Hi there,

Any other Freecall users on here? what do you think of the service? What
would you like to see added to the service?



Bob

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Forgive the ignorance but why do you need a "box" for a service such as
this? What does the box do that my computer couldn't if they gave me the
right software?

Thanks



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> Hi there,
>
> Any other Freecall users on here? what do you think of the service? What
> would you like to see added to the service?
>
>
>
> Bob



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> Forgive the ignorance but why do you need a "box" for a
> service such as this? What does the box do that my computer couldn't if
> they gave me the right software?

Same as any ATA. Lets you use the system without a PC on. Not everyone
wants to have a computer running 24 hours a day just in case they get a
phone call, that's what phones are for.

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> "Bastard" <notarealaddress@fakeaddress.com> wrote in
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> Same as any ATA. Lets you use the system without a PC on. Not everyone
> wants to have a computer running 24 hours a day just in case they get a
> phone call, that's what phones are for.
>
> Ivor
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ATA? To be honest my computer is on 24/7 anyway as I use it as a media
centre, TV, alarm clock, server for serving some things etc. etc. so I don't
want their box! Grr

Thanks for the reply.



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Thus spaketh Bastard:
> "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
> news:4f2meiF1h7ie7U1@individual.net... 
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> ATA? To be honest my computer is on 24/7 anyway as I use it as a media
> centre, TV, alarm clock, server for serving some things etc. etc. so
> I don't want their box! Grr
>
> Thanks for the reply.


Very strange.



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> Thus spaketh Bastard: 
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>
> Very strange.
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Not really, in student halls you don't have time for a large CRT and a TV.
When you're moving about a lot it helps to have everything in "one box".
It's not that unusual.




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>
> Not really, in student halls you don't have time for a
> large CRT and a TV. When you're moving about a lot it helps to have
> everything in "one box". It's not that unusual.

It's not unusual at all, it's the norm for those who know a little about
VoIP and aren't hooked in by Skype and the like. For travelling, I have a
Sipura 1001 ATA which has 2 accounts which can be with different providers
if you like, it's about the size of a pack of cards. You can plug any
ordinary landline phone into it, and it rings with a different cadence for
each 'line' so you can tell which one is ringing.

I do have a softphone (X-Pro) on my laptop, but I don't always want to
leave that on. At home I have 6 VoIP lines from three different providers
(3 x UK numbers, 1 USA number and 1 German number) all feeding into my
PABX along with the BT line so I can select whichever one I want for an
outgoing call from any phone in the house. Incoming calls ring different
phones in different places depending on the time of day or where I happen
to be, I also have a single DECT cordless phone that rings for all of them
so I don't have to carry multiple handsets.

BTW for those who can count (!) the 6th number is for my speaking clock,
give it a call on 020 7043 1320 (1431320@sipgate.co.uk)

Ivor

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Phil wrote: 
> Freetalk is excellent I have been with them for about 4 months and the
> service has been 100% reliable, audio quality is excellent with no delays,
 I
> have never phoned support so can't comment. Took me about 10 minutes to se
t
> up, all in all a great service. I paid for a year up front for £79.99 whic
h
> includes the adapter. Like many VOIP services you can get a local number s
o
> nobody can even tell they are calling a VOIP number.
>
>
I must agree with your comments Phil, the set-up was very easy, where
you with Telewest before you started using this service?

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On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 19:37:38 +0100, "Phil" <nospam@nospam.co.uk>
wrote:

>Freetalk is excellent I have been with them for about 4 months and the
>service has been 100% reliable, audio quality is excellent with no delays, 
I
>have never phoned support so can't comment. Took me about 10 minutes to set
>up, all in all a great service. I paid for a year up front for £79.99 which
>includes the adapter. Like many VOIP services you can get a local number so
>nobody can even tell they are calling a VOIP number.
They will not let you pay for a 2nd year after the first you have to
go monthly I have asked them .

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> BTW for those who can count (!) the 6th number is for my speaking clock,
> give it a call on 020 7043 1320 (1431320@sipgate.co.uk)
>
> Ivor
>
>
This was weird... I assumed that I dial this on my sipgate phone by pressing
1431320 with no prefix. I did, and got a US-style ringing tone for about
five rings before I hung up.

I then immediately got an incoming call from a family member who asked why I
just called her. Hers is a number we dial fairly often but nothing like
1431320.

FWIW: she called me by 1471 then pressed whatever it is for automatic call
of the number... if you do this the CLI presented is "unknown".

I think I must have somehow activated the Sipgate "speed-dial a contact"
feature - I wish I knew how as that would be quite handy and I have been up
to now unable to figure out how to do that without a computer.

Joe

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