Re: Vonage is the only one that offers a proper service
On Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:11:38 GMT, Ian Pawson <ian@ipawson.com> wrote:
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>Brian A wrote:[color=green]
>> On Mon, 6 Nov 2006 10:01:18 -0000, "¬Stephen Hammond"
>> <Stephen7372@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Unlimited calls and proper call number display for the recipient (CLI?),
>>> does anyone else offer this?
>>>
>>> 700 mins a month isn't that much if you ask me :)
>>> (23mins a day)
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>>> Correct me if I'm wrong
>>>
>>> Then again they're not much good when you have to pay double for mobile
>>> calls so in conclusion stuff VOIP :)
>>>
>>> Stephen
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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?
>> 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.
>> Caller display on voip.co.uk should be OK.
>> You do get a geo number with voip.co.uk also.
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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).
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>It's only £19.99 if you pay for 12 months in advance. This service
>suites my needs and has worked when I need it to. Also, the email help
>and support is swift and helpful.[/color]
In addition, there is another VSP ( Vyke ) offering calls to Europe
and the US at 2p/call. I only recently saw a posting here but, afaik,
no one has actually stated that they use them. You have to be quite
careful to get the right merchant URL otherwise the pricing is in US
cents.
[url]http://tinyurl.com/ylu8os[/url]
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