit yet (NTL informed), and these calls do not...

I have just dialled 50000 to connect to voicemail, but when I dial 0 (zero) to change the message, it ignores me and goes through all the options again. Anyone else finding that voicemail isn't working as it should? James

Hi all, after doing a few tests with web browsing/downloads whilst making a call from a BudgeTone IP phone, I noticed some severe breakup of call on an external IP phone. I suppose this is to be expected, so I started looking into QoS. Looks like there are two places I can setup the QoS. 1. The BudgeTone IP phone which has the following QoS settings : Layer 3 QoS: Diff-Serv or...

Hi This may be of interest to some. Topical as a US supplier recently went bust in part due to fraud. By CAROLYN SCHUK for VOXILLA.COM It's one of the best kept secrets in the Voice over IP industry. The biggest problem facing VoIP providers isn't the specter of costly E911

Can someone tell me which ports are best left open for reliable SIP voip? I know this may vary slightly from provider to provider, but could someone just give me a general idea? I want to try and cure a problem with someone elses system, but I need a little advice on ports. Thanks James Fisher