Hi,

I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.

Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?

Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?

Thanks

0rby wrote:

> apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?

voipfone

On Thu, 2 May 2024 17:06:25 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk>
wrote:

>0rby wrote:
>
>> apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
>> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?
>
>voipfone
>

Fiver a month for 100 minutes?

Seems expensive compared to A&A...

On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>
> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?

My "free" draytel one still carries on working (rebranded though) - only
free in the sense that you don't pay for the "trunk" - you still pay for
calls.

--
Cheers,

John.

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On Sun 05/05/2024 02:00, John Rumm wrote:
> On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>>
>> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>
> My "free" draytel one still carries on working (rebranded though) - only
> free in the sense that you don't pay for the "trunk" - you still pay for
> calls.
>
>
>

And my Sipgate account - which I must have had for nearly 20 years -
also still works well.

On Sun, 05 May 2024 19:44:27 +0100, Woody wrote:

> And my Sipgate account - which I must have had for nearly 20 years -
> also still works well.

I eventually ported my Sipgate number (got in the early days to try out
VoIP) to AAISP, where I have the rest of my numbers.

It was very smooth, and Sipgate even gave me a refund of my unused account
balance!

On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>
> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>
> Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?

When I was experimenting SIPgate was great for receiving calls because
you get a free number for incoming calls and only pay for outgoing (at a
not particularly good rate).

For outgoing calls I chose voiphome.com. They seemed to have good prices
for outgoing including international. You can also get an incoming
number for, IIRC, £5 per month.

I presume you can port your number in to these but I don't know for sure.

--
Brian Gregory (in England).

On 05/05/2024 22:35, Brian Gregory wrote:
> On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>>
>> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>>
>> Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
>> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?
>
>
> When I was experimenting SIPgate was great for receiving calls because
> you get a free number for incoming calls and only pay for outgoing (at a
> not particularly good rate).
>

I wish people would STOP mentioning SIPgate. Yes it was great.
No longer has low cost plans.
Now useless for newcomers unless a business so NO LONGER AN OPTION.
Minimum charge for new accounts is now around £22 a month.

> For outgoing calls I chose voiphome.com. They seemed to have good prices
> for outgoing including international. You can also get an incoming
> number for, IIRC, £5 per month.
>

You can get an incoming number for £1.75+vat. £5.00 gets you a lot of
goodies including 100 minutes of calls.

https://www.voipfone.co.uk/

and see "Flex" on the right hand side.

> I presume you can port your number in to these but I don't know for sure.
>

I ported my number to SIPgate...

Dave

On 06/05/2024 09:20, David Wade wrote:
> On 05/05/2024 22:35, Brian Gregory wrote:
>> On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>>>
>>> Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
>>> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?
>>
>>
>> When I was experimenting SIPgate was great for receiving calls because
>> you get a free number for incoming calls and only pay for outgoing (at
>> a not particularly good rate).
>>
>
> I wish people would STOP mentioning SIPgate. Yes it was great.
> No longer has low cost plans.
> Now useless for newcomers unless a business so NO LONGER AN OPTION.
> Minimum charge for new accounts is now around £22 a month.
>
>
>> For outgoing calls I chose voiphome.com. They seemed to have good
>> prices for outgoing including international. You can also get an
>> incoming number for, IIRC, £5 per month.
>>
>
> You can get an incoming number for £1.75+vat. £5.00 gets you a lot of
> goodies including 100 minutes of calls.
>
> https://www.voipfone.co.uk/
>
> and see "Flex" on the right hand side.
>
>> I presume you can port your number in to these but I don't know for sure.
>>
>
> I ported my number to SIPgate...
>
> Dave

So VOIPfone.co.uk is your choice for incoming.
Looks okay for incoming calls.

I still prefer voiphome.com for super cheap PAYG outgoing.

--
Brian Gregory (in England).

Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> writes:

> On 06/05/2024 09:20, David Wade wrote:
>> On 05/05/2024 22:35, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>> On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>>>>
>>>> Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
>>>> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?
>>>
>>>
>>> When I was experimenting SIPgate was great for receiving calls
>>> because you get a free number for incoming calls and only pay for
>>> outgoing (at a not particularly good rate).
>>>
>> I wish people would STOP mentioning SIPgate. Yes it was great.
>> No longer has low cost plans.
>> Now useless for newcomers unless a business so NO LONGER AN
>> OPTION. Minimum charge for new accounts is now around £22 a month.
>>
>>> For outgoing calls I chose voiphome.com. They seemed to have good
>>> prices for outgoing including international. You can also get an
>>> incoming number for, IIRC, £5 per month.
>>>
>> You can get an incoming number for £1.75+vat. £5.00 gets you a lot
>> of goodies including 100 minutes of calls.
>> https://www.voipfone.co.uk/
>> and see "Flex" on the right hand side.
>>
>>> I presume you can port your number in to these but I don't know for sure.
>>>
>> I ported my number to SIPgate...
>> Dave
>
> So VOIPfone.co.uk is your choice for incoming.
> Looks okay for incoming calls.
>
> I still prefer voiphome.com for super cheap PAYG outgoing.

It's the same price for calling landlines, i.e. 1p+VAT. 3p+VAT for calling
mobiles is good, not as cheap as O2 Classic though.

(Voiphome is owned by Level7
Systems. https://level7systems.co.uk/brand/voiphome/)

On 06/05/2024 23:11, Richmond wrote:
> Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> writes:
>
>> On 06/05/2024 09:20, David Wade wrote:
>>> On 05/05/2024 22:35, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>> On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
>>>>> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> When I was experimenting SIPgate was great for receiving calls
>>>> because you get a free number for incoming calls and only pay for
>>>> outgoing (at a not particularly good rate).
>>>>
>>> I wish people would STOP mentioning SIPgate. Yes it was great.
>>> No longer has low cost plans.
>>> Now useless for newcomers unless a business so NO LONGER AN
>>> OPTION. Minimum charge for new accounts is now around £22 a month.
>>>
>>>> For outgoing calls I chose voiphome.com. They seemed to have good
>>>> prices for outgoing including international. You can also get an
>>>> incoming number for, IIRC, £5 per month.
>>>>
>>> You can get an incoming number for £1.75+vat. £5.00 gets you a lot
>>> of goodies including 100 minutes of calls.
>>> https://www.voipfone.co.uk/
>>> and see "Flex" on the right hand side.
>>>
>>>> I presume you can port your number in to these but I don't know for sure.
>>>>
>>> I ported my number to SIPgate...
>>> Dave
>>
>> So VOIPfone.co.uk is your choice for incoming.
>> Looks okay for incoming calls.
>>
>> I still prefer voiphome.com for super cheap PAYG outgoing.
>
> It's the same price for calling landlines, i.e. 1p+VAT. 3p+VAT for calling
> mobiles is good, not as cheap as O2 Classic though.

Where did you find PAYG prices for VOIPfone.co.uk ?
I could only see bundles.

> (Voiphome is owned by Level7
> Systems. https://level7systems.co.uk/brand/voiphome/)

--
Brian Gregory (in England).

On 07/05/2024 04:47, Brian Gregory wrote:
> On 06/05/2024 23:11, Richmond wrote:
>> Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> writes:
>>
>>> On 06/05/2024 09:20, David Wade wrote:
>>>> On 05/05/2024 22:35, Brian Gregory wrote:
>>>>> On 02/05/2024 16:42, 0rby wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I still have one each of the old 'free' Draytel and Sipgate accounts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know if these will be pulled eventually?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, apart from Andrews & Arnold are there any other options
>>>>>> for cheap UK Voip and porting landlines?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> When I was experimenting SIPgate was great for receiving calls
>>>>> because you get a free number for incoming calls and only pay for
>>>>> outgoing (at a not particularly good rate).
>>>>>
>>>> I wish people would STOP mentioning SIPgate. Yes it was great.
>>>> No longer has low cost plans.
>>>> Now useless for newcomers unless a business so NO LONGER AN
>>>> OPTION. Minimum charge for new accounts is now around £22 a month.
>>>>
>>>>> For outgoing calls I chose voiphome.com. They seemed to have good
>>>>> prices for outgoing including international. You can also get an
>>>>> incoming number for, IIRC, £5 per month.
>>>>>
>>>> You can get an incoming number for £1.75+vat. £5.00 gets you a lot
>>>> of goodies including 100 minutes of calls.
>>>> https://www.voipfone.co.uk/
>>>> and see "Flex" on the right hand side.
>>>>
>>>>> I presume you can port your number in to these but I don't know for
>>>>> sure.
>>>>>
>>>> I ported my number to SIPgate...
>>>> Dave
>>>
>>> So VOIPfone.co.uk is your choice for incoming.
>>> Looks okay for incoming calls.
>>>
>>> I still prefer voiphome.com for super cheap PAYG outgoing.
>>
>> It's the same price for calling landlines, i.e. 1p+VAT. 3p+VAT for
>> calling
>> mobiles is good, not as cheap as O2 Classic though.
>
> Where did you find PAYG prices for VOIPfone.co.uk ?
> I could only see bundles.
>

Click pricing and keep scrolling down...

https://www.voipfone.co.uk/prices

>
>> (Voiphome is owned by Level7
>> Systems. https://level7systems.co.uk/brand/voiphome/)
>
Dave