My thanks to Ivor and all the contributors, so far, to what may seem to
you all as elementary stuff.

So that I am completely sure of the setup, can I just check this? If I
sign up to sipgate, then move house and change ISP in the process:

- does my sipgate account come with me?
- in the intervening period - no house, no ISP - can I log in to my
sipgate account from any PC, anywhere in the country to retrieve my
voicemail?

Thank you for your understanding :-)

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PL wrote:
|| My thanks to Ivor and all the contributors, so far, to what may seem to
|| you all as elementary stuff.
||
|| So that I am completely sure of the setup, can I just check this? If I
|| sign up to sipgate, then move house and change ISP in the process:
||
|| - does my sipgate account come with me?
|| - in the intervening period - no house, no ISP - can I log in to my
|| sipgate account from any PC, anywhere in the country to retrieve my
|| voicemail?
||
|| Thank you for your understanding :-)

Yes on all counts - not only anywhere in the country but anywhere in the
world with internet access.

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"PL" <neatripple.@.lineone.dot.co.dot.uk> wrote in message
news:11n9nad8aqii379@corp.supernews.com
> My thanks to Ivor and all the contributors, so far, to
> what may seem to you all as elementary stuff.
>
> So that I am completely sure of the setup, can I just
> check this? If I sign up to sipgate, then move house and
> change ISP in the process:
> - does my sipgate account come with me?

Yes, it is nothing to do with your ISP, you can access it worldwide.

> - in the intervening period - no house, no ISP - can I
> log in to my sipgate account from any PC, anywhere in the
> country to retrieve my voicemail?

Yes. Anywhere in the world come to that. Or you can have your voicemail
messages sent to you as email attachments.

Ivor

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PL wrote:
> My thanks to Ivor and all the contributors, so far, to what may seem to=
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> you all as elementary stuff.
>=20
> So that I am completely sure of the setup, can I just check this? If I =

> sign up to sipgate, then move house and change ISP in the process:
>=20
> - does my sipgate account come with me?
> - in the intervening period - no house, no ISP - can I log in to my=20
> sipgate account from any PC, anywhere in the country to retrieve my=20
> voicemail?
>=20
> Thank you for your understanding :-)

Whilst I can not comment specifically on Sipgate, I have tried Voipfone, =

Voiptalk and Gradwell, and found that Gradwell's service is second to non=
e.

Yes, it costs =A34 per month, but then again, you get what you pay for.=20
The service is very reliable; voicemail is delivered instantly to your=20
email account as a wav file, call forwarding works superbly. All in all=20
a great service. NB I have no relationship to gradwell.net except being=20
an extremely satisfied customer.

I also used a softphone plugged into my laptop whilst on holiday in=20
Mexico, and worked superbly; now I'm quite sure that most VOIP services=20
will work from abroad, but I thought that I'd share my personal experienc=
e.

Regards

Alan

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[vbcol=seagreen]
> Whilst I can not comment specifically on Sipgate, I have tried Voipfone,
> Voiptalk and Gradwell, and found that Gradwell's service is second to none.[/vbcol
]

I too use all of these

Gradwell is always flawless, I don't think I can remember ever having a
problem with Gradwell and my lines terminate in Canada

As to the others, for the most part, they all perform within
expectations except for Voipfone which I seemed to get 1000s of
registration timeouts which do not show with the others

If I were adding lines for business and wanted to be sure of service
levels, I would definitely choose Gradwell, followed by VoipTalk

These are of course my personal preferences, others mileage may vary

Julius

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