voip service problems

I have been trying to pay some more money into the voip company called
*voipstunt* and i get an error code 103, come up.

when i did a search on *voipstunt error 103* there seems to be some stuff
about the parent company called betamax being a bid dodgy.

For example:

http://www.calliflower.com/2008/01/2...used-of-fraud/

Would anyone be able to recommend another voip service please? Would be
very grateful for any quick recommendation as I have to make some overseas
calls tomorrow morning. Thanks.

In article <ia23p7$ki8$1@news.eternal-september.org>, john reid
<terminal3@mail.invalid> scribeth thus
>I have been trying to pay some more money into the voip company called
>*voipstunt* and i get an error code 103, come up.
>
>when i did a search on *voipstunt error 103* there seems to be some stuff
>about the parent company called betamax being a bid dodgy.
>
>For example:
>
>http://www.calliflower.com/2008/01/2...used-of-fraud/
>
>Would anyone be able to recommend another voip service please? Would be
>very grateful for any quick recommendation as I have to make some overseas
>calls tomorrow morning. Thanks.
>
>

VoIPfone.....
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"john reid" <terminal3@mail.invalid> wrote in message news:ia23p7$ki8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>I have been trying to pay some more money into the voip company called *voipstunt* and i get an error code 103, come up.
>
> when i did a search on *voipstunt error 103* there seems to be some stuff about the parent company called betamax being a bid
> dodgy.
>
> For example:
>
> http://www.calliflower.com/2008/01/2...used-of-fraud/
>
> Would anyone be able to recommend another voip service please? Would be very grateful for any quick recommendation as I have to
> make some overseas calls tomorrow morning. Thanks.

Depends on what countries you call.
I would recommend smartvoip.com based on their UK mobile charge is about 5p/min which is considerably
less than voipstunt.com

Yes, they are a Betamax brand too, and yes, I have seen that fraud allegation before, I still contend that
Betamax is amongst the best value for domestic users, and I can't recall a similar first-hand complaint in this
NG in spite of many of us using them.

Incidentally I would always use Paypal for this kind of service.
and there is a 75 Eurocent admin fee which they should be clearer about. That is my only criticism.

I seem to remember having a similar issue in getting a payment to go through, it was OK when I tried it later.

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On Sun, 24 Oct 2010 22:49:49 +0100, Graham. wrote:

> "john reid" <terminal3@mail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ia23p7$ki8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>I have been trying to pay some more money into the voip company called
>>*voipstunt* and i get an error code 103, come up.
>>
>> when i did a search on *voipstunt error 103* there seems to be some
>> stuff about the parent company called betamax being a bid dodgy.
>>
>> For example:
>>
>> http://www.calliflower.com/2008/01/2...used-of-fraud/
>>
>> Would anyone be able to recommend another voip service please? Would
>> be very grateful for any quick recommendation as I have to make some
>> overseas calls tomorrow morning. Thanks.
>
> Depends on what countries you call.
> I would recommend smartvoip.com based on their UK mobile charge is about
> 5p/min which is considerably less than voipstunt.com
>
> Yes, they are a Betamax brand too, and yes, I have seen that fraud
> allegation before, I still contend that Betamax is amongst the best
> value for domestic users, and I can't recall a similar first-hand
> complaint in this NG in spite of many of us using them.
>
> Incidentally I would always use Paypal for this kind of service. and
> there is a 75 Eurocent admin fee which they should be clearer about.
> That is my only criticism.
>
> I seem to remember having a similar issue in getting a payment to go
> through, it was OK when I tried it later.
I have been using Betamax services for years, as have many people on this
NG. I have never heard of any allegations in relation to fraud so, from
personal experience, I would discount this.
As regards Paypal. I avoid them wherever possible. Wait while you get a
situation where you want some of the compensation they offer. My
experience with paypal has been a bad one. When I pay Betamax it is via
a credit card. You do have some protection with a Credit Card if the
vendor doesn't deliver the service etc.
Take a look at this site, not all Betamax companies are listed but you'll
find most of them. Beware that some charge a connection fee (check
carefully) and some don't use SIP. Just check out the 'Instructions' on
the web site.
http://backsla.sh/betamax




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"john reid" <terminal3@mail.invalid> wrote in message
news:ia23p7$ki8$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>I have been trying to pay some more money into the voip company
>called *voipstunt* and i get an error code 103, come up.
>
> when i did a search on *voipstunt error 103* there seems to be
> some stuff about the parent company called betamax being a bid
> dodgy.
>
> For example:
>
> http://www.calliflower.com/2008/01/2...used-of-fraud/
>
> Would anyone be able to recommend another voip service please?
> Would be very grateful for any quick recommendation as I have
> to make some overseas calls tomorrow morning. Thanks.
>
>
>



www.voip.co.uk have been consistently good for me. Used them on
free wi-fi when in France recently to keep in touch with home.
1p/min for UK landlines, 3p/min to European landline.

Also Sipgate are now vastly better than they used to be - and
they weren't all that bad then.


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On Mon, 25 Oct 2010 20:10:39 +0100, "Woody"
<harrogate3@ntlworld.spam.com> wrote:

>www.voip.co.uk have been consistently good for me. Used them on
>free wi-fi when in France recently to keep in touch with home.
>1p/min for UK landlines, 3p/min to European landline.

We have a couple of accounts with them and they are reliable. However,
according to their web site they are not accepting sign-up's from
residential customers anymore. They talk about a recommendation scheme
but we have never received any info from them on bringing a new user
to their service.

Fox.