Who do you guys use? I have recently been using Voipbuster and Voipstunt as they do that free call thing.

Anyone use other packages? and what hardware do you run.

I am only interested in SIP compatible software not proprietry stuff like Skype.

Cheers
Tongy

I run xfire on my lappy at home, in combination with the voipuser package mainly because its free providing you have your mates call you enough

want a cheap sip phone at some point though, so im looking at the grandstream budgetone models at about Ã,£45 for a phone its still expensive.

Quote from: M3ta7h3adI run xfire on my lappy at home, in combination with the voipuser package mainly because its free providing you have your mates call you enough

want a cheap sip phone at some point though, so im looking at the grandstream budgetone models at about Ã,£45 for a phone its still expensive.

I just got a Grandstream Budgetone 102 (the one with the network passthrough), not got it yet butwill plumb it in when it arrives. I hear that the Thomson Speedtouch 2020 is quite good too.

I have high hopes for the new handset and would like it to go with the best provider.

Cheers
Tongy

Well Ive no idea if its the best provider, but voipuser allows me to run a softphone fine without any issues, and comes with free email voicemail too.

One thing that may stop you going with voip user is that you can only call mobiles depending on routing. In general its not possible for mobile phones to be contacted using voipuser, but in rare circumstances apparantly some phones can be dialed.

Which is why you may want to consider using another voip provider

How much did your 102 cost? Id be looking for the same model unless I went and bought a hub/switch too.

So many now, I am way behind using Google Talk and Skype, skype have better sound of those two, no problem
calling a phone in china

Ekiga (only for linux atm) is pretty good, supports both SIP and H.323.

Quote from: M3ta7h3adWell Ive no idea if its the best provider, but voipuser allows me to run a softphone fine without any issues, and comes with free email voicemail too.

One thing that may stop you going with voip user is that you can only call mobiles depending on routing. In general its not possible for mobile phones to be contacted using voipuser, but in rare circumstances apparantly some phones can be dialed.

Which is why you may want to consider using another voip provider

How much did your 102 cost? Id be looking for the same model unless I went and bought a hub/switch too.

I got mine off ebay. The passthrough is only 10mbps so that might be a tad slow tbh, but for me its fine as I have a switch. It also has call ID

Voipstunt have "free" calls to USA mobiles as well as landlines. I can call home and the rellys for nowt, which is fine by me as the missus spends about an hour a day chatting to her folks and I make a fair few calls within France.

The voicemail feature is a great thing, however I would find it more useful having call forwarding but that you can do from the phone. Anyway, each package has its advantages and disadvantages, just need to know what is best for my use and at a minimum of cost!

Cheers
Tongy

Micromart did a "test" of a load of VOIP providers, Ill try and copy the info into this thread at some point. They were heavily biased towards skype crap though.

Skype is great if you want "pretend" voip. but I want proper voip

Quote from: M3ta7h3adMicromart did a "test" of a load of VOIP providers, Ill try and copy the info into this thread at some point. They were heavily biased towards skype crap though.

Skype is great if you want "pretend" voip. but I want proper voip

I think consumer voip is moving on, and skype releasing a sip variant would be one of the best moves they could make. Using your current account and features but on a deskphone, not attached to a PC.

Still, them not conforming is certainly making it harder for them.... well in the future. Or at least I reckon it will.

I tell you what would be a superb product.... something like Trillian but for VOIP products. Bringing together several accounts allowing you to choose which to use to dial where. Or just have it programmed into the software who offers the best rate and automatically choose it. Anyhoo, nice idea and hope itll be out in the near future.

Cheers
Tongy

Asterisk@home can do the above by the way Chooses providers on the cheapest routing for a particular phonecall think it also does provider failover, so if one server goes down, it uses another provider to route the call.

And Xfire can have multiple accounts, and multiple lines Quite a nice bit of softphone software

Save your cash for a bit, and get a 7900 series IP phone - youll be glad you did.

If you need any, I can do them for Ã,£85 ea pre flashed with SIP 7.4 or 8.2 - whatever you like.

^^^

is that one that plugs both into your land line and your router ?

I was just about to make another thread asking for recomendations for something like that !

7940 is a proprietary IP phone - plug one end into your network, and it also has a 10/100 switch port in the back to loop through to your pc etc.

hmm, any recomendations for one that can take a lan line and a phone line ?

would make things much easier for work !

or any easy way to do it ?

Quote from: knightyhmm, any recomendations for one that can take a lan line and a phone line ?

would make things much easier for work !

or any easy way to do it ?

Ive just bought two vigor talks which have a lan and normal phone socket...not got them working behind ISA server yet tho