voip from Bahrain

You will probably get internet and phone via Batelco. They have their own VoIP solution, but it seems to be limited

. I don't know whether or not they prevent you from accessing other services outside of Bahrain.

A well known international VoIP provider is Skype. Advantage: Their software automatically configures itself to match even the weirdest network configurations. Disadvantage: They use a proprietary protocol: Skyp service (almost) only works with Skype software.

There are numerous providers who use the standard SIP-protocol and have various billing options. The optimum depends on your needs. You may look for:

- Are calls to customers of the same provider free?

- Do calls to customers of other providers go over the Internet and are free or do they go over the landline and have to be paid? Does the provider support ENUM or peering to reach these customers, does he block calls to and from others or does he neither support nor block you?

- Does the provider charge a monthly base fee or just per minute?

- Do you get a personal dial in number?

- Do shared dial in numbers around the world exist where people from Australia or Europe can dial in and just pay the national rate to reach you?

Christian Barmala

Thanks for the info Christian. Looking at their website, it they offer a calling card, but I do not see anything for VOIP. But I definitely need a foreign VOIP provider, as their international rates are a joke: to call Australia will cost me 0.60 euro's per minute, from Oz to Europe I pay 0.03 Euro/min: 1/20th of the price!

And their ADSL rates are 100 Euro's per month for 512 kbs download, I pay here in France 30 Euro for 1.5 Mbs. Oh the joy of state monopolies.

I looked at Skype, and it is almost exactly, but not quite, what I need. My ideal would be to use a ATA box, so I can use my normal phone for VOIP as well as POTS.

Joop

If you need an ATA-box, you probably have to go for a SIP-compliant provider.

See

a sample: or Some ATA-boxes even allow for multiple providers simultaneously.

e164.org Support currently runs a test and offers (some) free calls to Australia.

Christian

As a sample: or

Aliitle bit more research, and I think that I found it: - Skype (+SkypeOut and SkypeIn) - Telephone Olympia DualPhone. That one interfacers with Skype via USB and also has a POTS connection.

Looks like a winning combination

Thanks for your help.

Joop

Hi,

"Joop de Wit"

SkypeOut has an attractive per minute price, SkypeIn is payd per year.

Interesting. I didn't yet know about this hardware.

Christian

Dear Joop,

Hi, how are you? How are you doing over there? Do you like the country? I hope that you like and absorb the culture.

If you kindly visit

you'll get all and more than what you're looking for.

And in addition you can start the worldwide business from there.

Please do feel free to contact me at anytime for further information or questions you may have at: uninumber.gmail.com

Wish you all the best. Sam.

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Dear Christian,

Hi, how are you?

With your permission, I would like to introduce you a new concept: 'One World, One Community, One Number'.

For details please visit :

Please do feel free to contact me on snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com or speak for free through the new system. My Global Number is 97139713.

Kind Regards,

Sam.

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