[OT] VOIP services and Siemens Gigaset S685IP

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,


My kids have discovered the telephone and trying to work from home during
the holidays is driving me nuts as they hog the line and my mobile
reception is rubbish.

I want to look at using VOIP to give them their own incomming numbers, I
considered using the router that o2 provided as it has VOIP options if you
hack it but I am worried it may not be reliable.
I don't want to have to rely on any computers being turned on for it to be
working.

So 2 questions:

1. I am condifering the Siemens Gigaset 685 IP I know some here use it, are
you still happy? Can I make a VOIP call ring with a different ring tone?

2. What would be a good VOIP service to use? I want it mostly for incomming
calls to a loal uk number if possible, I don't make any personal
international calls and have a BT all inclusive plan on the land line. If I
did want to allow it to be used for just local UK calls how cheap would
that be?

Regards
Ian




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