On Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:45:57 +0000, Mark McIntyre
<markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote:

>I don't use skype (ISTR they're not proper voip, they're a proprietary
>variation on the theme). I went with sipgate who work fine, tho I
>occasionally get problems dialling out. Quality is generally ok, no
>discernable difference from our ntl landline (which we no longer use).

Sipgate appears to be UK only.

For calls to Asterisk servers and standard G.711/G.729 phones, I use:
<http://www.gizmoproject.com>
<http://www.gizmoproject.com/asterisk.html>

The system will also accept free incoming calls without assigning an
incoming phone number. See:
<http://www.gizmoproject.com/access-numbers.html>
However, real call in numbers are only $35/year which is cheap. Since
you get a real SIP number with the free account, programming it into a
SIP phone instrument is possible and fairly easy.

To get to other SIP networks, I sometimes use:
<http://www.sipbroker.com>
or direct dial as in:
<http://www.gizmoproject.com/other-networks.html>

However, GizmoProject does not have a Windoze Mobile 2005 softphone
for my PDAphone, so I use Skype which has a rather glitchy beta
release.




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