On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:24:10 +0000, Roderick Stewart
<escapetime@removethisbit.beeb.net> wrote:
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>You can get a little adaptor box from Maplin or a computer fair for
>about £20 that will enable you to use any standard phone with Skype.[/color]

Whilst I am grateful for all the information given, I fear that this
thread has drifted away from the original question, which was opinions
on how good the cheap Chinese ATA's are.

I am not interested in Skype as I already have experience of 'true'
SIP by using my own self unlocked PAP2 ATA with voip.co.uk. The
question was quite specific.

Thank you to the people who have attempted to answer the original
point and to that end I have ordered one of the Gate 102 ATA's to see
how my mother gets on with it. From reading some info on the net,
there is a question of presentation of CLI from an incoming PSTN call.
I'll investigate this when it arrives and I get it set up. If it isn't
able to do this it isn't a big problem provided it is provided on
incoming VOIP calls. She can always dial 1471 for the odd missed PSTN
call.

If anyone is interested, I'll report back in due course.

Roger.