There are lots of providers out there, offering many more features than
vonage for instance. I use Voiptalk and have had no problems at all.
Although they don't do any unlimited calls packages they have something
called prepay silver, which has many more features than vonage and gives
much lower call rates as well.

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"Tom" <Tom@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:H_idnclZZ4L_30bfRVnytA@pipex.net...
> I had the same issue many time myself, when calling France. They can hear
me
> but I can't hear anything (no tone or voice). The only indication that the
> call is connected is that the countdown starts on my phone.
>
> The issues are:
> * annoying for the person receiving the dead call
> * call being charges each time (and connection fee is applicable)
>
> I contacted Sipgate twice, and no replies yet, so time to look for a
decent
> provider with a minimum of customer support...
>
> "Spencer" <spencer5322@mail2u.net> wrote in message
> news:3jqercFrbma1U1@individual.net...
> > Most of the time today, my attempted calls via sipgate don't get a
ringing
> > tone at my side, so as the caller, you are left not knowing whether the
> > call is ringing at the other end or not! When is the service going to
> > start working reliably? I'm getting peed off with the lack of
reliability
> > now. I am still getting callers telling me they have to re-dial several
> > times before getting a connection also.
> >
> > Spencer
> >
> >
>
>