[Wolves] VOIP

Simon Burke its_simon_burke at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 10 15:58:39 GMT 2004


On 10/3/04 3:33 pm, "Matthew Revell" <wolveslug at understated.co.uk> wrote:

> Simon Burke wrote:
>> On 10/3/04 12:11 pm, "Matthew Revell" <wolveslug at understated.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> So, finally, I bring the email to something vaguely on topic. I've been
>>> looking at various VOIP - PSTN providers, such as BT Broadband Voice,
>>> Vonage and so on. I like the BT service, as they give you a free
>>> analogue to IP phone adapter but the service is expensive and limited.
>> 
>> 
>> Also what I noticed with BT's offer was that
>> "you won't be able to call:
>>     ú      Emergency services 999/112... " etc..
>>  Erm..?? OK so ppl will have mobiles but thatÅs not the point
> 
> Yes, that's one of the *many* limitations to the service. The thing is,
> you will almost always still have a phone line. If you're on ADSL,
> that'll be your line or if you're on cable broadband, you would very
> rarely have it without cable phone.
> 
> One of my favourite VOIP websites, for a UK firm offering it, said, "get
> rid of your BT line and make phone calls over ADSL". Now, tell me how
> that works :)
> 
We, have something like that going on at work, people are sharing the ADSL
and the phone over the same phone line at the same time. Though I think the
same line goes only as far as our comms room before its split, but surely
its possible to do it over longer distances??




More information about the Wolves mailing list