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No Spam wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 17:21:08 +0100, "Resident Drunk" wrote: Just a query though - why did you ditch NTL ?. I have ditched NTL tv (for Sky+) & phone but kept the BB which I also use now for VOIP - meaning my landline calls are free and I do not pay monthly line rental.

Any help appreciated. (UK user) I already have a sipgate accouont for my own personal use. The following is what I am looking for, for my 15 year old Son. I need the cheapest, most reliable, and user friendly service going. The following things are needed; Unlimited voice calls for the least amount of £'s outlay.

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I am using Skype and Sipgate (newbie!). I would like to listen to some semimars on the web. At the moment, I get visual okay bit have to dial an 1-800 number to listen to the audio. I really don't want to be making expensive int'l calls. Can I accomplish this for free with Skype/Sipgate or some other software? Thanks very much.

Hi all. Tinkering with my new trixbox setup. All working fine and dandy except 50% of the time, inbound calls go straight to the VoIPfone voicemail number. "The person at extention 30**** is unavailable".... Box keeps unregistering i guess!?

I signed up with VOIP stunt because of the free calls. All the locations that I need are free. However I just noticed this 120 days till expiry. I assumed VOIP Stunt worked in a similar way to Skype in that the 120 days start again when you make a chargeable call. If this is not the case and the 120 days expire and your credits go at the end then VOIP stunt would be more expensive than my...

Anyone know where the cheapest place to buy the Sipura SPA-2000 is? Preferably online. TIA

Has anybody got an IPKall number forwarded and working to voiptalk.org? Or is it a "sipgate" situation - ie they (voiptalk) don't accept forwarded sip calls? I've tried putting 1) voiptalk.org, 2) nat.voiptalk.org and 3) nat.voiptalk.org:5065 as the proxy - all to no avail. And yes, I've waited more than an hour for each setting to take effect.

Just out of curiosity does anyone know what Sipgate charge for an 0800 call? I'm making one even as we speak, oops type! Will report my findings...

Maybe I can't see the wood for trees? I've searched the net but can't find a suitable answer, could be I'm not asking the correct buzz words? OK here goes. I have several PC's with installations of either X Lite or X Pro. Having just built a new PC that's mega quick (compared with my others) I want to use it primarily for VoIP use. (Please, no comments on using asterisk etc, it's not what I want)

Currently the VAT rate in Germany is 16%, when adding credit to VoIP Stunt and others in the Betamax stable, you are charged 16% German VAT, from the beginning of next year the rate of VAT will be 19% therefore your 90 / 120 days of credit will cost slightly more, 30c more. -- DVD rental: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd PAYG Mobile Offers: www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg Items for...

I've just set up an account with sipgate & treated myself to a Speedtouch 2020 to go with it. I've managed to get everything set up & working OK, but I have one question regarding the ST2020; how on earth do you send DTMF tones during a call? The manual is scant on information to say the least & I can't seem to glean information from the web; I've tried every combination of keys to get it to send...

There's problems with Sipgate accepting forwarded calls, e.g. calls made from a landline to a provider who then SIP-forward the call to your SIP ID at Sipgate. Calls made direct to the Sipgate phone number work (i.e. avoiding the forwarding service). I've spoke to Steve Mancour and they're aware of the problem. No timescale for a resolution :-( RDD

Apologies if I am missing something here and I would welcome any corrections. After a bit of searching around it seems like VoipCheap is the cheapest provider for outgoing calls - free all the time (up to 5hrs/week) for landline and 9p/min for mobile. The only downside I can see is that you do not get an incoming number however if I subscribe to a service such as Sipgate which offers a...

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Stumbled across this site recently: http://www.voipproducts.eu/compare-voip/ there are links to comparisons of Betamax services and also of other voip providers. Though not complete lists, they might help a newbie decide on a provider. Granted, the rates are not the only criterium that people might make a decision on. There are always things like reliability and customer service.

Getting busy tone on both lines. I used to be a big fan of this outfit but am now thinking of starting a new newsgroup uk.telecom.issipgateworkingtoday as they dont seem to publish this info themselves. Any takers?

I hope I did not make the wrong assumption when I decided to SKYPE my house/office up. When I read in the sales blumf, "call forwarding" I was hoping that people ringing me on my landline number, would be transfered to my mobile phone number, relatively seamless. I have enabled call forwarding and set the mobile number, but when somebody rings me, it does not get transfered. Then I read that it...

Has anyone here got Sipgate working with Trixbox? I am banging my head against a wall here! If I call my Sipgate number form my normal phone, I am getting the message (From my trixbox) "The number you have dialled is not in service, please check the number and try again" beep beep beep etc... From a fresh install I have done the following...

I'm sure they offered it don't they any more or something ? Stephen