(OT) VoIP

[Ralph Doncaster]

Primus US has the best deal; US$20/mth for unlimited north-america and
western europe calling. www.lingo.com
I'm planning to try out the service myself.  I know they probably won't
ship to Canada, so I'll just use my Ogdensburg, NY address.  For you
Toronto folks, I guess Niagara Falls, NY would be the closest.

Ralph Doncaster, IStop.com president
6042147 Canada Inc.

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004, Lance Nichols wrote:

> Frank, I am running a VoIP gateway from Primus, assigned with a Edmonton phone
> number to help keep in touch with friends and family back in Edmonton. Works
> pretty good with my Rogers Cable connection and it is behind my Linksys
> router, just try to avoid too many other bandwidth eating things at the same
> time, such as VNCing to a dying computer owned by family while talking to
> them....
>
> Disadvantages include: you can't use modems on VoIP, so if you have to remote
> to any systems via analog modem, keep an analog line. If you have a security
> alarm that is monitored remotely that will not work either, so you require a
> analog line for that as well.
>
> That being said, I think Primus offers couple of good deals on DSL and VoIP if
> both are available in your area. If you want to drop analog completely, there
> might be savings by bundling DSL and VoIP from a provider.
>
> Lance Nichols
> Markham
>
> On Tuesday 07 September 2004 22:20, Erebus wrote:
> > Just a quick question for my fellow TLUGers:
> >
> > Has anyone switched over to VoIP yet? If so, how well does it work? I've
> > been reading up on it and the costs (and their lowness) intrigue me, but
> > don't want to switch if the quality will drive the Mrs insane.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Frank in Mississauga
> > J F M
> > jfrankmccarron-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
> >
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