VOIP, Discussion, questions and answers

ioscorpio

Which is the cheapest voip co. to use for pc to phone calls to Mexico and South Africa.?
Also are there any companies where you don't have to pay an upfront fee even though they have free calls to certain destinations?

voipcheap etc only let you have a limited amount of free trial calls before they tell you to buy some credit even to free numbers, I've been playing with it this afternoon and a message came you have used up your free trial.

nowtsquared

Two companies that are worth trying out

wengo.com and babble.net

pap2/fritzbox/sipura and asterix users can avoid downloading their software if you search the sites for the setup instructions.

ioscorpio

Thanks, but call charges are more expensive than other voip companies and Phonecheap

Hunnymonster

Edinburghlass wrote:

I downloaded Skype a few months ago and had great success using it just pc to pc for free and able to track the internet at the same time, however recently it has slowed up my use of the internet to dead slow, stop!

Any ideas as to what the problem might be? using it on a laptop if that helps.

I know it's 8 months late - but I seem to recall that Skype defaults to setting itself up as a supernode (which basically means that other people can use you as a hopping point to making calls that they can't make directly). There's an option to disable that.

Victor_Delta

Hunnymonster wrote:

I seem to recall that Skype defaults to setting itself up as a supernode . There's an option to disable that.

Where? I couldn't find it in the options...

Hunnymonster

Oops - my error - I was misrecalling what I read.....

http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/7AB67323D6305E49CC2570A1001698C0

For me that is a good a reason as any not to use a closed system like Skype, with it's astronomical SkypeOut rates.

elanter

I'm not too sure if I am on the right board but I wondered if anyone knew anything about Vonage. It is offering unlimited landline calls for 7.99 per month via a box that plugs into your modem. Wondered if it was worthwhile.

https://www.vonage.co.uk

ioscorpio

Yahoo pc-pc
I've just started using it with a USB handset, my daughter has the same phone. We keep turning down the volumes, but we are not getting a very good reception. Does anyone else have any problems with Messenger?

ioscorpio

Primus Telecommunications now do a pc-phone service

http://www.iprimus.net/softphone/jsp/softphone/overview.jsp

nowtsquared

Low volume users may like to look at vbuzzer, call quality is very good.

Those with some spare time might want to look at Voxalot, a sister outfit to the SIP Broker team. They have some nice features inc how to use your GPRS allowance to make intl calls.