Tesco internet phone has closed Help

girl_in_need

hi all
I'm sad that tesco internet phone is now close from today
does anyone know a good internet phone provider that is like tesco ???
and I don't mean skype . please help :huh:
thanks

mk-donald

I would recommend having a look at the Finerea brands. You'd either need to use the sound card/microphone in your Windows PC; or get a USB gizmo; or an Ethernet SIP box (kinda like the Tesco Internet Phone box, though that was proprietary).
They operate under about 20-30 different brands all with their own quirks. Typically you top up 10 Euros/Pounds + VAT, and that gives you 60-90-120 'freedays' to call 10-30 countries landlines (upto 300 mins in last 7 days) as well as call rates from 1cent/minute (with no call connection fees) upwards.

eg have a look at this brand which is one I have historically used, to get an idea of what/how they do
http://www.internetcalls.com/en/index.html

And a couple of sites compare the rates/countries on their various brands
http://cheapvoip-calls.com/voip/compare-rates.php
http://backsla.sh/betamax
The latter is years old, but illustrates the concept & brands.

MKD
Who didn't even get an email from Tesco's * service to say it was stopping (not that I'd used it much since winning one of their boxes - and finding it pretty damn poor.)

LeeSouthEast

https://www.sipgate.co.uk - been using them for over a year without any problem whatsoever. Absolutely love their service.

gavinp

Another vote for Sipgate - been using them for over 5 years now with no problems...

Snakeeyes21

Yep sipgate is great, if you dont want a proper phone and use the softphones then get the free one from counterpath, its alot better choose the beta version at the bottom http://www.counterpath.com/x-lite-download.html