is it just me or is voip confusing .......

i have always foud the plethora of mobile deals confusing and
hard to workout best value .............

VOIPS even more confusing ,ther seems to be a collection of
companies offering service but everyone seems to have a mixed views
on them , i see a compnay with good reviews then days later someones
tearing them apart ....there doesnt seem to be any clear winner at the
moment ..... maybe the markets not mature enough yet ? would youagree ?

Except maybe SKYPE ..i say this mainly as its the only well known brand
in the market ... but i get the general feeling its the AOL of the viop
market
...maybe along the lines of Viop for dummies ...or thats the impression some
people give ...its easy to set up and use but never best value ? and due to
its
popularity with the dummies its service can be erratic ?

Also is viop really a service you should only set up and useif you REALLY
have
a need for it ..one thing that confuses me is the costs ......... calls
arent really free
are they and landline/mobile calls are so cheap now theres no REAL saving is
there?
if yourplanning to keep your exisitng land line and mobile ?

Phew .. services ! theres seems to be plethora of services available but no
one
central place thats list available services so you can try and guage what
services
you might need ? nothing worse than signing up for aservice to read about
feature you would reallylike


I have a small list of my OWN must haves at the moment ..anyone know a
decent
company that can suffice


1. ability to prepay by paypal
2. no monthly service charge
3. good rates
4. no contract
5. ability to choose a local number
6. multiple numbers to 1 viop line
7.different rings for different numbers
8. ability to port in Bt numbers

an collection of othr features i dont know i need yt likely