Update: extract from voip.co.uk response:-
We are only able to sign up business users at this time as we do not
currently have a Residential offering - we are to be launching a new
residential offering but this has not yet been released. I don't have any
time-scales but expect it to be a couple of months before these are launched
I'm afraid.



You can become a business customer of VoIP.co.uk and I am happy to discuss
this with you, but I don' think that we'll be competitive at this level.



Chris.

"Brian A" <no_spam_bca1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 01 Mar 2008 16:59:11 GMT, Duncan MacCallum
> <dmacca@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Chris Flash wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>> I've just had a letter off BT saying my line rental is now going up! -
>>> got
>>> to charge for those free weekend calls somehow eh?
>>> Well thats it for me - i want to ditch BT and go for voip on my Virgin
>>> media
>>> cable broadband. I already have a Belkin wireless router, so from what
>>> I've
>>> read on forums & usenet, a Linksys SPA2102 or PAP2 seem favourite for
>>> the
>>> hardware
>>> Question #1: any significant advantage of either? there is about ten
>>> quid
>>> difference in price.
>>>
>>> VOIP PROVIDER
>>> If and when I'm happy with voip, I intend to port my BT number over and
>>> ditch BT for good. I hear voip.co.uk will do this free but I just went
>>> to
>>> their site and can't see how to register / signup as a domestic user,
>>> which
>>> doesn't fill me with confidence in my choice, so Question #2: Can anyone
>>> recomend a good voip provider who will let me keep my BT number?
>>> TIA
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>>
>>Voip.co.uk dont seem to want residental users ATM...
> They have actually stated, in a posting in their own forums, that, as
> I read it, they make more money from one business customer than all
> their residential customers and that residential customers make more
> noise.
> I decided not renew, for the present time anyway, because, despite
> what they say, I don't think their heart is in it anymore for
> residential customers. Even so, there is no reason why you shouldn't
> use voip.co.uk for your incoming calls. It is very easy to use other
> providers for your outgoing calls. If you go for another provider
> you'll have to pay, usually a monthly fee, so I'd question whether you
> really need to keep your BT number or if it is easy enough just to
> text everyone and tell them your number is changing.
>
> In regard to an ATA, I'd just go for a NEW, UNLOCKED, definitely NOT
> Ebay, PAP2 (Jono has warned you and I'm saying the same) and use the
> services of voxalot.com. With Voxalot you'll be able to use as many
> outgoing providers as you like, forward calls, decide what times you
> want to receive calls and when they should be directed to voicemail or
> otherwise. You can also do callback if you wish. All the facilities
> such as the 'voicemail waiting' indicator, caller number display and
> 'call waiting all work well using Voxalot.
>
> You have to pay a small fee to Voxalot but I think that it is worth
> it. There is mySipSwitch but it doesn't, currently, have the same
> facilities as Voxalot.
>
> I'd overlap your BT/Voip for a short while until you are satisfied you
> have a reliable working set up. You should also have a mobile phone,
> switched on, in a known place, at all times, in case of emergency. If
> the broadband goes off you'll have no way of making emergency calls
> without a mobile phone. Some providers, voip.co.uk included, do
> support 999, but don't expect it to be as good as using a standard
> landline.
>
> The easiest way to connect up your ATA to handsets is to have a set of
> cordless phones.
>
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