[Wolves] VOIP

[Simon Burke]

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??