Any service that forces a subscriber to use their 'locked' devices in
order to get service will never get my business
Vonage support 'softphones' if you have purchased their primary
service, which means they can support any SIP device without
requirement to use their hardware
>If you want a decent flight you pay the price and fly BA if you want a
>cheap flight with all the complications of same thrown in you fly
>Easyjet same with Vonage you take what is on offer or you go with a
>crap provider like Sipgate .
I have Voiptalk and Gradwell, I have no complaints about either. I did
have voipfone but I received too many SIP authentication errors from
them, so ditched them.
Easyjet is crap, BA is quite good (most of the time), but they don't
make you purchase their brand of luggage to fly with them, do they??
I'd use Sipgate if they allowed registrations from Canadian IPs, just
to make sure that what you have been saying about them is actually
true..... :)
"JuliusP" <julius@brampton.net> wrote in message
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> > If you want a decent flight you pay the price and fly
> > BA if you want a cheap flight with all the
> > complications of same thrown in you fly Easyjet same
> > with Vonage you take what is on offer or you go with a
> > crap provider like Sipgate .
>
> I have Voiptalk and Gradwell, I have no complaints about
> either. I did have voipfone but I received too many SIP
> authentication errors from them, so ditched them.
>
> Easyjet is crap, BA is quite good (most of the time), but
> they don't make you purchase their brand of luggage to
> fly with them, do they??
I've never flown with Easyjet but I know people who use them regularly and
have no problems. National airlines aren't all they're cracked up to be
either, BA are ok but I would never use Air France again after they
managed to strand me at Charles de Gaulle airport for several hours. I
never even got a word of apology out of them, not even a cup of coffee.
The best I've been with recently have been the Americans, both Continental
and American Airlines, although crossing the Atlantic on a 757
(Continental) is a little cramped on a full flight..!
> I'd use Sipgate if they allowed registrations from
> Canadian IPs, just to make sure that what you have been
> saying about them is actually true..... :)
He does exaggerate somewhat. If you can't access via a proxy of some sort
to use a British IP address, let me know and I'll set an account up for
you from here.
On 6 Sep 2005 15:25:58 -0700, "JuliusP" <julius@brampton.net> wrote:
>Vonage support 'softphones' if you have purchased their primary
>service, which means they can support any SIP device without
>requirement to use their hardware
Vonage will charge you for an extra number / service to use a
softphone, I don't know how "locked down" the softphone they use is,
but I can guess.
Phil
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Thanks for the proxy idea, didn't know these things existed, but it is
great they do
I'm now the proud owner of a Reading DID/DDI and have successfully made
a lot of test calls, quality seems good, no complaints so far
I'll get some friends to test it out for long call durations and we'll
see if the quality and availability stand up to impartial scrutiny
As to the setup, Asterisk configuration was a breeze and was configured
and running within three minutes of completing the signup process. The
first inbound call was received within 5 minutes
"JuliusP" <julius@brampton.net> wrote in message
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> Ivor,
>
> Thanks for the proxy idea, didn't know these things
> existed, but it is great they do
>
> I'm now the proud owner of a Reading DID/DDI and have
> successfully made a lot of test calls, quality seems
> good, no complaints so far
>
> I'll get some friends to test it out for long call
> durations and we'll see if the quality and availability
> stand up to impartial scrutiny
>
> As to the setup, Asterisk configuration was a breeze and
> was configured and running within three minutes of
> completing the signup process. The first inbound call was
> received within 5 minutes
>
> Thanks again
>
> TTYL
>
> Julius
Hi Julius, no problem, glad it went ok. Let me know if you want to do some
tests and I'll email you my number. Let everyone here know how you get on
with Asterisk, I'm starting to become very interested in it..!
Incidentally, at least in the UK, the term DDI (Direct Dialling-In) is
usually applied to extensions on a PABX (Private Automatic Branch
Exchange) when they each have their own public direct access number so
calls can be dialled to them direct without going through the company
operator. It doesn't really apply to a number in this instance.
> Let everyone here know how you get on
> with Asterisk, I'm starting to become very interested in it..!
Will do.
> Incidentally, at least in the UK, the term DDI (Direct Dialling-In) is
> usually applied to extensions on a PABX (Private Automatic Branch
> Exchange) when they each have their own public direct access number so
> calls can be dialled to them direct without going through the company
> operator. It doesn't really apply to a number in this instance.
Well technically yes, but since all the Virtual lines I have coming in
go to my Asterisk Soft PBX to be handled depending on what number you
called and what your caller-id is, why not call them DIDs
Ivor Jones wrote:
> Let everyone here know how you get on
> with Asterisk, I'm starting to become very interested in it..!
>
Ivor, Asterisk@home is very easy to install and get running. It has
received some criticism for making it 'too easy' and not teaching the
users how all the insides work. This is important as the 'advanced'
features of Asterisk need a little understanding.
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