VOIP, Discussion, questions and answers

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  • How do the below companies compare?

    - Sip Discount
    - Just VOIP
    - VOIP Cheap

    I'm after free calls to the USA and India.

    1) What is the minimum top-up for these companies?
    2) How long are their freedays?
    3) How is their call quality?

    Thanks.
  • tony_baduk wrote: »
    Hello there,
    Which VOIP company provides the best value for money. I am aware that Vonage and Sipgate exist, anymore to add to the list?

    A list of companies would be nice.



    I use https://www.yourchoicevoip.com who have various different packages available. I make calls to Europe/US often for which I have whats called an International saver package, on which I only pay £6.99.:j
  • shaqshaq Forumite
    13 Posts
    im on unlimited uk,usa and canada for £9.99 a month
    they say unlimtied but its actually 2000mins, i havnt reached that yet although ive been close on a couple of occassions.

    quality was good through pc however when i bought an ip phone it was excellent.
    Always looking for a better deal...:T
  • haamiduk wrote: »
    I use www.yourchoicevoip.com who have various different packages available. :j

    They seem a bit expensive. The thing is with companies like www.voipcheap.co.uk and www.justvoip.com you could free calls to some countries and exceptionally low rates to other countries. It's more of a pay as you go scheme.

    Still good to know of your VOIP experience.
  • shaqshaq Forumite
    13 Posts
    free calls when you buy credit and for 120 days, thats 4months, not bad man!
    is there a limit on how much credit you need?

    sounds good although it would be interesting to compare the quality of the 2, but i guess when its free who cares!

    I was with voipcheap in their early days however my credit used to expire if i did not use it and the quality was very bad and thats when i used to pay for the calls! so thats why i moved to ycv, not sure how they are now, anyone tried?
    Always looking for a better deal...:T
  • shaq wrote: »
    free calls when you buy credit and for 120 days, thats 4months, not bad man!
    is there a limit on how much credit you need?

    sounds good although it would be interesting to compare the quality of the 2, but i guess when its free who cares!

    I was with voipcheap in their early days however my credit used to expire if i did not use it and the quality was very bad and thats when i used to pay for the calls! so thats why i moved to ycv, not sure how they are now, anyone tried?

    There is a minimum top-up of £10. This expires after 120 days.

    Supposedly the quality of calls is excellent. I'm waiting for my VOIP adaptor to arrive (hopefully tommorow) so I can start making calls through a normal telephone.
  • There are several VOIP providers. Just wanted to clarify their charges.

    For example, www.voipcheap.co.uk state their rate to call the Malaysia landline is 0.030.

    Is that rate 0.3 of 1p or simply 3p per minute?

    Sorry if the question is silly but just wanted to clarify.

    Thanks!
  • BexTechBexTech Forumite
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    3p/min for Malaysia Mobile. £0.030 (No pounds, 3 pence and no tenths of a pence).

    Free to landlines.

    You might want to look at some of the other Betamax VoIP services.

    http://backsla.sh/betamax

    Most again are free to Malaysia landline but a couple have calls to Malaysia Mobile for 1 cent (Euro) (less than three-quarters of a pence).

    Some offer 120 days of free calls to the free destinations other only 90 for €10 (Ten Euro (£7.20)) + 19% VAT Top Up (or £10 for .co.uk sites).

    That €10 (or £10 depending on site) Top Up isn't lost on the free calls, you have the 90/120 days to make calls free to the free destinations, but can also use that credit on non-free calls, also after the 90/120 days you don't have to top up to get more free calls you can simply use the credit up on calls, charged at the listed rate and listed chargeable rate for the free destinations when out of free days.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
  • BexTechBexTech Forumite
    4.8K Posts
    I've had no problems with the Betamax group, I currently use VoIPStunt, simply as I was issued for free a couple years back an incoming number.

    I use the service on a PAP2 ATA. Call quality excellent.
    It's PAC not PAC Code, it's MAC not MAC Code, it's PIN not PIN Number, it's ATM not ATM Machine, it's LCD not LCD Display, it's DVD not DVD disc... It's no one not noone, It's a lot not alot, It's got not gotten... Panini is the plural of panino - there is no S!!
    (OK my English isn't great, the sciences, maths & IT are my strong points!)
  • For Betamax companies the 120 days limit applies to Freecalls, your top-up is used as and when you make chargeable calls.
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