VOIP to router adaptors?

[Vlad_Dracul]

I noticed that tesco are now doing a VOIP to router adaptor for £49 i.e you plug your phone into the router via the adaptor and you can then ditch your BT phone line and save the line rental.

Can anyone recommend any similar adaptors by other manufacturers/suppliers as this is somthing worth exploring. I already use skype via the pc and was looking at the netgear and skype wifi phones also..

[Shaun]

They are worth looking at I use Vonage and they are great - £7.99 for freel calls to the UK, USA, Canada and several countries in Europe. IF you are on ADSL though you'll not be able to ditch your line as you'll need it for the BB.

Still worth looking at.

If you go with Vonage then they'll supply a router for you, I found if people call them to place the order too rather than do it online then they tend to knock the activation cost off too

[Nikesh]

I'm thinking of getting VOIP too and I was wondering if you have the VOIP connected through the router does your PC have to stay on? Thanks.

[Graham M]

Originally Posted by dooper786

i.e you plug your phone into the router via the adaptor and you can then ditch your BT phone line and save the line rental.

Umm... yes... unless your Broadband comes in via your BT line.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Nikesh

I'm thinking of getting VOIP too and I was wondering if you have the VOIP connected through the router does your PC have to stay on? Thanks.

No

[brundles]

Originally Posted by dooper786

Can anyone recommend any similar adaptors by other manufacturers/suppliers as this is somthing worth exploring. I already use skype via the pc and was looking at the netgear and skype wifi phones also..

The Linksys PAP2 ATA is fairly popular. It's pretty basic but can support 2 VOIP lines and covers most of the services you'd expect from your land line.

If you're after something to give more guaranteed service in the event of a broadband outage and assuming you're keeping your BT line for your ADSL, you might want to take a look at the Linksys Sipura range - some of those give the ability to plug your land line in with failover to that if the internet isn't available. They also allow you to configure call routing based on number so you can choose the cheapest provider for the number.

One other comment - for it to work effectively make sure you use a router with QoS on it. Otherwise you might have occasional problems with call quality.

[altis]

There's a fairly comprehensive list of ATAs (analogue telephone adaptors) here:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/A...phone+Adapters

You may also want to look at VoIP phones that do it all-in-one:
http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/index....ge=VOIP+Phones

[SOSAGES]

i hate paying the 11 pound a month
but im just not happy with voip just yet.......
do ntl them selves offer a voip service?

[Shaun]

No

[SOSAGES]

seems they do a business one and they are working with ericsson to sort the home user version.
time to wait and see.

[Graham M]

As I posted before, wether or not you use it, if you get your Internet via a BT line you are stuck paying Line Rental anyways.

[Shaun]

I just think of the £11 line rental to BT as part of my BB cost. With that in I still only pay £21 month for a 16Mbit service.

Not bad really.

[SOSAGES]

except ur with bt and using adsl - arghhhh

now im off to search for voip ntl on google.

[Nikesh]

Originally Posted by Shaun

No

Thanks

[Vlad_Dracul]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Umm... yes... unless your Broadband comes in via your BT line.

Not a problem,im on NTL cable