[Wolves] VOIP

[fr0st]

On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 12:11, Matthew Revell wrote:
> Howdy,
> 
> I've just had Telewest installed in my house. Great broadband offering, 
> significantly cheaper than Sky/BT for tv and telephone (line rental) 
> combo. Hey, in recent years, Telewest even have decent customer service 
> and staff who seem keen to help.
> 
> Now, the main downside to Telewest is their extortionate phone tariff. I 
> refuse to pay a 6p call connection charge on all calls, plus 2p per 
> minute for a local calls in the evening. Oh, and let's not even get into 
> their to-mobile rates, as I'm likely to burst a vein.
> 
> 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. 
> The American services look quite cheap but are they any good?
> 
> Really, what I'm asking is:
> 
> Can anyone recommend a VOIP service that runs off hardware or Linux 
> compatible software, that connects to normal phones and is cheap?

There is an australian company, erm openpbx I think.. But you need their
hardware.. For fones I used SNOM which is german.

> OR
> 
> Can anyone recommend VOIP software for Linux that'd just let me call PC 
> to PC?

GNomemeeting works I believe..

> BTW - does anyone else have the free 1571 service on Telewest? Is your 
> ring tone also intermittent, even if there's no message to listen to?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Matthew.
> 
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