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Hi Gordon, will sipgate work with a bt home hub? I am running 3cx at the
moment for phone system any ideas if it would work with that?
Thanks ed.


-----Original Message-----
From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Gordon Henderson
Sent: 07 March 2010 18:11
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Subject: Re: [LUG] cisco 7905 phone

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010, Edwin Rhodes wrote:

> Hi Gordon, are you able to supply pstn gateway cards? Thinking about 
> getting a Sangoma A200. Do u have these?

I don't supply components, only complete systems, and even if I could, if
you're building your own systems, it's much easier going direct to the main
distributors - then if anything goes wrong you've got one less step in the
chain to go through.

The people I use are http://www.voipon.co.uk/ who are a pretty good
distributor of lots of VoIP stuff.

> If so how much are they?

I've not used Sangoma cards myself - always used Digium or OpenVox. If you
want to hook up to a standard BT line, then this is ideal:

   http://www.voipon.co.uk/openvox-a400p01-p-669.html

That's £55.50 + delivery & VAT.

That card can take up to 4 FXO modules for 4 incoming lines. (Or up to 4
local phones with FXS modules)

> Also can u give me details of the cheapest voip service you offer, do 
> u have one that works with bt home hub?

I have had issues with BT Home Hubs because they have their own VoIP service
built in and I've never had any hands-on time with them to work out how to
disable their built-in VoIP thing. In-general I do not sell to people using
residential ADSL connections because it's just too much hard work to make it
work - my aim is to sell via resellers or directly into SMEs with 4-200
employees.

> Also prices per month etc

For many reasons, I'm not the cheapest around because that's not my aim. 
So £1 a month per number and 2p a minute to UK landlines for example. 
(+VAT) I have cheaper deals avalable depending on usage, if you're
reselling, etc. but these are best discussed off-list.

If you just want to test a few things out then you'd be far better off using
sipgate: http://www.sipgate.co.uk/ They offer free incoming numbers which I
can't do, are relatively cheap (a top-up with a tenner will last you ages)
and allow you to test various devices and asterisk setups. 
That's what I used to get myself started before I built my own
infrastructure.

Gordon


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