<jonathansbackup@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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: I appreciate all these comments about taking a horse to
: water etc but as I'm a bit of a sad git who doesn't make
: or receive all that many calls and plan to use VOIP
: purely for the few calls I do make, and as a means of
: getting rid of BT, then I think I'll be fine with Sipgate
: for a while.
:
: Unless they suddenly put their charges up to 15p per
: minute I think I'm going to be happy using them to make
: my few calls. I don't need extra lines or alternative
: providers or second numbers or anything else I just want
: to make and receive a few calls via my normal home phone
: sockets and stop giving my cash to BT! If I have a heart
: attack at all the excitement that has been involved I
: will dial 999 on my mobile!

The TA612V has 2 phone ports so you might as well set up a 2nd number on
it, it won't cost you anything unless you want to add calling credit for
outgoing calls, you can make calls to other Sipgate users or to 0800
numbers without credit. A 2nd number is always a useful thing to have and
it can be in any area code of your choice, so if you have lots of friends
in London or Ipswich or wherever for example you could give them a local
number to call.

Re. 999 calls, I've never understood why some people insist that VoIP
should be able to handle it. Relatively few people have VoIP only with no
landline *or* mobile and quite frankly if my house was burning down I'd be
calling the fire brigade from across the street.

: I love the fancy features on Sipgate like the voicemail
: and making calls go to one number and then another plus
: the email when a voicemail comes in. What I find amusing
: is the interface when you listen to voicemails and when
: you set things up - there seem to be lots of different
: voices that have been used to make up the individual
: digits - ranging from a miserable old man to a schoolgirl
: - it all sounds a bit naff!!!

That's always been a problem, they were going to re-record the voicemail
files at one time but it never happened. It does work though.

: Will my caller id units and the display on my cordless
: still show the incoming number once I've set the router
: up?

Yes, CLI should work ok.

Ivor