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Hello all, After looking at Vonage, I eventually signed up with Sipgate this week and today, took delivery of a Grandstream BT101 to go with it. Just writing this note now, as I am delighted with the quality of the phone and the audio as well. Setup is a little fiddly but no problem to anyone with a little bit of IT savvy. However, I see non IT consumers as likely to have a bit of trouble...

Hello, I am using a Grandstream Bridge Tone 101. (from Yesterday ! :-)) I still have my computer running X-ten... I discovered that when I receive a call, ONE of them is ringing !! not both !!?? (either the computer or the BT101 I am bit worried, because I plan to get a sencond BT101 (one would be at the ground floor and the other one at the first floor) but I fear that just one will be...

Hi, I'm an IT officer and we're looking to replace our ageing 5 line system with something moe modern. Ideally, can anyone recommend a system that I can install and maintain myself, rather than getting in an external company? We have 5 external lines, which is probably enough, but need to upgrade from 10 to 20 internal extensions.

Hi Guys I think Ivor would be the best person to respond to this, but feel whoever you are! I'm using Sipate, and I have noticed two things...Firstly I need to try up to 20 times to get through to any PSTN number ('an error has occured'). Also, sometimes, the quality is excellent, other times it is choppy, and sounds like a mobile with a poor signal. I have a 2Mb DSL connection, with no...

Apologies if this is common knowledge; I've just noticed that the last two weeks worth of postings on uk.telecom.voip have been archived in Google Groups. (At last) -- Graham.

"keymaster" wrote in message ... Hi thanks, this is a bonus, I dont mind the £9.99 as u get 500 minutes a month call time included. i will have a look at sipgate tho cheers

I simply want to be able to make and receive calls using voip using my current telephone handset, to and from pstn as well as voip connections - in other words a simple replacement for my current phone service. Other features are a bonus but not essential. What is the cheapest and simplest hardware adaptor that I should get? I plan to have an account with a SIP-based provider that offers a UK...

I accidentally plugged a 19v PSU into my Vegastream 10 ATA (It should be 5v). It was only for a few seconds but it was enough time for it to make a nasty smell and now it doesn't work anymore... Would anyone care to hazard a guess as to how much damage I've done - is it likely it may be reparable? TIA

Has anyone here used the vonexus windows based voip phone system? -- -- Steven May you have the peace and freedom that come from abandoning all hope of having a better past. --- - --- - - - - - - - -- - - - --- - ------ - - --- - - -- - - - -- - - -

On the sipgate website there is a list of other other IP phone providers that can be called from sipgate (with access codes) but vonage is not included. Can calls be made to and from vonage and sipgate? Syd Norwich

In article , Phil Thompson writes: A DSL connection is EUR 15--25 per month, depending on speed. A DSL flat rate can be had for EUR 10 per month. How do these prices compare to the UK? can you confirm that one would need to buy *both* the "DSL connection" and the "DSL flat rate" ie total EUR...

Hi there I currently have the setup : Telewest 2 meg broadband connection Netgear FR114P router with print server that I use 2 computers connected to the router Sipgate account X-lite softphone all set up and running

It's me again! Anyone know what's wrong with my trunk settings for call18866? from iax_additional.conf: username=18866xxxxxxxxxxx type=peer secret=xxxxxxxxx

www.gateway2call.com PC-to-phone and broadband phone services enable you to make and receive worldwide calls with incredibly low rates. Anyone with a broadband (high-speed) internet access can use their PC, regular phone or cordless phone to make unlimited calls from anywhere to anywhere in the U.S. , Canada, & up to 36 countries for one low monthly rate. The Pay-as-you-go's call plans will meet...

This may be of interest to some http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article123.php -- Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into a even smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose Winston Churchill

BT customers who sign up for BT Communicator (free BT VoIP client) will receive 3 months of VoIP--UK landline calls free Also, the first 10,000 customers who do so will get a free headset from BT See http://www.bt.com/freecallsoffer/ for full details Regards Sunil

Hi there, am looking at Vonage as a a potential VoIP solution and am wondering what experiences others might have. I would happily consider alternatives, but a physical phone number is a prerequisite. Any thoughts, observations and tips, will be greatly received. best regards,

Hi I have an account with Voipfone which generally works fine - at least, on the few calls I have made so far. I have had no problems with calls to two or three places in the US, two in Turkey and on in Germany - all land lines and all for well over 30 minutes - however calls to two different numbers in Spain consistently drop after about a minute or two - sometimes after only a few...

Greetings All! I'm very new to all this VOIP stuff so please excuse the "dumb" questions :-) All I'm interested in at the moment is using VOIP to call UK landline numbers. I'm running Windows 98SE, I have an on-board AC97 sound card and a Plantronics headset.

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