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VOIP recomendation for UK
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| Hi
Just purchased a "LINKSYS SIP VOIP PHONE ADAPTER PAP2-NA STAY
UNLOCKED" from ebay. Wanted it to replace my current skype setup that
keeps crashing upon shutdown (nasty chinese drivers and no fix).
Can anyone recommend a provider to use in the UK. I'm not a heavy
user maybe 30 minutes a week of calls.
Only call UK 01 02 phone numbers.
Looking at sipgate at the moment - are they any good or are there
better choices?
Thanks.
Rich
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| on 13/05/2007, Rich supposed :
> Hi
>
> Just purchased a "LINKSYS SIP VOIP PHONE ADAPTER PAP2-NA STAY
> UNLOCKED" from ebay. Wanted it to replace my current skype setup that
> keeps crashing upon shutdown (nasty chinese drivers and no fix).
>
> Can anyone recommend a provider to use in the UK. I'm not a heavy
> user maybe 30 minutes a week of calls.
>
> Only call UK 01 02 phone numbers.
>
> Looking at sipgate at the moment - are they any good or are there
> better choices?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rich
voip.co.uk might also be worth a look - £1.99 per month - inclusive w/e
& e calls to landlines plus daytime calls to 01/02 @ 2p per call.
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| News Reader 2007-05-13, 1:11 pm |
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"Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Just purchased a "LINKSYS SIP VOIP PHONE ADAPTER PAP2-NA STAY
> UNLOCKED" from ebay. Wanted it to replace my current skype setup that
> keeps crashing upon shutdown (nasty chinese drivers and no fix).
>
> Can anyone recommend a provider to use in the UK. I'm not a heavy
> user maybe 30 minutes a week of calls.
>
> Only call UK 01 02 phone numbers.
>
> Looking at sipgate at the moment - are they any good or are there
> better choices?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rich
Hi,
www.vyke.co.uk seem pretty good - ~2 p/call I understand to most all of
Western Europe (including the UK) and US / Canada, etc. with no subscription
charge.
Best wishes,
News Reader
P.s. Alternatively, their are "unlimited" providers but these tend to be
more variable and "qualified".
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| Ivor Jones 2007-05-13, 1:11 pm |
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"Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:8ktd439vli3k1a1s8dmsig8c7k5s8q1ksv@
4ax.com
> Hi
>
> Just purchased a "LINKSYS SIP VOIP PHONE ADAPTER PAP2-NA
> STAY UNLOCKED" from ebay. Wanted it to replace my
> current skype setup that keeps crashing upon shutdown
> (nasty chinese drivers and no fix).
>
> Can anyone recommend a provider to use in the UK. I'm
> not a heavy user maybe 30 minutes a week of calls.
>
> Only call UK 01 02 phone numbers.
>
> Looking at sipgate at the moment - are they any good or
> are there better choices?
They're fine, they've had some bad press but since they upgraded their
registration servers last year I've not had a single outage on 4 accounts.
PAYG so call costs easy to control. Give them a try, free to set up, easy
to cancel if you decide on something else.
Ivor
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| Brian A 2007-05-13, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 13 May 2007 16:58:07 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
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>"Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8ktd439vli3k1a1s8dmsig8c7k5s8q1ksv@
4ax.com
>
>They're fine, they've had some bad press but since they upgraded their
>registration servers last year I've not had a single outage on 4 accounts.
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>PAYG so call costs easy to control. Give them a try, free to set up, easy
>to cancel if you decide on something else.
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>
>Ivor
>
No comment has been made about an incoming geographic number.
If you go for the voip.co.uk package (£20/year or £1.99/month), as
Jono suggested, you'll get a number with it. This gets my thumbs up
too!
Also, Sipgate give you a geo number.
Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
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| mymail@hotmail.com 2007-05-13, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:23:59 GMT, Brian A
<no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>If you go for the voip.co.uk package (£20/year or £1.99/month), as
>Jono suggested, you'll get a number with it. This gets my thumbs up
>too!
Voip.co.uk provide nothing short of an excellent service and with a UK
pack 19.98 pr year hourly calls cost 2p in the daytime and free after
6pm and all weekend .
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| News Reader 2007-05-13, 7:11 pm |
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"News Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote in message
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> "Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:8ktd439vli3k1a1s8dmsig8c7k5s8q1ksv@
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>
> Hi,
>
> www.vyke.co.uk seem pretty good - ~2 p/call I understand to most all of
> Western Europe (including the UK) and US / Canada, etc. with no
> subscription charge.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> News Reader
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> P.s. Alternatively, their are "unlimited" providers but these tend to be
> more variable and "qualified".
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>
Hi,
Just in case it wasn't clear. Vyke provided unlimited duration (not just 1
hour or some x p/min rate after a certain time) for 2 p and not just for UK
destinations (but all of Western Europe + the US and Canada) ... AND no
subscription charge. 
I am not biased nor a customer - just sounds very very good where voip.co.uk
only seem good. You can always use Vyke for outgoing and SIPgate for
incoming if an incoming number is necessary.
Best wishes,
News Reader
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| News Reader 2007-05-13, 7:11 pm |
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<mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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4ax.com...
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:23:59 GMT, Brian A
> <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Voip.co.uk provide nothing short of an excellent service and with a UK
> pack 19.98 pr year hourly calls cost 2p in the daytime and free after
> 6pm and all weekend .
>
>
> Hi,
>
> www.vyke.co.uk seem pretty good - ~2 p/call I understand to most all of
> Western Europe (including the UK) and US / Canada, etc. with no
> subscription
> charge.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> News Reader
>
>
> P.s. Alternatively, their are "unlimited" providers but these tend to be
> more variable and "qualified".
>
>
>
Hi,
Just in case it wasn't clear. Vyke provided unlimited duration (not just 1
hour or some x p/min rate after a certain time) for 2 p and not just for UK
destinations (but all of Western Europe + the US and Canada) ... AND no
subscription charge.
I am not biased nor a customer - just sounds very very good where voip.co.uk
only seem good. You can always use Vyke for outgoing and SIPgate for
incoming if an incoming number is necessary.
Best wishes,
News Reader
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| mymail@hotmail.com 2007-05-13, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 13 May 2007 23:34:47 +0100, "News Reader" <no@email.invalid>
wrote:
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>Just in case it wasn't clear. Vyke provided unlimited duration (not just 1
>hour or some x p/min rate after a certain time) for 2 p and not just for UK
>destinations (but all of Western Europe + the US and Canada) ... AND no
>subscription charge.
From what I have seen they only provide a service via desktop
application I haven't seen any info regards using an ATA with their
service .
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| Brian A 2007-05-14, 7:11 am |
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>Just in case it wasn't clear. Vyke provided unlimited duration (not just 1
>hour or some x p/min rate after a certain time) for 2 p and not just for UK
>destinations (but all of Western Europe + the US and Canada) ... AND no
>subscription charge.
>
>I am not biased nor a customer - just sounds very very good where voip.co.uk
>only seem good. You can always use Vyke for outgoing and SIPgate for
>incoming if an incoming number is necessary.
I am a customer. I used Vyke for a while for my UK calls. However,
calls sometimes drop out, the quality is poor or the audio works
just one way. I still use Vyke, it is good value for money, and have
tried their SMS sevice, which I have found to be good. However, for UK
calls, if you want good audio quality, value and reliability I'd
choose voip.co.uk.
The only downside is the poor voicemail. It is well over a year ago
when they said they would improve it. I don't use it now but I would
guess that nothing has been done - it amazes me because you'd think
they would want to put a shine on their service. I use Voxalot with
voip.co.uk and other operators. It works very well.
Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
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| Brian A 2007-05-14, 7:11 am |
| On Sun, 13 May 2007 22:52:15 GMT, mymail@hotmail.com wrote:
>On Sun, 13 May 2007 23:34:47 +0100, "News Reader" <no@email.invalid>
>wrote:
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>From what I have seen they only provide a service via desktop
>application I haven't seen any info regards using an ATA with their
>service .
No, their service works with an ATA just the same as any other SIP
operator.
Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
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| News Reader 2007-05-14, 7:11 pm |
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"Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am a customer. I used Vyke for a while for my UK calls. However,
> calls sometimes drop out, the quality is poor or the audio works
> just one way. I still use Vyke, it is good value for money, and have
> tried their SMS sevice, which I have found to be good. However, for UK
> calls, if you want good audio quality, value and reliability I'd
> choose voip.co.uk.
> The only downside is the poor voicemail. It is well over a year ago
> when they said they would improve it. I don't use it now but I would
> guess that nothing has been done - it amazes me because you'd think
> they would want to put a shine on their service. I use Voxalot with
> voip.co.uk and other operators. It works very well.
>
> Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
Hi,
Thank you very very much. Their is nothing better than first hand reports.
It would be great to have some further comparative reports to confirm this
is not localised or anomalous to your situation (provider, equipment,
configuration, or any other).
I really appreciate your input - that is undoubtedly amongst the, if not
the, most informative experiential report on Vyke and from a UK user to -
many thanks again.
Best wishes,
News Reader
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| Brian A wrote:
> On Sun, 13 May 2007 22:52:15 GMT, mymail@hotmail.com wrote:
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> No, their service works with an ATA just the same as any other SIP
> operator.
> Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
Hi how com no ones mentioning Vonage.co.uk ?
here good or bad experiences?
Heidy
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| Ivor Jones 2007-05-27, 1:11 pm |
| "Heidy" <Heidy.ManwayNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi how com no ones mentioning Vonage.co.uk ?
> here good or bad experiences?
Well for a start, they're expensive, have no free interconnection with
other providers and the equipment they supply is locked. Wouldn't touch
them.
Ivor
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| mymail@hotmail.com 2007-05-27, 1:11 pm |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:03:33 +0100, Heidy
<Heidy.ManwayNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>Hi how com no ones mentioning Vonage.co.uk ?
>here good or bad experiences?
Nothing at all wrong with Vonage providing you have the usage
of such a service that warrants the little extra expense over and
above all others even though Vonage cost less than 25p day .
Many people will spend a lot more than that before they have been in a
pub or club five minutes tonight and flush the lot down the toilet
before closing time .
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| mymail@hotmail.com 2007-05-27, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:19:07 +0100, Heidy
<Heidy.ManwayNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
>Ivor Jones wrote:
>Damn it I fell for them hook line and sinker but everyones got to learn
>somewhere called the "learning curve"
What you on about Heidy take no notice of Ivor I have only been
subscribing to this forum for a short while and I am very quickly
growing to detest the sight of him .
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| Ivor Jones 2007-05-27, 7:11 pm |
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<mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:19:07 +0100, Heidy
> <Heidy.ManwayNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote:
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> What you on about Heidy take no notice of Ivor I have
> only been subscribing to this forum for a short while and
> I am very quickly growing to detest the sight of him .
Yawn. Vonage is ok if you have the calling pattern to warrant the expense
and don't mind the limitations. Otherwise it's a waste of time.
And this *still* isn't a forum, Ron.
Ivor
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| mymail@hotmail.com 2007-05-27, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:49:08 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>And this *still* isn't a forum, Ron.
Who is he Ivor you been on the booze again?.
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| clavox@btinternet.com 2007-05-27, 7:11 pm |
| On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:49:08 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
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><mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:g0kj5318ened3qlrha10hsc6135t6eb59h@
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>Yawn. Vonage is ok if you have the calling pattern to warrant the expense
>and don't mind the limitations. Otherwise it's a waste of time.
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>And this *still* isn't a forum, Ron.
>
>Ivor
>
There you go gain Ivor seeing me round every corner if only you had
taken the trouble to check the headers you would have found that the
above message was posted via a BY account and my BY account as been
closed for around six weeks now .
Get your facts right before insinuating that I am posting stuff that I
am most certainly not , oh by the way Ivor have you reconciled
yourself to the fact that you ARE a European weather you like it or
not ? and this is also a FORUM weather you like it or not also .
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| Ivor Jones 2007-05-27, 7:11 pm |
| <mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:49:08 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
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> Who is he Ivor you been on the booze again?.
Why, do you want some..?
Ivor
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<clavox@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> There you go gain Ivor seeing me round every corner if only you had
> taken the trouble to check the headers you would have found that the
> above message was posted via a BY account and my BY account as been
> closed for around six weeks now .
As it really? Has if any of us would know that.
> Get your facts right before insinuating that I am posting stuff that I
> am most certainly not , oh by the way Ivor have you reconciled
> yourself to the fact that you ARE a European weather you like it or
> not ? and this is also a FORUM weather you like it or not also .
What's the weather in Europe got to do with anything?
Rob
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<mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Many people will spend a lot more than that before they have been in a
> pub or club five minutes tonight and flush the lot down the toilet
> before closing time .
Hmmm... Similar views on alcohol consumption to Clavox......
Rob
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| Ivor Jones 2007-05-28, 7:11 pm |
| "Rob" <nobody@this.place.invalid> wrote in message
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> <mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hmmm... Similar views on alcohol consumption to
> Clavox......
In almost exactly the same wording.
Ivor
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"Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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> In almost exactly the same wording.
And I notice "they both" aren't too clever on their punctuation etc., take
for instance the space before the full-stop at the end of a sentence in some
of the recent posts.
Seems Clavox is a bit too dim to notice detail.
Rob
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| clavox@btinternet.com 2007-05-29, 7:11 pm |
| On Tue, 29 May 2007 02:15:32 +0100, "Rob" <nobody@this.place.invalid>
wrote:
>And I notice "they both" aren't too clever on their punctuation etc., take
>for instance the space before the full-stop at the end of a sentence in some
>of the recent posts.
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>Seems Clavox is a bit too dim to notice detail.
>
>Rob
>
Looks like you are a bit too dim also if you think I can afford two
expensive net accounts Rob because I can't but you and that pillock
Jones can both think what you like ............ .
At least I do not subscribe to and make excuses for a worthless and
totally useless voip provider like Sipgate unlike the Jones boy or is
it old women.... .
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| clavox@btinternet.com 2007-05-29, 7:11 pm |
| On Mon, 28 May 2007 20:39:26 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
<ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>"Rob" <nobody@this.place.invalid> wrote in message
>news:465b1a5b$0$8726$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net
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>In almost exactly the same wording.
>
>Ivor
>
Has I have just remarked to that other pillock that thinks the sun
shines out of your arse I neither want or have need for two net
accounts. Oh yes Ivor just to remind you THIS IS FORUM and always
will be .
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