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juby Full Member Offline Posts: 203 Gloucestershire Gender:	Is the End Nigh? Mar 4^th, 2005 at 4:42pm The attached received today from Novotech http://www.novatech.co.uk/NOVATECH/specpage.html?NOV-IPFONE
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Re: Is the End Nigh?
Reply #1 - Mar 4^th, 2005 at 4:56pm

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The attached received today from Novotech

http://www.novatech.co.uk/NOVATECH/specpage.html?NOV-IPFONE

Not sure as Skype's website has the following costs

United Kingdom GBP 0.012 GBP 0.014
United Kingdom - Mobile GBP 0.142 GBP 0.163
United Kingdom - Mobile (Orange) GBP 0.142 GBP 0.163
United Kingdom-Shared Cost GBP 0.135 GBP 0.155

The interesting one here is what is "Shared Cost"?

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andy9 Supreme Member Offline Posts: 505	Re: Is the End Nigh? Reply #2 - Mar 4^th, 2005 at 6:30pm I got quite excited at first when I looked at the picture. But it's a bit dark lower down so you don't discover until you read the text Quote: The VoIP phone is powered by your PCs USB connection I thought it was a 'cordless' wifi phone, which would be interesting at that price
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dorf Supreme Member Offline I hate Qs on Premium NGNs Posts: 575 UK Gender:	Re: Is the End Nigh? Reply #3 - Mar 4^th, 2005 at 8:28pm I wish the end were really nigh for this complete family of scams! I fear not quite yet though.
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laurie0236 Newbie Offline Posts: 4	Re: Is the End Nigh? Reply #4 - Mar 5^th, 2005 at 7:28am Shared cost calls on SDkype are calls to 0870 and 084* numbers. This information is from the SkypeOut forum. It means that it is not very cost effective using Skype to call that type of number.
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Reply #5 - Mar 5^th, 2005 at 5:02pm

Fear not! Indeed the end is nigh Grin

VoIP is going to be HUGE. As big as email - if not bigger. WiFi VoIP is coming as well.

You know how you just click on a companies email on their website and it opens your email program with their email entered? Well VoIP will be just like that. The email address will be say:

email: sales@directline.co.uk

and the VoIP address will be:

sip: sales@directline.co.uk.

You will just click on the "sip" email and your VoIP phone will dial direct line for free! With digital CD quality sound. I already do this from my PC's address book and Outlook.

Now once VoIP gets into the mainstream what company is going to even get away with a normal GEOGRAPHIC number - let alone a 0870 or 0845 one!!

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Coolman Newbie Offline Posts: 1	Is it Reply #6 - Mar 5^th, 2005 at 9:04pm is this a web site for horrible science
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Reply #7 - Mar 6^th, 2005 at 11:11am

You will just click on the "sip" email and your VoIP phone will dial direct line for free! With digital CD quality sound. I already do this from my PC's address book and Outlook."

Like Coolman I'm baffled by techie stuff, so watch your language please!!! Angry

. Anyway if you use this new system what happens if the person you are calling has their computer off? & presumably you have to have yours on to receive incoming calls. Anyhow, to a coffin dodger like me when I do the sums the calls are not free since isn't it essential that you pay for broadband + BT line rental?
Also if you ain't got a computer they are a hell of a lot more expensive to buy & harder to learn than a good old telephone!!!!
The economics are even more complicated by the need to acquire the required mike & headset costing what? £15??? I make 160 or so calls a month costing 1p connection =£!.62 At this rate a years worth of calls in equipment!! + the electricity + -------

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Reply #8 - Mar 6^th, 2005 at 8:56pm

Sorry TonyB about the techy stuff - I'm a bit sad.. Roll Eyes

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Anyway if you use this new system what happens if the person you are calling has their computer off? & presumably you have to have yours on to receive incoming calls.

You buy a SIP VoIP phone that plugs straight into your broadband line. Or an adaptor that lets you connect your existing normal phone (even a DECT handset) connect to the broadband. So you don't even need a computer.

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Anyhow, to a coffin dodger like me when I do the sums the calls are not free since isn't it essential that you pay for broadband + BT line rental?

Yep! But I need broadband anyway; and I'm lucky to have cable.

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I make 160 or so calls a month costing 1p connection =£!.62 At this rate a years worth of calls in equipment!! + the electricity + -------

Your sums are correct

But I make around 30 calls a day - many to international destinations.

Don't forget that all these VoIP providers give you a normal landline number as well for "ordinary" folk to call you! I even have an incoming Beverly Hills telephone number!

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TonyB Newbie Offline Innocently looking to save money!!!! Posts: 30 York Gender:	Re: Is the End Nigh? Reply #9 - Mar 7^th, 2005 at 12:11pm Thanks for your patience, the explanations were very welcome as I now have a much better if simple understanding.
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