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> 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".
>>>>>
>>>>> :)
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>>>>
>>>> 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.
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>
>
> 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.
>
>
I'm teetering with the whole voip thing. If it was just me I'd go for it
but my wife hates technology and she hates PC's and all that kind of
thing. She's the main bill payer and she's a little apprehensive so far.
I thought I'd break her in gently with the likes of skype and now with
1899. She'll come round in time. The only thing that worries me about
VOIP and that worries my wife is that if internet goes down so does your
phone. Also with sipgate wich was a company I was looking at, there seem
to be occasional connection problems and other issues that i've seen on
this list.

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