VoIP VoIP    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  VOIP recomendation for UK Goto page 1, 2  Next          VoIP Forum Index -> VoIP View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Rich Guest Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 3:32 pm    Post subject: VOIP recomendation for UK 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Jono Guest Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 5:25 pm    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK on 13/05/2007, Rich supposed : Quote: 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. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor News Reader Guest Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 5:30 pm    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK "Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message news:8ktd439vli3k1a1s8dmsig8c7k5s8q1ksv@4ax.com... Quote: 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". Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Ivor Jones Guest Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 7:58 pm    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK "Rich" <richdotward@gmail.com> wrote in message news:8ktd439vli3k1a1s8dmsig8c7k5s8q1ksv@4ax.com Quote: 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Brian A Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:23 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK On Sun, 13 May 2007 16:58:07 +0100, "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote: Quote: "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 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. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:20 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK On Sun, 13 May 2007 20:23:59 GMT, Brian A <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote: Quote: 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 . Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor News Reader Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:34 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK "News Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote in message news:f273ta$1r7$1@inews.gazeta.pl... Quote: "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? 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". 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor News Reader Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:34 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK <mymail@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:mh3f4353mh6je70c13gci6an2n5ebaobki@4ax.com... Quote: 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 . 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:52 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK On Sun, 13 May 2007 23:34:47 +0100, "News Reader" <no@email.invalid> wrote: Quote: 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. 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 . Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Brian A Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:00 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK On Sun, 13 May 2007 22:52:15 GMT, mymail@hotmail.com wrote: Quote: On Sun, 13 May 2007 23:34:47 +0100, "News Reader" <no@email.invalid wrote: 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. 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 . No, their service works with an ATA just the same as any other SIP operator. Remove 'no_spam_' from email address. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Brian A Guest Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 10:00 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK Quote: 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. Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor News Reader Guest Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:07 am    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK "Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7sbg4391mn3r2raljt1nf7r4mo6nd5cemp@4ax.com... Quote: 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. 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Heidy Guest Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:03 pm    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK Brian A wrote: Quote: 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: 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. 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 . 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 -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Ivor Jones Guest Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 8:38 pm    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK "Heidy" <Heidy.ManwayNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote in message news:46599f77$0$16339$88260bb3@free.teranews.com [snip] Quote: 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 Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Guest Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 9:20 pm    Post subject: Re: VOIP recomendation for UK On Sun, 27 May 2007 17:03:33 +0100, Heidy <Heidy.ManwayNOSPAM@gmail.com> wrote: Quote: 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 . Back to top   Ads Advertising Sponsor Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First         VoIP Forum Index -> VoIP All times are GMT Goto page 1, 2  Next Page 1 of 2   Jump to: Select a forum VoIP----------------VoIP  You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum Australian Debt Consolidation Experts medical insurance Wedding Ring Search Escorts and girls (incall/OutCall) online with Oasi2000, ItaliaChiamami, BestAnnunci... Swinger Kontakt Klub Aeronautics Industry personal secured loans Make Your Own Website Cheap phone calls to Pakistan Cleaning Service black mold UK Swingers Genuine Contacts Site Janitorial Supplies Hoover Vacuum Bags 135 Attacks blocked Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group