<M.Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:f20lk25aipj24llfq0ako4kdgice0fkpi2@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:11:48 GMT, "Herman"
> <whitehousemadhouse-2005@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>>Remember, most of the ATAs require some knowledge of SIP and network setup
>>(and patience!).
> Linksys PAP2 don't take much setting up.
>> Vonage is the provider that has come closest to the
>>usability and reliability of a standard fixed line IMHO. It may cost a
>>lot
>>in VoIP terms, but is half the price of fixed line. Little things like
>>remote configuration, 1471/999/118 xxx access make it a more user-friendly
>>and less technically challenging solution that some people will pay more
>>for.
> One must always remember you have to first buy yourself an ATA even to
> subscribe to Sipgate <spit> and they don't come exactly cheap unless
> of course you want to use headphones and microphone and have a
> computer running 24/7.With Vonage you get a 4 port router with two
> phone ports which is yours to keep after 12 months all for 7.99 a
> month.
>>Of course for those that want to tinker and save a few more bob
> Pence more like when everything is taken into consideration ,having
> looked around all the various options over the passed month my
> freetalk/ Vonage account came to and end at the end of last month I
> decided to stick with Vonage safe in the knowledge that I had a proven
> reliable service with people on the end of the phone line 24/7 if
> anything should go wrong that I could call for free .
>
They aren't perfect though - I have a ticket outstanding from a year ago.
They have never managed to get caller id fixed on forwarded calls - still
puts in an extra 0.