"Mike" <mike@dotcom.invalid> wrote in message
news:1wsv8czsfi0yc.1jqxt359fdbnh$.dlg@40tude.net.. .
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:47:24 +0000, Adam Lipscombe wrote:
>
>> I had 2 numbers ported to voip.co.uk from BT, both free.
>> It did take a while. Apparently the hold-up was at BT though.
>
> Thanks Adam, that's just what I needed to know.
>
>> So far I am impressed with voip.co.uk. Support is excellent.
>
> Though I'm not with them myself (yet), I have noticed the many favourable
> reports here and along with voipfone it's on my list of 'good' vsp's to
> recommend to my friend. Just need to decide which ATA to recommend now.
>
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>
> Mike

When you decide which provider/kit you are going for, you do need to be
careful if you are doing away with the landline completely. As a bit of a
techie, I have found the FritzBox together with multiple outbound providers
(and voip.co.uk as inbound) to work well without a landline, but I seem to
remember others preferred voipfone (which I haven't tried). I would also
recommend the FritzBox for a non-technical person (once it has all been set
up) but I think there may be a better provider than voip.co.uk for a
non-technical person. Their dial-in voicemail is attrocious!