Make free phonecalls - abolish BT

[TimmoB]

yeah i know £15 isn't much but it just grates me to give it to BT.

I work alot from home as i can get a lot more done there without the distraction of the office, also i travel quite a bit, and a lot of my calls are from customers with fairly technical questions.

Is there a way of using the 18185.co.uk when diverting calls to the mobile?

 

[stugster]

If you're at home or at the office, then you should be making use of VoIP as a suitable alternative. The only time calls should really be going to your mobile is if you're not near an internet connection.

 

[cjd]

some interesting info here, but can you tell me the best way to use call diversion.

If i'm out of the office i divert the calls to my mobile, that cost me £15.00 last month. Anyone got any ideas, (i hate given my hard earned cash to the most useless company on the planet BT).

Timmo.

Our call divert service costs 1p per minute to a mobile and 12p per minute to a mobile. Info here:

http://www.voipfone.co.uk/Call_Forwarding_And_Divert.php

 

[cjd]

Thanks cjd, you've done a great job in swaying my opinion back to VoIP

If you want the full spin here it is:

What is the difference between Voipfone and Skype?
There are many very important differences between Voipfone and Skype – things like call quality, reliability, customer service, price (Skype is surprisingly expensive), services & features and technology - but the simple and critical difference between Voipfone and Skype is that Skype is NOT a telephone company and Voipfone is.

Skype is a software application that runs on your PC, not a telephone service. Skype go out of their way to explain that they are not a telephone company; they do not, for instance, provide a 999 service - in defiance of UK telephone regulation – or have a telephone number that you can call for support.

What is VoIP?
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) is a technology that allows you to make telephone calls over the internet (and other data networks). It’s the next generation of telecoms technology and over the next few years all of BT’s core networks will be converted to it by their 21st Century Network project. All new PBX (switchboard) equipment is already VoIP enabled.

VoIP is a general description of a technology, the specific technology used by VoIP has now been standardised internationally – this is called SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
.
So what is Skype?
Skype is a form of VoIP.

But Skype use its own technology which is secret and will not interwork with any other system or service. The world of telecommunications relies totally on accepted international standards so that any telephone anywhere in the world can call any other – this is not the case with Skype.

Skype is also a peer to peer system - that is, it uses your own PC and all the other PCs with Skype software on it, to carry their calls. Sometimes it even uses your own bandwidth ie your broadband connection to carry traffic for other people over your connection. See ‘Skype Super Node’ to find out more http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernode_(networking)

This makes it extremely cheap for them as they do not need to provide their own network infrastructure. But it also means that it cannot control the quality of your calls. Because your telephone call is a real time application which, unlike other internet uses like email and web browsing, cannot be slowed down, Skype is at the mercy of an ever increasingly congested network which can and does interfere with your call.

Skype is a wonderful application which brought VoIP to everyone’s attention and the industry would not be what it is today without it, but it was never designed or even envisaged as a business application or even a telephone service - and it isn’t.

 

[TimmoB]

I've just registered with 18185.co.uk, and then tried to divert my calls but BT won't allow it.....

Thay have me by the short and curlies i guess....

Timmo.

 

[cjd]

I've just registered with 18185.co.uk, and then tried to divert my calls but BT won't allow it.....

Thay have me by the short and curlies i guess....

Timmo.

They're like that. But you could port your number to another company or you could take another number and wean your customers off the old one.

 

[adam]

I use my Voipfone actual real handset (telephone) in my home office and it rings just like I was in a "real" office. If I go and stay with friends or family, I plug it in there and it rings on the same number with the same area code.

It is great. Yes it is true Colin, I do feel the 12p for mobiles should come down a penny or 2 but the service is well worth paying for.

 

[EnzoVNG]

Hey guys

Good conversation here - I work for Vonage so please DM me if you have any question with reference to this. We have no extra hidden charges when calling areas included in your chosen plan

Get in touch!
Cheers

Enzo

 

[EnzoVNG]

Hey guys

Good conversation here - I work for Vonage so please DM me if you have any question with reference to this.
We have no extra hidden charges when calling areas included in your chosen plan

Also, we have few plans where calling mobiles is included within your monthly charge
V-plan US is the perfect example vonage.co.uk/call-plans/vplanus/
With this specific plan you get unlimited calls to US and Canadian mobiles included

Get in touch if you need any help
Cheers

Enzo

 

[KateCB]

p.s. And yes lunches can be free. Just depends if you're prepared to eat the trash from someone else's bin.

or if like us, your customers love you and bring you lunch!!

 

[cjd]

Oh, good grief yet another bungee brand spamming the forums.

 

[KM-Tiger]

Sure you are right, but WTF is a 'bungee brand'?

 

[cjd]

It's my variation on the 'bungee Boss'. If you've never heard of it before you have a treat ahead in the video.

A middle manager who is put in charge of a corporate department, changes all departmental procedures, and is transferred out in a couple of months. From Dilbert, circa 1994.

"We still haven't recovered from our LAST bungee boss."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ps4YVYPt3A

Our Vonage friend is not going to stick around; remember the Skype oik?