<Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:srdvd1hhsg0vt2p55kngu66gga5ddvmcht@4ax.com...
> On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:51:29 +0100, "Ivor Jones"
> <ivor@despammed.invalid> wrote:
>
>
>>Are you telling me that I can have a number from Vonage and not pay a
>>monthly charge but can use the same system as Sipgate and add credit
>>like
>>a PAYG mobile..? If so I can't see it on their website anywhere.
> No
>>If it's a charge I have to pay in order to use the service then it's
>>rental in all but name.

> No it isn't a charge you have to pay in order to use the service Ivor
> in the sence you are meaning ,you have to pay a charge in order to
> make calls just has you have to pay a charge in order to make calls
> via Sipgate or any other VOIP telecoms provider unless it is to other
> users of their service and how do you know if you are calling a
> Sipgate/Vonage or any other providers number anyway other than calling
> the number and see if you are either connected or get told to put some
> money in your account.

I wish you'd put paragraph breaks in sometimes..!

But it *is* a charge I have to pay in order to use the service..! I can't
have a Vonage account without paying money every month whether I make any
calls or not, or can I..?

What if I don't make any calls..?

> Ivor I and others are paying Vonage for a high quality service and the
> service is of high quality in all respects and they provide a free
> phone number for customes to get in contact with them unlike a certain
> other operator who I shall not name that cannot even be bothered to
> answer customers emails anymore .

So if I don't make any calls I don't pay anything, is that right..? Where
does it say this on the website..?

> You said yourself the other night if you want quality you have to pay
> for it and I have proved this fact time and time again over the years,
> the differance between Sipgate and Vonage is like going in the London
> Hilton for dinner and going in Joe's cafe round the corner .

But I like sausage & chips..!

Ivor