Re: [OT] VOIP services and Siemens Gigaset S685IP

[Jon Whiten <jon.whiten@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forget the VOIP - if your mobile is on Vodafone, get a Vodafone Access
Gateway (
http://online.vodafone.co.uk/dispatch/Portal/appmanager/vodafone/wrp?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=templateCClamp&pageID=PPP_0061
or  http://bit.ly/JaWly )
and just use your mobile.  My brother in law has
one.

;oj

On 06/08/2009, ianh1000 <ianh1000@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> My kids have discovered the telephone and trying to work from home
during
> the holidays is driving me nuts as they hog the line and my mobile
reception
> is rubbish.
>
> I want to look at using VOIP to give them their own incomming numbers,
I
> considered using the router that o2 provided as it has VOIP options if
you
> hack it but I am worried it may not be reliable.
> I don't want to have to rely on any computers being turned on for it
to be
> working.
>
> So 2 questions:
>
> 1. I am condifering the Siemens Gigaset 685 IP I know some here use
it, are
> you still happy? Can I make a VOIP call ring with a different ring
tone?
>
> 2. What would be a good VOIP service to use? I want it mostly for
incomming
> calls to a loal uk number if possible, I don't make any personal
> international calls and have a BT all inclusive plan on the land line.
If I
> did want to allow it to be used for just local UK calls how cheap
would that
> be?
>
> Regards
> Ian
> .
>
>
>


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