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[Andrew Farnsworth]

Rev Simon Rumble wrote:

>To be honest, every time I look at VOIP (my family is in Australia) I 
>discover that the prices have once again dropped for PSTN-accessible 
>alternatives.  I presume these guys are all using VOIP for the back-end 
>but neither I nor, crucially, my folks, need to learn, implement and 
>debug some software system.
>
>I considered buying my Mum and IP phone (she has broadband) but at a 
>minimum cost of fifty squid, that buys a lot of 2p/minute phone calls!
>
>(www.18866.co.uk requires no up-front or monthly charges and does 2p/min
>to Australia and free UK landline calls.  I don't work for them, just a 
>happy customer.  They also have the nifty feature of allowing you to 
>register any BT landline to phone from, which means you can make calls 
>on a friend's phone and have it billed to you.  Used that for Xmas Eve 
>calls to Australia.)
>
>  
>
Look at Broadvoice.com, they have unlimited calls to the UK via VOIP for 
$19.95 US / month (Yes, about 11 quid).  I can do that easy in one phone 
call. US based company shipped me my spa-1001 in about 2-3 days from 
signup.  Use a regular phone and it rocks.  Her calling you is another 
matter, but have her IM you or something and you can call her, or get 
her the service and she can call any land line in the UK for free. (not 
mobiles though)  If you signup, please email me off list for a reference 
number as referals are rewarded, if you want an example of quality, 
email me off list and I will be happy to call your land line so you can 
hear it.  Works great behind my NAT firewall with NO configuring 
anything on my part.

Just FYI $19.95 US dollars give free unlimited calls to all these countries:

Australia
	Netherlands
Austria
	Norway
Belgium
	Singapore
Canada
	Spain
Chile
	Sweden
China
	Switzerland
Denmark
	Taiwan
France
	United Kingdom
Germany
	United States
Ireland
	Vatican City
Italy


And for $25 US you get these added to the list:

Argentina
	Luxembourg
Brazil 	Malaysia
Czech Republic 	New Zealand
Finland 	Poland
Greece 	Portugal
Israel 	San Marino
Japan 	South Korea


Disclaimer: Big Fan of Broadvoice, not associated to the company at all, 
but I do get rewarded for referals.

Andrew Farnsworth



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