GOSSIPTEL - Launch of UK VoIP Provider with Free SIP Accounts

GossipTel have now officially lauched and are taking registrations.

Offering is:

- Free SIP acount
- Free Voicemail (with email copy of message)
- Free UK PSTN number (0870 National Rate number)
- Full mapping of Caller Line ID (in both to/from PSTN directions)
- Free calls to outbound UK 0800 numbers
- Free download of softphone (X-Lite)
- Pre-pay with credit/debit card for SIP to PSTN calls
- Web based user console
- SIPURA SPA-2000 Terminal Adapters with auto-configuration
- Comprehensive NAT Traversal
- Dedicated help/customer support line

Check out the website (and sign up for FREE) at
http://www.gossiptel.com

Full set of press releases can be downloaded at
http://www.gossiptel.com/about/?pr=yes

Call UK - VoIP PSTN wrote:

> GossipTel have now officially lauched and are taking registrations.
>
> Offering is:
>
> - Free SIP acount
> - Free Voicemail (with email copy of message)
> - Free UK PSTN number (0870 National Rate number)
> - Full mapping of Caller Line ID (in both to/from PSTN directions)
> - Free calls to outbound UK 0800 numbers
> - Free download of softphone (X-Lite)
> - Pre-pay with credit/debit card for SIP to PSTN calls
> - Web based user console
> - SIPURA SPA-2000 Terminal Adapters with auto-configuration
> - Comprehensive NAT Traversal
> - Dedicated help/customer support line

I joined up with BT's BBV a few months back so I have a Cisco ATA186,
but I've rarely used it.

Anyone know if I could use this with GossipTel and similar services?

S wrote:
> Call UK - VoIP PSTN wrote:
>
>> GossipTel have now officially lauched and are taking registrations.
>> Offering is:
>> - Free SIP acount - Free Voicemail (with email copy of message) - Free
>> UK PSTN number (0870 National Rate number) - Full mapping of Caller
>> Line ID (in both to/from PSTN directions) - Free calls to outbound UK
>> 0800 numbers - Free download of softphone (X-Lite) - Pre-pay with
>> credit/debit card for SIP to PSTN calls - Web based user console -
>> SIPURA SPA-2000 Terminal Adapters with auto-configuration -
>> Comprehensive NAT Traversal - Dedicated help/customer support line
>
>
> I joined up with BT's BBV a few months back so I have a Cisco ATA186,
> but I've rarely used it.
>
> Anyone know if I could use this with GossipTel and similar services?

I see no reason why. The ethernet adaptor supplied by Gossiptel is not
a mandatory purchase if you want to use their service.

Given config details being published by Gossiptel, there should be no
reason why you can't use it.

UK-Bug will shortly be reviewing the service as soon as Gossiptel have
shipped the hardware to us (shipped today apparently). Expect a review
(if your interested) shortly.

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Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

Andy M Jenkins wrote:

> I see no reason why.

Pah ..

"I see no reason why *not*"

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Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

<snip>

> UK-Bug will shortly be reviewing the service as soon as
> Gossiptel have shipped the hardware to us (shipped today
> apparently). Expect a review (if your interested)
> shortly.

The service appears to be the same as the trial offered at
http://www.gradwell.com/voip/
other url at
http://www.voip.org.uk/trial/

even performing a tracert on sip.gossiptel.com goes to asterisk.gradwell.net

dd wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>UK-Bug will shortly be reviewing the service as soon as
>>Gossiptel have shipped the hardware to us (shipped today
>>apparently). Expect a review (if your interested)
>>shortly.
>
>
> The service appears to be the same as the trial offered at
> http://www.gradwell.com/voip/
> other url at
> http://www.voip.org.uk/trial/
>
> even performing a tracert on sip.gossiptel.com goes to asterisk.gradwell.net

That would be because Gossiptel is a venture between CallUK, Gradwell,
iDesk, and Gossiptel themselves.

--
Regards
Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

>> The service appears to be the same as the trial offered
>> at http://www.gradwell.com/voip/
>> other url at
>> http://www.voip.org.uk/trial/
>>
>> even performing a tracert on sip.gossiptel.com goes to
>> asterisk.gradwell.net
>
> That would be because Gossiptel is a venture between
> CallUK, Gradwell, iDesk, and Gossiptel themselves.

That would explain it then.

dd wrote:
>>>The service appears to be the same as the trial offered
>>>at http://www.gradwell.com/voip/
>>>other url at
>>>http://www.voip.org.uk/trial/
>>>
>>>even performing a tracert on sip.gossiptel.com goes to
>>>asterisk.gradwell.net
>>
>>That would be because Gossiptel is a venture between
>>CallUK, Gradwell, iDesk, and Gossiptel themselves.
>
> That would explain it then.

Indeed .. we've seen it time and time before.

Corporate faced company operates, but lacking residental customers.
Technology and market now exists, so the corporate faced company
launches a residental faced company to appeal to that market.

Not totally unsupprising. At least if the corporate version of the VoIP
service is any good, residental customers should be in for the same
level of service I would hope. We'll see anyway.

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Andy M Jenkins

UK Broadband Usergroup http://www.uk-bug.net

[ snip discussion about gossiptel running on the gradwell platform ]

On Wed, 26 May 2004 12:17:53 +0100, Andy M Jenkins
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Corporate faced company operates, but lacking residental customers.
>Technology and market now exists, so the corporate faced company
>launches a residental faced company to appeal to that market.
>
>Not totally unsupprising. At least if the corporate version of the VoIP
>service is any good, residental customers should be in for the same
>level of service I would hope. We'll see anyway.

If anything, it may be better. The nice thing about Gossiptel is it is
a collaboration between 3 people who are, respectively, reasonably
good at:

- the internet (gradwell)
- telecoms (calluk)
- customer care + marketing (idesk)

This combination is, I think, really quite powerful.

The gradwell voip services are really the advanced early adopter
services for techies. You'll see the refinded versions filter through
to gossiptel consumer, and later on, business servies.

Additionally, if I get my capacity planning right, you'll see
gossiptel servers split off from the gradwell ones over the next few
months (though it is likely that they may remain on the gradwell
network for some time).

cheers
peter

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On Wed, 26 May 2004 09:26:04 +0100, S <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I joined up with BT's BBV a few months back so I have a Cisco ATA186,
>but I've rarely used it.
>
>Anyone know if I could use this with GossipTel and similar services?

yes, we have tested it with a Cisco ATA and it works ok, even thought
the ATA is a bit tricky to configure.

peter

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