My First VOIP telephone call.

[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.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

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?

 

[Derrick Fawsitt]

In


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!

 

[HeyBub]

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.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

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.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Derrick Fawsitt" <[email protected]>

| 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 }


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Dave
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http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm

 

[Derrick Fawsitt]

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Sounds awfully cheap. Is that a typo for .05 pounds?

Yes.

 

[Derrick Fawsitt]

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.

Sounds great, personally I always use Skype when I can persuade the
remote end to install it.

 

[Derrick Fawsitt]

In


.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.

 

[Ken Blake]

In

In message <#OTC7b#[email protected]>, Ken Blake

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.

 

[GaryE]

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

 

[Derrick Fawsitt]

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.