Panasonic Globarange - any good?

We're looking at replacing our DECT answerphone and, as we also have
VOIP, the Panasonic Globarange is a possibility. The Panasonic UK
website doesn't list them at all but quite a few retailers have them.

One basic question, is the VOIP locked in to Panasonics own service or
can you set it up to uas any VOIP service?

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Chris Green

On 11 Nov, 15:47, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote:
> We're looking at replacing our DECT answerphone and, as we also have
> VOIP, thePanasonicGlobarangeis a possibility. ThePanasonicUK
> website doesn't list them at all but quite a few retailers have them.
>
> One basic question, is the VOIP locked in to Panasonics own service or
> can you set it up to uas any VOIP service?
>
> --
> Chris Green

I purchased Panasonic Globarange phones from J Lewis who had an offer
on giving away a free second phone. I gave this to my son and we can
have calls over the internet for free. They call their service JOIP
and the advantage using the Panasonic phone is that you don't need to
have your computer on to use it. Athough you would need to have a
router with an ethernet access. Joining the JOIP service provides some
extra functionality to the phone service but you can just use the
phone for calls at a very competitive rate. At the moment they are
trying to sort a problem with US dollar and GB pound conversion rates.
However they say that the final charges will be less and one penny a
minute (0.006GBP) for UK standard calls and about one penny for calls
in US and Canada. I am pleased with the phone and at these prices it's
a good choice.
Jim Gentle

On 11 Nov, 15:47, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote:
> We're looking at replacing our DECT answerphone and, as we also have
> VOIP, thePanasonicGlobarangeis a possibility. ThePanasonicUK
> website doesn't list them at all but quite a few retailers have them.
>
> One basic question, is the VOIP locked in to Panasonics own service or
> can you set it up to uas any VOIP service?
>
> --
> Chris Green

With regard to your basic question - The phone seems to be locked into
the JOIP service - whether anyone can convert is beyond me.
Jim Gentle

Wedgieben <Mmygentle@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11 Nov, 15:47, tinn...@isbd.co.uk wrote:
> > We're looking at replacing our DECT answerphone and, as we also have
> > VOIP, thePanasonicGlobarangeis a possibility. ThePanasonicUK
> > website doesn't list them at all but quite a few retailers have them.
> >
> > One basic question, is the VOIP locked in to Panasonics own service or
> > can you set it up to uas any VOIP service?
> >
> > --
> > Chris Green
>
> With regard to your basic question - The phone seems to be locked into
> the JOIP service - whether anyone can convert is beyond me.

OK, thanks, at least someone read the question! :-)

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Chris Green