Jono wrote:[color=blue]
> Martin Johnson explained on 10/05/2008 :[color=green]
>> Christian wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>> My solution will be to get a Siemens C475IP or maybe the similar
>>>> SNOM M3.
>>>
>>> To be honest, that is exactly what I did (an S450IP in my case). The
>>> advantage of a real VOIP-phone rather than an ATA is that the sent
>>> and received signal never meet each other on a single line. The only
>>> echo will be caused acoustically in the handset. So the chance of
>>> echo on the far end is reduced quite a lot. I never had any
>>> complaints about echo anymore (I did have some with my SPA3000,
>>> although not often).[/color]
>>
>> I have a local PSTN number on my Gradwell VOIP service, so that PSTN
>> callers in my own town don't need to dial an area code to call me.[/color]
>
> Right, I've been reading this thread thinking you've got echo problems
> on the PSTN side of the SPA3000.
>
> What you're actually saying is it's a VoIP account that's suffering the
> echo..[/color]

Yes, since I mostly only use the VOIP account.

In fact, the echo is much worse on calls to the analog BT line, but I
only give out the VOIP number.