Thus spaketh Carl Waring:
> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>> In article <VQWLg.15199$r61.11895@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk> ,
>> Carl Waring <carl.waring@REDyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>> Gordon Henderson wrote:
>>>> In article <owVLg.15150$r61.2674@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk >,
>>>> Carl Waring <carl.waring@REDyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> I have been looking at Vonage (www.vonage.co.uk) but have just
>>>>> found another
>>>>> company called Draytel (www.draytel.org) who do PAYG with no
>>>>> up-front fees.
>>>>> Anyone here with them at the moment care to comment?
>>>>>
>>>>> I know there are a load of VoIP providers out there but if I'm
>>>>> going to use
>>>>> one I'd prefer to use one that doesn't tie me to my PC!
>>>>
>>>> Why not buy an IP phone if you don't want to be tied to your PC?
>>>>
>>>> Eg.
>>>> http://www.voiptalk.org/products/Gra...+Budgetone+101
>>>
>>> For that price I can join Vonage or Draytel and use my existing,
>>> DECT phone
>>> :-/
>>
>> I presume you mean by buying an ATA to connect your existing DECT
>> phone into. But if you use your PC, you really ought to get a good
>> headset and thats going to costs you half as much as an ATA or a
>> cheap IP
>> phone, so ...
>>
>> Or by suggestion Draytel, do you mean that you have a Vigor router
>> with a phone socket on the back on it that you can plug your DECT
>> phone into? Give us more details, tell us what you really want and
>> what you
>> already have, and maybe we can suggest something...
>>
>> Gordon
>
> As I said, I DO NOT want to be tied to my PC. That's it!
>
> With both Vonage and Draytel I can use my current DECT cordless phone
> either by renting (with the former) or buying (with the latter) an
> ATA that will plug into my existing router; a Netgear WRG614.
>
> My other idea was to buy a new Router with a built-in VoIP adapter
> and sell my current one on Ebay. I then don't need one off either
> company.
> Any clearer?


I use a Linksys PAP2 connected to my router, to the PAP2 I have
connected up my usual DECT cordless and corded phones, on this I use
VoIPStunt and Sipgate.


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