The Tenuous Link

Mainly just because I keep hearing about it, I decided to try out using the internet to make telephone calls. Everyone else I know uses Skype software, which only works if you have a computer switched on, but I've decided to use a gadget plugged in to my internet connection with a normal telephone. Read my VoIP Q&A if you want to know more. Once it's all set up you can call a normal telephone (if you pay), or call another internet telephone for free.

Here is my Quickstart Guide: Go to www.draytel.org, and sign up for an account; get £2 of free calling credit by typing in my account ID as a referrer: 836351. Then download X-Lite, and fill in your account details.

My even quicker Quickstart Guide: Go to www.sipgate.co.uk and sign up for an account, and then download their preconfigured version of X-Lite. No free calling credit that way, but at least part of the attraction of VoIP is that you can make free phone calls to other VoIP users. Well, I'm one, are you? Here are (some of) my contact details:

	DrayTel	Sipgate	VoIPFone
VoIP Telephone Number	02380 988 736 (main office number)	02380 988 313	05600 651 211 Some phone companies don't let you dial 0560 numbers!
Fax to eMail Number			08704798735
Call me for free: use a SIP URL in your VoIP software to call me for free!	836351@draytel.org	1988313@sipgate.co.uk	30117697@voipfone.co.uk
Where the calls go	My office at home/voicemail	My office at home/voicemail/my laptop where-ever I am	My office at home

My phone, not ringing:

I've now got more phone numbers than friends.

// posted by Steven @ 10:20 PM