*** (Aside / Note:) - Could somebody please copy this to uk.telecom.voip as
I do not have posting access to that group. (THANKS) ***

Hi,

After VOIPBuster.com dropped a number of free foreign destinations and then
the UK too I was slightly saddened but not surprised.

I was however then very pleased to see / discover SIPDiscount.com (by the
same [company] family I am sure).

Not seeing much point in trying using their free / default test account
first (username: test password: test @ sip.sipdiscount.com) I went straight
for registering understanding that / reading there website as saying that
this would then entitle the user to use of the service for all the current
Supper Deal FREE call destinations (see "Want to enjoy unlimited calls?
Click here to register." at the bottom right on the home page and most other
pages of www.sipdiscount.com ).

However having registered using their registration software and successfully
created an account and registering with their SIP server I have only been
able to:

- for the first few days - make upto 1 minute calls (After which "your
free call has ended" message and call disconnected) to the free super deal
(free / 0 eurocents/min) destinations
- latterly - not make any calls as the message received is "you have run
out of credit" (not that I ever had any)

Can anyone advise if it is necessary to add credit to an account before the
service can truly / really be used to call the current Super Deal "free"
locations without limit (i.e. unlimited / not one minute calls or only
chargeable calls [including to / for / of the destinations believed to be
free / 0 eurocents per minute under the current Super Deal destination
prices).

I.e. How can one get greater than one minute calls to the free destinations
/ current super deal free / 0 eurocent per minute destinations?

On a different note / another matter, after the waning of free destinations
on voipbuster.com (and a number / the number of international destinations
on voipcheap.co.uk), does anyone have any idea which of SIPDiscount.com or
voipcheap.co.uk might be the better plan / option better for long(er/ish?)
term free UK calls and also any thoughts about the: "it's beta software;
current promotional / super deal / free calls / prices / pricing with
unknown promotional period / offer ending / removal" approach of these
Finarea group companies?

I.e. If you put credit on one of these services to get access to there
"beta" service with "special promotional" pricing about which you know
nothing (particularly how long it will last, destination additions and
removals, etc.) do you get value for your minimum credit purchase / your
thoughts / etc.? lol

Thanks in advance and all advice and guidance / input etc. appreciated.


Best wishes,



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