On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 10:02:32 +0000 (UTC), Gordon Henderson
<gordon+usenet@drogon.net> wrote:

>>Is there a VOIP phone service that can be used via a mobile phone?
>
>I suspect you really want to ask the question: Is there a mobile phone
>that can be used via a VoIP service ...

I can't see any error in my wording of my question. I like the VOIP
service I use (at home), because, unlike Skype, (as I understand it),
I can make calls to any landline or mobile, and any landline or mobile
can call me. The VOIP service is much cheaper for making calls abroad
than is the mobile phone service. So what I'd like to achive is to be
able to make calls via my VOIP provider, using my mobile phone,
without getting billed for a call by the mobile phone company. This
may be impossible; I don't know.

I'm not very familiar with wifi internet access, at wireless hotspots,
but I was hoping that there was a way to make the call via the VOIP
service, once one is connected to the net (free of charge) at a wifi
hotspot. Perhaps not. My own VOIP customer services said not - but
then they are infamous for not knowing much! Or it could be true that
their own service cannot be accessed that way, but others can...

I wouldn't expect to be able to receive incoming calls via the VOIP
service, on my mobile, necessarily, but I could hopefully pick up
messages left on my VOIP voice mail service.

>However Three let you make Skype calls on some handsets and some Nokia
>handsets have SIP software built-in (which should work with any SIP
>compliant VoIP provider) And there may be others..

Perhaps that is the way - thank you... I will read up on SIP...

JD