Vonage Telephone service

What do people know about this telphone service apart from the Router is £25 from Staples?

Paul Hanson wrote:
> What do people know about this telphone service apart from the
> Router is £25 from Staples?

It costs money per month. Whereas Sipgate (www.sipgate.co.uk) is free. Ok
so you pay for calls to the PSTN but there isn't a monthly rental.

Also, you might like to take a look at uk.telecom.voip where you're likely
to get more info.

Ivor

On 20 May 2005 20:02:20 -0500, "Paul Hanson"
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>What do people know about this telphone service apart from the Router is £25 from Staples?

Try SKYPE. Free to other users. Cheap calls to PSTN. No monthly
rental.

Alpen

Ivor Jones wrote:
....
> Also, you might like to take a look at uk.telecom.voip where you're likely
> to get more info.

Which ntl don't provide. Funny that :-)

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Ivor Jones wrote:
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> It costs money per month. Whereas Sipgate (www.sipgate.co.uk) is free. Ok

Hmm. Don't you just love sites that demand you enable cookies before
they let you in. I guess they just lost a potential customer.

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On Sat, 21 May 2005 08:47:03 +0100, Alan Penn
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> Free to other users.

free to other SKYPE users, useless to call SIP users on other
services.

Phil
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Mike Scott wrote:
> Ivor Jones wrote:
> ...
>> Also, you might like to take a look at uk.telecom.voip where
>> you're likely to get more info.
>
> Which ntl don't provide. Funny that :-)

Have you asked them to..? Some news admins don't carry new groups until
they're asked.

Ivor

Mike Scott wrote:
> Ivor Jones wrote:
> ...
>
>> It costs money per month. Whereas Sipgate (www.sipgate.co.uk) is
>> free. Ok
>
> Hmm. Don't you just love sites that demand you enable cookies
> before they let you in. I guess they just lost a potential
> customer.

You don't look at many websites do you <g>

Why not do what I do, delete them all after you've finished..?

Ivor

Alan Penn wrote:
> On 20 May 2005 20:02:20 -0500, "Paul Hanson"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> What do people know about this telphone service apart from the
>> Router is £25 from Staples?
>
> Try SKYPE. Free to other users. Cheap calls to PSTN. No monthly
> rental.

[1] Requires a PC to be on all the time. Not acceptable to many users.

[2] Uses a proprietary protocol that isn't compatible with anything else.

[3] There *is* a monthly charge for an incoming PSTN number (Skype In).


Ivor

Ivor Jones wrote:
> Mike Scott wrote:
>
>>Ivor Jones wrote:
>>...
>>
>>>Also, you might like to take a look at uk.telecom.voip where
>>>you're likely to get more info.
>>
>>Which ntl don't provide. Funny that :-)
>
>
> Have you asked them to..? Some news admins don't carry new groups until
> they're asked.

No, but I seem to recall others have. The last group I asked for was
the new windows group - but they seem to have just ignored the request.
Par for the course (ignoring the customer, that is).

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