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Posted by Pred02 on July 28, 2005, 8:03 pm
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I am interested in a VOiP solution to install at my home in Boston. I was thinking of using SkyPE as the provider. In addition, I would like to make the solution as ubiquitous as possible, using a regular telephone handset rather than computer speaker and microphone. What would be the recommended setup. 1) Should I buy a VOIP phone such as Olympia USB Cordless phone 2) Buy a SKYPE USB to RJ11 adapter and then hookup a regular cordless phone of my choice? 3) Buy a RJ45 to RJ11 adapter like Sipura Phone Adapter and use that with the regular coordless phone? In addition, I will most definantely use SkyPeOut, but I am also curious if I get SkyPeIN service as well, which of these will support Caller ID function? I am in the US. Kind regards, George B. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Miguel Cruz on July 29, 2005, 1:29 am
Please log in for more thread options  of them are cheaper than Skype anyway. miguel -- Hit The Road! Photos from 36 countries on 5 continents: http://travel.u.nu Latest photos: Queens Day in Amsterdam; the Grand Canyon; Amman, Jordan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John R. Levine on July 29, 2005, 3:58 am
Please log in for more thread options I think you should tell us in slightly more detail what the problem is that you're looking to solve. Do you have very high LD bills? Do you want lots of fancy phone features? Do you prefer a kind of phone service where 911 doesn't work? Do you just hate Verizon? Do you want to keep a local Boston number? I doubt it. That doesn't seem like a very good idea. There's not much point until you know what service you want to use it with. I agree with the comment that Skype is probably not what you want. If you want VoIP service that resembles your POTS service, sign up with pretty much any VoIP carrier other than Skype, get a terminal adapter, find the place on your house where the Verizon line comes in and unhook it, then plug a cord from your VoIP phone to the house wiring, and it'll run your current phones so long as there aren't too many of them. That's what I do with Lingo, driving two or three phones. Works pretty well and is definitely cheaper than POTS for my calling pattern. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Pred02 on July 29, 2005, 9:53 am
Please log in for more thread options The bulk of our telephone charges come from the international calls, which include pretty much all of Europe and especially East Europe (Serbia, Croatia) There we have family and we call pretty regulary. I am not sure how much lower would the international rates be, since in the US the market is very saturated and they provide much cheaper phone calls to begin with. I am not as interested in having another Boston number, but if I was to go with a VoIP number, I would perhaps choose a UK number as there I lived for a while and have many friends. So you are suggesting a SIP provider and getting some equipment? If possible, can you please recommend a good provider given my needs above as well as a decent priced converter so I can hook up the telephone. I understand there are RJ45 to RJ11 adapters that I can hookup to my broadband router. Kind regards, george B. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by John R. Levine on July 30, 2005, 2:53 am
Please log in for more thread options I still can't tell can't tell what problem you want to solve. If you just want to make a lot of cheap calls to Europe, look at Lingo or Boradvoice or iconnecthere, all of which have plans that include free calling to much of Europe and reasonable rates to the Balkans, around 8 cpm to Croatia, 13 cpm to Serbia. Most offer local numbers in the UK, albeit often at extra cost. If you don't care if anyone can call you on your VoIP, also look at Net2phone's PC->phone service which is quite cheap. No, I'm just suggesting getting a SIP provider. As I've said at least three times now, the provider gives you equipment that works with their service. R's, John | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> was thinking of using SkyPE as the provider. In addition, I would like
> to make the solution as ubiquitous as possible, using a regular
> telephone handset rather than computer speaker and microphone.