On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:55:11 GMT, Brian A postulated:
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>First question is 'Do you really NEED unlimited calls?'
>So many people get into this unlimited thing without first assessing
>their actual needs.
>voip.co.uk costs £2/month for inclusive off peak calls and 2p/call for
>peak. If Vonage is charging £8/month that's £6 more and amounts to 300
>peak time calls - that's approximately 300/22~= 14 peak time calls a
>day (22 days because weekends are taken care of), thats in addition
>to all the off peak calls. Do you really need that many calls?[/color]

Actually, yes. Although I don't need to have that number of telephone
conversations per day, the problem is that increasingly the general
public are using 1571 (or similar) voicemail systems. What I hate
about these is that the recorded greeting is not personal so I have no
idea as to whose home I am connected to. As I will not risk leaving a
voicemail to a stranger, I always hang up. Consequently I can easily
top 14 peak calls a day simply by grappling with the 1571 droids.
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>Further, when you go away on your hols you are still paying Vonage
>£8/month - add that to the monthly cost and the deal is even worse.[/color]

Add £8 to what monthly cost?
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>The only downside is that the voicemail could be better and they don't
>do a 1471 service afaik (then I don't know if Vonage do this).[/color]

Vonage do, but, irritatingly, it's a code other than 1471 - presumably
the Yank version.


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