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My First VOIP telephone call.
Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC,
today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. It worked very well in that I heard the person on the landline through my speakers perfectly, (as I listen to music a lot I have configured my system to only use the mike of my headset), however they did not hear me very clearly and there was a lot of interference. Where is going wrong, do I need to configure my PC to use the headset to hear as well as talk, if so I lose my speakers, or can I set it up to use both. Why was the reception at the other end so bad. Admittedly 1899 say they are in Beta but if I use someone else I won't get such a good deal on the cost of the calls and then I might as well use the landline to landline. Any help and suggestions and help would be appreciated. -- Derrick Fawsitt |
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Derrick Fawsitt typed: Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. Sounds awfully cheap. Is that a typo for .05 pounds? -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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In message , Ken Blake
writes In , Derrick Fawsitt typed: Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. Sounds awfully cheap. Is that a typo for .05 pounds? A half a penny a minute, it used to be that much for a landline to landline call but that has increased to one penny a minute, disgraceful! -- Derrick Fawsitt |
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Derrick Fawsitt wrote:
Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. It worked very well in that I heard the person on the landline through my speakers perfectly, (as I listen to music a lot I have configured my system to only use the mike of my headset), however they did not hear me very clearly and there was a lot of interference. Where is going wrong, do I need to configure my PC to use the headset to hear as well as talk, if so I lose my speakers, or can I set it up to use both. Why was the reception at the other end so bad. Admittedly 1899 say they are in Beta but if I use someone else I won't get such a good deal on the cost of the calls and then I might as well use the landline to landline. Any help and suggestions and help would be appreciated. Try it with headphone only - you may be getting some teeny feedback. We have VoIP here. For $39/month we get another POTS (plain old telephone service), separate line and number, goodies (voice mail, caller-ID, etc.) and all the long distance in US and Canada we can eat. Our long-distance bill went from over $200/month to zip. I can't speak more enthuastically about the concept. |
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Derrick Fawsitt typed: In message , Ken Blake writes In , Derrick Fawsitt typed: Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. Sounds awfully cheap. Is that a typo for .05 pounds? A half a penny a minute, it used to be that much for a landline to landline call but that has increased to one penny a minute, disgraceful! ..05 pence is not half a penny. It's 5/100 of a penny. I know nothing about pricing in the UK, but, as I said, it sounds awfully cheap to me. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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From: "Derrick Fawsitt"
| Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, | today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK | 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per | minute. It worked very well in that I heard the person on | the landline through my speakers perfectly, (as I listen to music a lot | I have configured my system to only use the mike of my headset), however | they did not hear me very clearly and there was a lot of interference. | Where is going wrong, do I need to configure my PC to use the headset to | hear as well as talk, if so I lose my speakers, or can I set it up to | use both. Why was the reception at the other end so bad. Admittedly 1899 | say they are in Beta but if I use someone else I won't get such a good | deal on the cost of the calls and then I might as well use the landline | to landline. | Any help and suggestions and help would be appreciated. | -- | Derrick Fawsitt The real question you should ask --- If there is an emergency, will you be able to make a 911 call ! { or whatever emergency system you have in the UK } -- Dave http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm |
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In message , Ken Blake
writes In , Derrick Fawsitt typed: In message , Ken Blake writes In , Derrick Fawsitt typed: Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. Sounds awfully cheap. Is that a typo for .05 pounds? A half a penny a minute, it used to be that much for a landline to landline call but that has increased to one penny a minute, disgraceful! .05 pence is not half a penny. It's 5/100 of a penny. I know nothing about pricing in the UK, but, as I said, it sounds awfully cheap to me. Sorry I typed it incorrectly but the charge is half a penny a minute. -- Derrick Fawsitt |
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Derrick Fawsitt typed: In message , Ken Blake writes .05 pence is not half a penny. It's 5/100 of a penny. I know nothing about pricing in the UK, but, as I said, it sounds awfully cheap to me. Sorry I typed it incorrectly but the charge is half a penny a minute. OK, as I thought, and not a problem. Thanks for the clarification. -- Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User Please reply to the newsgroup |
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In message , GaryE
writes On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 23:43:38 +0100, Derrick Fawsitt wrote: Although I am a great advocate of SKYPE to make free calls PC to PC, today I made my first VOIP PC to Landline telephone call. I used the UK 1899 service to Ireland because I get my calls for 0.05 pence per minute. It worked very well in that I heard the person on the landline through my speakers perfectly, (as I listen to music a lot I have configured my system to only use the mike of my headset), however they did not hear me very clearly and there was a lot of interference. Where is going wrong, do I need to configure my PC to use the headset to hear as well as talk, if so I lose my speakers, or can I set it up to use both. Why was the reception at the other end so bad. Admittedly 1899 say they are in Beta but if I use someone else I won't get such a good deal on the cost of the calls and then I might as well use the landline to landline. Any help and suggestions and help would be appreciated. Any number of things: In order to go from an IP network to a TDM network (assme that's what you mean by 'landline') it requires a gateway to convert. That might affect the latency if there are gateway problems. Analog latency is about 15msc and VoIP can be around 120msc. QOS is not prime time for VoIP yet. Then there is something called jitter which comes into play in VoIP. Can't recall the threshold, but it has one. The odds are its not in your PC. It's in the equipment or the network. It your call is transported over the public internet, odds are there are latency issues. GaryE So in other wards Gary, you confirmed my suspicions that with all the hype and ho haw about VOIP, it simply has not been perfected yet, at least for PC to TDM network, (you see I learned something). Whereas using Skype for PC to PC with Broadband, you now have almost Hi-Fi voice communication. However, I have just ordered a VOIP handset for PC to TDM calls, I can't wait to see will it make a difference. Thanks Gary. -- Derrick Fawsitt |
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