N.dexter@lancs.no-ip.co.uk wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:28:22 GMT, Mike <mike@dotcom.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:21:55 GMT, N.dexter@lancs.no-ip.co.uk wrote:
>>
>>> voip.co.uk ported my Vonage number over to them last week free of
>>> charge and it was all sorted in less than four hours probably take
>>> longer with a BT line though .
>> voip.co.uk would be one of my preferred vsps, but I couldn't find any
>> mention of number porting on their site. Of course a vonage number is
>> already a voip number, but maybe I'll email them to be sure.
> I called them and the guy said has my number was an ex freetalk number
> it would be no problem but they did have problems getting some stright
> Vonage numbers over.
> I don't know anyone who has moved a BT number over to voip.co.uk but I
> do know BT make a right ballsup moving Telewest numbers over to them,
> a friend moved over from TW to BT over a year ago now and if you ring
> his number and it is not answered TELEWEST answering service still
> kicks in .
I enquired about porting a BT number to voip.co.uk about two weeks ago
and they said they could do it and it would take about 10-14 days.
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.
So far I am impressed with voip.co.uk. Support is excellent.
Adam
Mike wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 21:40:20 +0000, Linker3000 wrote:
>
>> I enquired about porting a BT number to voip.co.uk about two weeks ago
>> and they said they could do it and it would take about 10-14 days.
>
> Did they say how much?
>
"Mike" <mike@dotcom.invalid> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
> --
>
> 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!
Mike explained on 15/01/2007 :
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:23:21 GMT, Herman wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I don't think my friend would be willing to shell out for the Fritzbox as
> it's a little pricey. As he doesn't really use the PC much, I was thinking
> along the lines of an SPA-2100 or Grandstream 486 as either would avoid the
> necessity for a separate router. Does anyone know the cheapest price for
> either of these, or suggest any alternatives?
The SPA2102 (I think) has a 10/100 WAN port, the 2100 only a 10Mb WAN
port. Very configurable, not sure if the QoS is up to much.....not had
to buy one for a while, so not up to speed on best prices, sorry.
"Mike" <mike@dotcom.invalid> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:23:21 GMT, Herman wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I don't think my friend would be willing to shell out for the Fritzbox as
> it's a little pricey. As he doesn't really use the PC much, I was thinking
> along the lines of an SPA-2100 or Grandstream 486 as either would avoid
> the
> necessity for a separate router. Does anyone know the cheapest price for
> either of these, or suggest any alternatives?
>
> --
>
> Mike
I have not found the 486 to be very good, and I am not sure the Firewall is
incredibly secure. My advice is to avoid this. Linksys/Sipura devices are
generally thought to be OK although I have no experience of the ex-sipura
models.
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:10:48 GMT, Mike <mike@dotcom.invalid> wrote:
>On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:23:21 GMT, Herman wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>I don't think my friend would be willing to shell out for the Fritzbox as
>it's a little pricey. As he doesn't really use the PC much, I was thinking
>along the lines of an SPA-2100 or Grandstream 486 as either would avoid the
>necessity for a separate router. Does anyone know the cheapest price for
>either of these, or suggest any alternatives?
Although having a PSTN connection, which you may not use, the SPA-3102
gives better functionality as regards multiple outgoing providers - 5
in all including the one on which you receive your calls.
Only one incoming provider though.
This ATA can connect to WAN and output LAN.
Remove 'no_spam_' from email address.
Jono wrote:
>
> The SPA2102 (I think) has a 10/100 WAN port, the 2100 only a 10Mb WAN
> port. Very configurable, not sure if the QoS is up to much.....not had
> to buy one for a while, so not up to speed on best prices, sorry.
That isn't a big deal, because the SPA-2100 is discontinued and has been
for a while.
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