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One of my wife's work colleagues recently retired to Spain. Just looked at our last 2 months phone charges and decided £20/month on calls to Spain is a bit OTT, and perhaps now would be a good time to go VoIP, so before I do I hope someone here can help out with a few questions. I understand the basics of VoIP, but my first question is about phones and connections. I don't want a USB...

I imagine that in theory there should be some degredation associated with the ATA process. Is this noticeable?

Just a quick one. would the introduction of a pair of switches between voip box and router have any theoretical effect on performance. I am going to plug the box directly into a spare router port but was wondering if there would be any difference if it shared a cable run with another PC via a pair of switches. More out of interest than anything really. :¬)

I signed up with voipfone yesterday, so am somewhat disappointed to see that their website is down today, is this a common problem with them ? I have a BT geographic number which I wish to port to a VOIP provider to give me a greater degree of flexibility at some point over the coming weeks, which is why I looked at voipfone. It is beneficial to me to use a softfone for now, as its a work from...

My mate in Germany has VOIP. I'm in the UK and don't have VOIP. If I get the software/hardware to use VOIP then will I also have to pay anything to *receive* my mate's phone calls?

To get off my bum siemans "phone" I am having issues with UKonline currently with a session timeout of 6 minutes terminated by remote server which UKonline are having difficulty resolving, making VOIP calls terminate when session drops. So..... Quick fire Rate your ISP from a VOIP and service prospective. I'll start... UKonline - LLU exchange, Was good until recently.

A fantastic CLEAR & QUICK service that enables you to make international calls from your mobile to over 250 worldwide destinations, for just the cost of a call to a UK mobile, or even better for FREE on many mobile tariff plans (within your inclusive cross network minutes). All destinations including details of when you can call each country and the rates, can be viewed on:...

Hi, I currently have 2 VoiP accounts (nonoh.net & poivy.com). Both of them offer local access numbers in different countries so one can use a mobile phone to make calls using these accounts. But: - the access numbers of both companies are *identical* How can they identify me (ie. my account) ????

(supersedes ) Hello, So, please can some kind soul put me out of my misery? Assume there is already a phone outside the door, connected to an ATA, which in turn, connects to an asterisk pbx. What's the simplest (cheapest) way of using any SIP phone inside the

This is quite UK specific so I will post it here and if anyone has personal experience and can answer all or part I would appreciate it greatly. I am sure some have already been asked but the market changes frequently in my experience so best to get current answers. Who provides the best DSL? Best not meaning cheapest, but something reasonable (without a contract hopefully), reliable, and...

Has anybody and experience of this service? I have searched this ng but can't find any mention of it. Mainly interested in call quality and reliability.

Anyone know of a bricks and mortar store that sells IP phones? I'm looking to see how a few feel before buying. Prepared to pay a small premium for the ability to try them out first (but not so much it wouldn't be cheaper to buy a few samples!)

I have a need to provide a remote bell at one location - they don't want to carry DECT phones around with them which was my first suggestion! So, in a similar vein to the recent tannoy thread, are there any bell units that are VoIPable? something like a PoE unit, wall mountable with a single SIP account that just rings a bell and never answers... (Sure I could use a cheap phone, wall mounted...

Hello, Has anyone any suggestions for connecting a Tannoy or PA amplifier to an IP-PBX? Regular PBXes have a specific connection for the amp; anything suitable for an IP-PBX? Cheers.

Can anyone confirm thefollowing? From what I have read it seems the siemans gigaset is is capable of running 2x voip calls and one x POTS call through the same box. i.e. if we have 3 people in the shop and voip as main incoming number then if we had 3 handsets connected to the same bae station all hand sets would ring for incoming calls wheter on 2 x voip lines or POTS line. Also.... :¬) the...

A friend of mine currently has no landline and is thinking of buying a laptop. I've suggested that she could get a broadband dongle to give her internet access via the mobile phone network and also, potentially, the ability to make VOIP calls. What sort of bandwidth does making a VOIP call actually use and do the suppliers allow you to use their service for VOIP?

Hi, Given the scenario where there is a Mitel 3300 IP PBX connected to an ISDN30 line, would it be possible (doable) to connect an Asterisk IP PBX to the Mitel via a SIP trunk, and have the Asterisk box use spare channels on the ISDN line? In other words, would it be possible using the above setup to have 1 or more phone numbers on the ISDN30 line be presented to the Asterisk box as though...

....Research has proved that holding phones close to your ear (hence head) increases health risks... http://gadgetupdates.googlepages.com/bluetooth_headsets

Hi all, I have a PAP2 (an unlocked PAP2-NA) that reports it is running Firmware Version: 2.0.12(LS). I _believe_ that newer versions of the firmware support day-light-saving. Is this reason enough to update? Or would I regret it (i.e. if the newer firmware is more flakey). I've downloaded 3.1.22 firmware from the Linksys.com website (MD5

Good afternoon all, I read with some interest (translated from German) about forthcoming functionality for Fritz 7170 box. In particular: answering machine function, native send/receive fax function (this latter without dependency on PC) Frustratingly, the software doesn't appear to be released for Annex A (UK) nor in English. Is there any certain information about when these functions will be...