picking a voip service...

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07-08-2006, 04:33 PM
jamena

picking a voip service...

I was thinking about signing up to a voip service such as skype or scantalk, or whatever else is out there, but I'm a little concerned I'll end up on one network not being able to contact people on another network. The natural leaning is therefore probably skype as that's what most people have heard about, but they're owned by ebay now...

what are the points to look for in a good service, and are there any services which you'd suggest I avoid or look at for some reason or another?

:) ta

p.s. I will be looking to use this to call internationally as well as locally...
07-08-2006, 07:47 PM
Kumagoro

With these skype and other ones etc can someone form a landline or mobile call you?

I have the tesco one as i got it for nothing and you get a normal landline number,
which anyone can call with a normal non voip phone.
07-08-2006, 07:53 PM
directhex

personally i'd just take a look at whichever SIP service gives the best rates - by using an open protocol like SIP, you're not forced into using particular software or hardware
08-08-2006, 09:08 AM
jamena

Quote:

Originally Posted by directhex

personally i'd just take a look at whichever SIP service gives the best rates - by using an open protocol like SIP, you're not forced into using particular software or hardware

ah - this is maybe what was kicking about in the back of my mind... any idea which ones are SIP-based? :) ...I'll go google
08-08-2006, 09:42 AM
directhex

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamena

ah - this is maybe what was kicking about in the back of my mind... any idea which ones are SIP-based? :) ...I'll go google

essentially anything that's not skype
08-08-2006, 10:06 AM
BeoWulf

I personally love draytel, they have excellent service and are a company related to draytek. Never let me down and cheap rates to other countries etc :)
08-08-2006, 10:13 AM
dangel

We're using voipcheap at home - admittedly only with a PC itself - but the service is very good and stupidly cheap..
08-08-2006, 10:16 AM
BeoWulf

My setup is router->connection, phone->router. Its very posh having two numbers too, one 0870 one, and 0207 (i live in the northwest heh). You may need to pay extra for some features/numbers. Hell if someone leaves a message, it gets e-mailed to me :D
08-08-2006, 10:38 AM
jamena

I was looking at http://www.voiptalk.org which seems to offer an 0871 incoming number free? ...an added bonus perhaps... anyone using talkscan? :)
08-08-2006, 02:15 PM
FatalSaviour

I think I'll be signing up for DrayTel myself, to complement my new Draytek router :)
08-08-2006, 03:40 PM
jamena

right, between voiptalk and draytel then I think...

thanks for the info :)
08-08-2006, 04:11 PM
Kumagoro

I read that nominet are going to implement some system of being able to have a domain
name as a telephone number.. anyone have any ideas on how that will affect things?
08-08-2006, 07:22 PM
adam1701

I use skype on a 448kb upload isp, to call landlines... and call quality isnt as good as over a normal landline to landline call.....
09-08-2006, 03:40 PM
limpduck

Quote:

I read that nominet are going to implement some system of being able to have a domain name as a telephone number.. anyone have any ideas on how that will affect things?

its called "enum" prob electronic number but im not to sure.

find more here:

http://www.e164.org/

prob be mainly used to assign DDI to an e-mail address to begin with ie phone thedude@website.co.uk, but you can also assign them to websites ie thedude.website.co.uk

www.sipgate.co.uk offer quite a good guide on how to set it up using a free sip application.