My First VOIP Telephone Call.

Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC,
today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK
1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per
minute. It worked very well in that I heard the person on
the landline through my speakers perfectly, (as I listen to music a lot
I have configured my system to only use the mike of my headset), however
they did not hear me very clearly and there was a lot of interference.
Where is going wrong, do I need to configure my PC to use the headset to
hear as well as talk, if so I lose my speakers, or can I set it up to
use both. Why was the reception at the other end so bad. Admittedly 1899
say they are in Beta but if I use someone else I won't get such a good
deal on the cost of the calls and then I might as well use the landline
to landline.
Any help and suggestions and help would be appreciated.
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Derrick Fawsitt

In message <(E-Mail Removed)>, Derrick Fawsitt
<(E-Mail Removed)> writes
>Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC,
>today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK
>1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per
>minute. It worked very well in that I heard the person on
>the landline through my speakers perfectly, (as I listen to music a lot
>I have configured my system to only use the mike of my headset),
>however they did not hear me very clearly and there was a lot of
>interference. Where is going wrong, do I need to configure my PC to use
>the headset to hear as well as talk, if so I lose my speakers, or can I
>set it up to use both. Why was the reception at the other end so bad.
>Admittedly 1899 say they are in Beta but if I use someone else I won't
>get such a good deal on the cost of the calls and then I might as well
>use the landline to landline.
>Any help and suggestions and help would be appreciated.
Sorry, I posted this twice, my apologies.
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Derrick Fawsitt