"PhilT" <newsnet@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Rob Walker wrote:
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>> Telewest Landline or Vodafone mobile. If I register my account with the
>> x-lite softphone then the caller does hear ringing...[/color]
>
> perhaps that's the glitch behind sipgate missing ring tone -
> registration failures.
>
> I assume there is some signalling involved, whereby Sipgate's platform
> acknowledges the incoming call and sets about trying to connect,
> perhaps that is what starts the ring tone on the calling parties
> exchange.
>
> If the registration isn't there maybe this signalling isn't done, or
> maybe its done in a way that offends the Voda / Telewest hardware. Is
> it repeatable on a BT line ?[/color]

Yep happened last night froma BT line too. I'm not sure what it is. I assume
it's the phone but who knows. I'll try my other sipgate account and see if
that makes any difference.

Rob