Hi All,

I have need to change my cable (NTL) router and I was being pointed
towards the DrayTek offerings as they were supposed to be pretty
hardy.

Whilst looking at the DrayTek stuff the hardware VOIP thing got me
going and was wondering if I could *realistically* drop our second
telephone line (primary BT for *us*, second line via NTL for daughter)
and replace it with a VOIP solution. We could then put the ~9 quid /
month line rental saved towards a faster BB service or summat (beer?).
;-)

By the way of a test I've registered with Sipgate and installed the
X-Lite SIP client (and much like Skype to use) and taken a call from
our land line and a mobile, so far, so good.

So, do the DrayTek offering live up to their name would you say or
would I actually get the same function / reliability with something
else (cheaper) please?

Did I spot the 'Billion' brand of routers look very similar to some of
the DrayTek's (and do they do a cable model)?

From the router I only really need the basic router functions (NAT /
FW / PF etc) and ideally (if it looks like it might be a goer) 2 x SIP
ports (one for daughter, one for me).

All the best and thanks for your time ..

T i m