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calls to/from Skype and SIP?
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| ok I know it sounds daft, but I'd like to ask if anyone has experience
of calling from one to the other via their incoming pstn numbers
do the different voice encoding systems clash and badly affect quality,
or is not too much of an issue? - and how about including GSM as well?
thanks in advance to anyone that tries to persuade me of the merits of
one over the other, but this is just about the actual question. I may
even think of double-forwarding through both ...
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| Ivor Jones 2006-05-05, 1:11 am |
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"andy" <andy.ggrps@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1146765152.151150.83910@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com
> ok I know it sounds daft, but I'd like to ask if anyone
> has experience of calling from one to the other via their
> incoming pstn numbers
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> do the different voice encoding systems clash and badly
> affect quality, or is not too much of an issue? - and how
> about including GSM as well?
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> thanks in advance to anyone that tries to persuade me of
> the merits of one over the other, but this is just about
> the actual question. I may even think of
> double-forwarding through both ...
I've called Sipgate from Skype and it was ok. Can't do it the other way
round as I have no need for an incoming Skype number, they want too much
money for it anyway. I only had the Skype Out credit as it was a free
giveaway of 20p or so (no expense spared, Skype..!) one day.
Ivor
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| Thanks. I've got the same few pence and tried a couple of outgoing pstn
calls. I have the same dilemma about the Skype incoming number, which
is why I wondered about the likely quality before sending a few quid
each to them and perhaps one of the Finarea companies. If it's ok it
may save about 6p to 8p per minute on some mobile calls, unless thay
change tariff, so depends how much use I'll make
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| Ivor Jones 2006-05-05, 7:11 am |
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"andy" <andy.ggrps@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1146822318.992806.313570@g10g2000cwb.googlegroups.com
> Thanks. I've got the same few pence and tried a couple of
> outgoing pstn calls. I have the same dilemma about the
> Skype incoming number, which is why I wondered about the
> likely quality before sending a few quid each to them and
> perhaps one of the Finarea companies. If it's ok it may
> save about 6p to 8p per minute on some mobile calls,
> unless thay change tariff, so depends how much use I'll
> make
I prefer a SIP account and a dedicated device with ordinary phones
connected. That way you don't have to have a PC switched on. It's not so
bad for outgoing calls I suppose but you don't want to be tied to a PC to
receive incoming calls.
Ivor
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| Nor me - rather than sit at the PC, I was looking at call diversion of
the Skype number - while abroad in fact
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