VoIPtalk's Summer Special - What's the catch?

If you look on voiptalk's web site they have something called a speedtouch
1-port voip adaptor for around £15. The only catch I see is that you have to
buy £10 of call credit as well. Even if i didn't use their service then the
voip adaptor would still be cheap at £25.

I had a quick scour round the newsgroups and forums and have only found good
stuff about the voiptalk service. Does anyone have any thoughts? Is there a
catch? As far as i can see the item isn't locked down either.

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Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:14:53 +0100, "Mike Poloni" <mike@poloni.com>
> wrote:
>
> >If you look on voiptalk's web site they have something called a speedtouch
> >1-port voip adaptor for around £15. The only catch I see is that you have to
> >buy £10 of call credit as well. Even if i didn't use their service then the
> >voip adaptor would still be cheap at £25.
> It is a good deal but are speedtouch products any good I haven't seen
> any remarks about them good or bad .

I think some of the speedtouch stuff has firewall issues i know a
couple of people that have had grief with them and as for the price
they are charging for them they must be locked to them or somthing or
may be they got a batch that fell off the back of a lorry who knows :-)

Mat

Mathew Curtis wrote:
> Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
> > On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 14:14:53 +0100, "Mike Poloni" <mike@poloni.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >If you look on voiptalk's web site they have something called a speedtouch
> > >1-port voip adaptor for around £15. The only catch I see is that youhave to
> > >buy £10 of call credit as well. Even if i didn't use their service then the
> > >voip adaptor would still be cheap at £25.
> > It is a good deal but are speedtouch products any good I haven't seen
> > any remarks about them good or bad .
>
> I think some of the speedtouch stuff has firewall issues i know a
> couple of people that have had grief with them and as for the price
> they are charging for them they must be locked to them or somthing or
> may be they got a batch that fell off the back of a lorry who knows :-)
>
> Mat

Ummm

The SpeedTouch 190 is not locked down to the VoIPtalk service and can
be used with any SIP-compatible service provider.

Mat

adamc wrote:

> I'm a newbie when it comes to VOIP and have used Skype a fair bit.
> However, I'm looking to use Voip in the future and am interested in an
> ATA. Does this thing work with most Modem/Routers? I already have a
> router and am interested in adding a phone to a voip provider, but want
> to be assured that this thing is pretty standard.
>
> TIA
> Adam

It looks rather cheap and nasty to me..... But i don't wish to get into
any arguments.

I like the linksys PAP2 myself

I have the always used Speedtouch routers and recommended them to
others

Touch wood, none of them have ever locked up. Basically, I have never
had a problem with any of them - they have just worked.

My current one is the 716g which is an ADSL router modem with built in
wireless and a built in ATA with 2 ports.

Me


On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:41:07 +0100, Dexter@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:

>On Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:10:27 +0100, Sean
><seanhardy88NOSPAM@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>adamc wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a newbie when it comes to VOIP and have used Skype a fair bit.
>>> However, I'm looking to use Voip in the future and am interested in an
>>> ATA. Does this thing work with most Modem/Routers? I already have a
>>> router and am interested in adding a phone to a voip provider, but want
>>> to be assured that this thing is pretty standard.
>>>
>>> TIA
>>> Adam
>>
>>It looks rather cheap and nasty to me..... But i don't wish to get into
>>any arguments.
>Seeing that you have said it Sean I will admit I have a couple of
>Speedtouch 330 adsl modems here that have never been used because I
>also thought they looked cheap and nasty got them given to me very
>pleased I did not buy them:)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))).

adamc wrote:

>>I like the linksys PAP2 myself
>
>
> Does this particular speedtouch work independently of any PC, and
> connect independently, as long as a modem/router are on?
>
> TIA
> Adam
>

If you are talking to me, the linksys is nothing to do with speedtouch

>Does this particular speedtouch work independently of any PC, and
>connect independently, as long as a modem/router are on?

I think most VoIP adaptors work like that, you connect them to the
router and only use the PC to configure them.