In news:fvhfep$84r$1@energise.enta.net,
Gordon Henderson <gordon+usenet@drogon.net> typed, for some strange,
unexplained reason:
: In article <481b8720$0$657$bed64819@news.gradwell.net>,
: alexd <troffasky@hotmail.com> wrote:
: >
: ...lots of snippage ...
:
: Thanks for this. Quite Intersting, and food for thought...
:
: >> So what would you want out of a residential VoIP service?
: >
: >I think Sipgate's service pretty much covers what I'm after. The only
: >gripe I have is the per-minute rather than per-second billing, but
: >other than that I really can't complain given the cost.
:
: Also intersting, as Sipgate and myself share a common wholesaler, and
: knowing the rates I get from them, I find this curious (but they could
: be on a better rate than me!) Telephone billing systems are a black
: art unto themselves. I'm sure universities will be offering PhD's in
: it soon... (I bill by the second, but rounded up to the next 1p)

I think that one of the reasons why Sipgate bill per minute is that they
give the numbers away for free. I don't know of any other VoIP supplier
who does that and for me it's worth it in the savings on monthly rentals.

In fact, if you only call 0800 and Sipgate numbers, there's no obligation
to put any credit on your account at all, I have a friend who's had a
Sipgate number for 3 years and it's never cost him a penny. He only uses
it for 0800 and to call me and a handful of other friends on the system.

(Cue Ron with his rantings..!)

Ivor