| Michael Chare 2007-12-14, 1:11 am |
| "Allan Gould" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:5sacgtF18il69U1@mid.individual.net...
> [Reposted from uk.telecom, where incorrectly posted]
> VOIP has been around for a while now. I don't use/have it, but maybe need
> to review that decision. The main reason I don't use it seems to be that
> I don't know many (if any) people that I ring who have it (and therefore
> can't get the full benefit). I don't make a high volume of calls to any
> one number (that may or may not be a VOIP number). If I had VOIP, and I
> ring a non-VOIP person, I would have to pay call charges (about 1p/min?).
> Also, if I make international calls (not many), I can usually find a cheap
> (1p/min) number from that trusty old friend, http://niftylist.co.uk/ (who
> are presumably using some clever international internet-related VOIP
> routing comms). I typically have enough free minutes & texts on my
> landline (which I need for ISP broadband subscription) and mobile
> packages. I can't see the advantage of having VOIP at present. Am I
> missing something?
The startup cost for VOIP can be small, the next broadband router that I buy
will likely come with a VOIP phone jack to which I can attach an old
telephone.
If I register with Sipgate and install their software on a laptop, I can in
theory take the laptop abroad and use it to make a call back to the UK for a
low cost.
I've yet to try using a laptop as a telephone but the laptop has a speaker
and a microphone so it might work!
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Michael Chare
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