"Tx2" <this.is.an.inv@lid_email_address.com> wrote in message
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> 1. Which company is the market leader for domestic VOIP?[/color]
Vonage (via marketing power)
SIPGATE, VOIPFONE, & BT to name but a few for full service
Voipbuster (and other companies from teh same group) for outgoing
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> 2. Are the monthly costs of VOIP likely to be cheaper than Primus/18185?[/color]
mosty work on a pay as you go basis, some charge a coiple of quid for local
telephone number
while others offer this free.

calls to cyprus :
Voipbuster.com : Free (subject to being in credit, 120 days, 300 max
minutes per 7 days) credit can be used
for Uk calls and calls to mobiles etc

Sipgate.co.uk : 4.9p / minute

Voipfone : 1.2p/minute

It is worth checking all providers out, some work out very expensive for
mobiles, but better on some countries.

If you spend a bit more you can use multiple providers, so use SIPGATe for a
free local incoming telephone number and internetcalls.com for free european
land line calls
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> 3. Are the quality of the calls good?[/color]
It does depend, on 2 factors
1- the conenct to the VOIP supplier
2- The Routing your VOIP supplier is using, so Uk calls may be great while
calls to south africa may be
worse, as it is with 18866 etc sometimes, I use VOIP for european calls and
find the quality very good
most of the time, with some provider calls can be hit and miss
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> 4. Does VOIP use bandwidth which counts towards usage limits insofar as
> the ISP is concerned? (that's perhaps my daft question!)[/color]
Yes it does
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> 5. Can I use my existing Draytek 2600 router?[/color]
Should have no problems, but may need toset prot forwarding to make it work
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> 6. Can I use my existing DECT cordless phone system?[/color]
Yes, if you use an ATA you plug that into your router and your phone into an
ATA, some units are only for VOIP, some other a lifeline service where both
your landline and voip calls come in over 1 phone.