1899 offer voice over IP (VoIP) calls

darasipas

Smartasss wrote:

They don't charge any connection fee if you use VOIP, pc to pc.

Bit if you go internet to landline you pay the usual connection fee!

So how you can explain this: http://www.call1899.co.uk/voiprates.php
I don't know why they have charged me 3p for a call to UK landline. Still waiting for explanation from them...

Smartasss

The connection charges they were making seem to have been a "beta blip" - today the calls are all coming up on the on-line invoice as "VOIP - FREE".

TonyB

lofty wrote:

I take it nobody knows the sip settings?

Hey man don't get too techie! Whats a SIP anyway?
I've Looked at my email etc & have downloaded the software. However I now can't find my old mike so will obtain a new one. Do you need ear phones or can you use the speakers?
Also herewith copy of message left on saynoto0870 site
"Hi, Just been emailed by 1899 ref voip. please what does voip stand for?
I contacted my computer supplier to see if I had holes to plug mike @ earphones into & he seemed a bit wary of this process & suspicious of the software.
Do you need earphones or can you hear through speakers? Can you receive calls from a landline?
Does it work on Broadband? What a lotta questions!!!!"
Any help here would be very greatly appreciated,
Thanks, tonyB

Smartasss

You can hear through the speakers (but unless you have them turned very low your caller can hear themselves too)

SIP = Session Initiation Protocol (A type of VOIP)

VOIP = Voice Over Internet Protocol

It works with Broadband

Smartasss

There is a downside to using this if you prefer not to forward your phone number to people you call.

Even if you have your number permanently witheld, anyone you call via 1899 voip can discover it via 1471.

artnada

Hi, first time poster here.

I have now started using Sipgate as my incoming landline call provider, and Call1899 for my outgoing call.

The reason why I use Sipgate, is because they give you a FREE geographical phone number. e.g. 01242. And you don't have to have you own local std code. So if you receive/make most calls mostly to e.g London, you can, if you wish, have a London 020 code.

I have registered my free sipgate 01242 (Cheltenham) number with Call1899, so when I make my totally FREE landline calls, people see my 01242 number. When they call me back, it comes through to my Sipgate software

I have just given Telewest 30 days notice to cancel my landline, which means, I will now be saving over £150 per year! :eek:

This is now my telephone system.....

all for FREE


(Software in picture on left is sipgate. Software on right is ""firefly" 3rd party which can be used for Call1899)

dave2986

artnada

have yopu thourght about using their handyphone, so you can makle/receive calls without your pc

TonyB

"I have just given Telewest 30 days notice to cancel my landline, which means, I will now be saving over £150 per year!"
Right lets get this right, you got rid of Telewest, does that mean I can get rid of Brit Tel thereby saving line rental & if so what happens to my broadband connection.
Just another thought, as I tend to use 18866 mostly & pay something like £1.60 a month for 95% of calls (& never abroad) is it worth my while b*gg***ng about in what seems to be ever deepening techie stuff, well over my head!!!!

artnada

TonyB wrote:

Right lets get this right, you got rid of Telewest, does that mean I can get rid of Brit Tel thereby saving line rental & if so what happens to my broadband connection.

I have Blueyonder broadband, which does not require any fixed phone line. It uses a standalone cable modem, that is how I can save on the line rental

dave2986 Which handy phone? Do you have a link link?

dave2986

http://www.sipgate.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=3