Thus spaketh Databug:
> {{{{{Welcome}}}}} wrote:
>> Thus spaketh Nick:
>>> "Databug" <databug@NOSPAM.mangomuzik.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:WZJyg.145139$GD7.26670@fe08.news.easynews.com ...
>>>> Brian wrote:
>>>>> On 2006-07-28, Databug <databug@NOSPAM.mangomuzik.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I signed up with VOIP stunt because of the free calls. All the
>>>>>> locations that I need are free. However I just noticed this 120
>>>>>> days till expiry. I assumed VOIP Stunt worked in a similar way to
>>>>>> Skype in that the 120 days start again when you make a chargeable
>>>>>> call. If this is not the case and the 120 days expire and your
>>>>>> credits go at the end then VOIP stunt would be more expensive
>>>>>> than my land line as we only make about £5 worth of calls in a
>>>>>> quarter.
>>>>>
>>>>> 5 GBP a quarter scales up to about 6.70 GBP, which is nearly 10
>>>>> EUR, for four months. So the deal between you and VoipStunt isn't
>>>>> very heavily weighted in their favour.
>>>>
>>>> By the way firstly I'd like to thank you all for the help and
>>>> advice and I am now as confused as ever :). But I have also signed
>>>> up for 1899 just to try that out too.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not suggesting that voip is ripping anyone off their service is
>>>> genuinely cheap however it's not quite the service i had in mind
>>>> for our usages if I loose my credit (credit not money for the
>>>> nitpickers) after 120 days. Skypes service with regards their
>>>> billing and credit, on that front is better for my usages even
>>>> though it's more expensive in the first place.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a PC based VOIP service
>>>>>> that has free calls to USA UK germany and where the credit
>>>>>> doesn't expire? Or will renew if you make a chargable call?
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry, can't help you with the name of a specific service but you
>>>>> could try a search on your preferred search engine with the terms
>>>>> "bankrupt" and "telecom company".
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> this post has been brought to you by the Databugİ
>>>
>>> You'll end up way out of pocket if you keep signing
>>> up with other providers. If you're happy with BT and
>>> the charges related to them, stick with them.
>>
>>
>> Why?
>>
>> 1899 costs nothing to sign up or per month, you just pay for the
>> calls you pass through them, UK landlines are 3 pence per call!!
>>
>>
> that's what I thought. I have nothing to loose. even if we forget to
> dial the 1899 it's still no loss. For the moment at least I don't feel
> ready to do the total drop the telco switch to cable and sign up with
> voip. One day when I find the right service and when voip is well
> established then that will be the route I will go down (as I hate
> paying all that line charge) but for now with skype voipstunt and
> 1899 will save enough money for the mo. Hopefully If I just pay BT
> the line charge for now and then eventually I'll drop them altogether.
I dropped the BT line about a year ago, and just use VoIP over my cable
broadband, I look at it as paying £2 per month to VoIP Stunt for my
'line rental' and get 1,200 minutes of free calls, I also use Sipgate.
--
DVD rental:
www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/dvd
PAYG Mobile Offers:
www.southeastbirmingham.co.uk/payg
Items for sale:
www.dodgy-dealer.co.uk