"you'll have to start again with proper SIP VOIP."

you seem knowlegable ! .. are YOU prepared to step me thru it

where would YOU start


"Iain" <no-one@hairydog.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Homeworker wrote:[color=green]
>> I was in a shop and it had a VOIP phone for £6 .. jeex just
>> gotta try it , soooo I have plugged it in .. it actually works ![/color]
>
> No, it doesn't. It is mostly just mic and earpiece: it is using the PC
> it's plugged into to do all the work. You surely sdon't want to have a PC
> running nearby whenever you make or receive a phone call.
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>> The phone forces sign up to SKYPE[/color]
>
> Is that the police forces who warn us about being asked to dial *90# ?
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>> , now done and
>> the line is incredibly clear , its better than my standard
>> phone line ...[/color]
>
> That'll be for a skype-skype call, restricted to the Skye nerd-nerd
> network. Try calls to or from real phones and it is a different story.
> Luckily, with other VOIP systems you can choose the quality you want by
> selecting different codecs.
>
> so i am impressed with VOIP ...now for[color=green]
>> the learning curve though ...[/color]
>
> That's the good bit about Skype. It is very Plug 'n Play. It's also a
> snag, becasue you'll not have learned anything from using it.
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>> now i signed up for account with skype but
>> didnt actually give htem ny money or card details
>>
>> So who can i sign up with next for some decent free call tim to
>> expirement ......[/color]
>
> Because Skype is a proprietory system not used by any other supplier,
> there is no price competition for Skype call prices. So if you want a
> decent deal, you'll have to start again with proper SIP VOIP.[/color]