12-03-2007, 03:10 AM
Oh no, nothing that fancy over here. I have packet8 and I am happy with them, especially since our relatives form Europe can call us on packt8 using Softalk (a VoIP program).
But if we call back, we have to pay. landlines are about 10-12 cents per minute, and cell phones are 25-30 cents. Since most people get rid of their landlines we found ourselves calling cell phones more and more, and at 30 cents per minute you imagine it adds up very quickly, especially if you chat for several hours every week.
Most of our relatives have broadband anyway, so I though I could ship some ATA (VoIP adapters) to them and set them up with a server (I chose sipphone in this case) and I hope to be able to make and receive calls, all for free.
I had some issues with the dialplan, and now I also figured out which codecs to use and which not, but I still learn something new every day.
But if we call back, we have to pay. landlines are about 10-12 cents per minute, and cell phones are 25-30 cents. Since most people get rid of their landlines we found ourselves calling cell phones more and more, and at 30 cents per minute you imagine it adds up very quickly, especially if you chat for several hours every week.
Most of our relatives have broadband anyway, so I though I could ship some ATA (VoIP adapters) to them and set them up with a server (I chose sipphone in this case) and I hope to be able to make and receive calls, all for free.
I had some issues with the dialplan, and now I also figured out which codecs to use and which not, but I still learn something new every day.