[BNM] voip - that's posh skype innit?

[Kath Burke]

Hello teccie folk

Sorry for the feeble question... voip – yes that’s using the broadband for
your phoneline... so... 

I asked an IT bloke about voip last year and he seemed to think it was only
suitable for businesses with a few staff ... whereas I’m working alone. How
much better are these services than Skype (which is crackly as hell for me)?


How good a broadband connection do you need and will I sound like I’m
calling from down a well in Cambodia or something? 

I’d normally spend up to £80 a month on BT phonecalls, plus broadband.
Presumably there are set up costs etc? I looked up the Handytone link and it
seemed to suggest it’s £45 ... but that sounds too good to be true. 

Can anyone explain this in simple terms for me (I’m a web MARKETING person
you see – I don’t actually understand this IT stuff, I just pretend I do).

Kath Burke

Stylo Consultancy
07708 342 446
Kath at kathburke.com



Yan,

I use a handytone 486 [1] at home and have it connected straight to my
standard cordless phone. The setup is a bit fiddly if your VOIP provider
doesn't give you all the settings but it isn't too hard. I use it with
sipgate.co.uk and it works a treat.

Let me know if you need more info on it.


[1]
http://www.voipon.co.uk/handytone-486-analog-adaptor-p-148.html?gclid=CKPdyb
DSiooCFTYNQgodpyDuQA



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Hi Yan,

We use Netgear TA612V 's and a Sipgate account (www.sipgate.co.uk)  You can
actually have 2 sipgate accounts, two phone numbers and two real phones
working through the same box as well.

Provided you either have greater than 256k upload bandwidth, OR you don't
use your connection much then this works quite well and is a darn site
cheaper - particularly for international calls than BT.

Regards,

Richard.

Message: 19
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:48:52 +0000
From: "Dave Phelan" <dave.phelan at gmail.com>
Subject: [BNM] [OT] Re:  Any recommends for VOIP with existing phone
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Must resist... must... resist... argh!

On 1/31/07, Paul Howard <paul at phoward.com> wrote:
> I use a handytone 486 [1] at home

Isn't that a bit underpowered? Surely you need at least a pentium/133
handyphone to get decent sample rates.

:-/

Sorry.
Feeble.

The baby slept all night - I'm over-rested. At least, that's my excuse.

Dave Ph
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