"Infant Newbie" <infant@newbie.new> wrote in
news:f39mqq$l7u$1@news.freedom2surf.net:
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> "Ivor Jones" <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Sipgate are still in business, they were one of the first and are
>> still there, they must be doing something right.
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>> Ivor
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> Ivor, I am happy to have you on board with such a good point. However,
> we have a TWIST to our service and the calls from end users should all
> be free (cant say more and I wont elaborate). We will however provide
> a traditional service which I want to be TOP NOTCH. It might not even
> need to be profitable - all it needs to do is pay its own way. So I am
> thinking, quality, quality quality.
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Ahh so someone has to listen to an advert before the call is connected
methinks - OK it's a business model, not one I'd go for, but it's an
approach.

What I don't want is : resellers, spam (ignoring what has been said
before), poor call quality, obscure call pricing plans, hard-to-get out
of contracts.
What I do want is : one-off payments (rather than monthly charges) for
things like geo numbers; a choice of number; settable outgoing CLID;
simple (yes *simple*) setting instructions for my ATA (and his, and his,
and hers);veiwable on-line call cost records.
What I'd like is : a second tier service that I can ignore if I want to
that includes the bells & whistles that 'professional users' might want
- that might even extend to voicemail.

What I think I'm describing is mostly Sipgate with a bit of Voip.co.uk
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