The attached received today from Novotech

http://www.novatech.co.uk/NOVATECH/specpage.html?NOV-IPFONE

:)

wrote on Mar 4^th, 2005 at 4:42pm:

The attached received today from Novotech http://www.novatech.co.uk/NOVATECH/specpage.html?NOV-IPFONE :)

Not sure as Skype's website has the following costs

United Kingdom GBP 0.012 GBP 0.014
United Kingdom - Mobile GBP 0.142 GBP 0.163
United Kingdom - Mobile (Orange) GBP 0.142 GBP 0.163
United Kingdom-Shared Cost GBP 0.135 GBP 0.155

The interesting one here is what is "Shared Cost"?

I got quite excited at first when I looked at the picture. But it's a bit dark lower down so you don't discover until you read the text
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The VoIP phone is powered by your PCs USB connection

I thought it was a 'cordless' wifi phone, which would be interesting at that price

I wish the end were really nigh for this complete family of scams! I fear not quite yet though.

Shared cost calls on SDkype are calls to 0870 and 084* numbers.


This information is from the SkypeOut forum. It means that it is not very cost effective using Skype to call that type of number.

Fear not! Indeed the end is nigh  ;D

VoIP is going to be HUGE. As big as email - if not bigger. WiFi VoIP is coming as well.

You know how you just click on a companies email on their website and it opens your email program with their email entered? Well VoIP will be just like that. The email address will be say:

email: sales@directline.co.uk

and the VoIP address will be:

sip: sales@directline.co.uk.

You will just click on the "sip" email and your VoIP phone will dial direct line for free! With digital CD quality sound. I already do this from my PC's address book and Outlook.

Now once VoIP gets into the mainstream what company is going to even get away with a normal GEOGRAPHIC number - let alone a 0870 or 0845 one!!

is this a web site for horrible science

"You will just click on the "sip" email and your VoIP phone will dial direct line for free! With digital CD quality sound. I already do this from my PC's address book and Outlook."

Like Coolman I'm baffled by techie stuff, so watch your language please!!! >:( . Anyway if you use this new system what happens if the person you are calling has their computer off? & presumably you have to have yours on to receive incoming calls. Anyhow, to a coffin dodger like me when I do the sums the calls are not free since isn't it essential that you pay for broadband + BT line rental?
Also if you ain't got a computer  they are a hell of a lot more expensive to buy & harder to learn than a good old telephone!!!!
The economics are even more complicated by the need to acquire the required mike & headset costing what? £15??? I make 160 or so calls a month costing 1p connection =£!.62  At this rate  a years worth of calls in equipment!! + the electricity + -------

Sorry TonyB about the techy stuff - I'm a bit sad.. ::)


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Anyway if you use this new system what happens if the person you are calling has their computer off? & presumably you have to have yours on to receive incoming calls.

You buy a SIP VoIP phone that plugs straight into your broadband line. Or an adaptor that lets you connect your existing normal phone (even a DECT handset) connect to the broadband. So you don't even need a computer.


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Anyhow, to a coffin dodger like me when I do the sums the calls are not free since isn't it essential that you pay for broadband + BT line rental?

Yep! But I need broadband anyway; and I'm lucky to have cable.


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I make 160 or so calls a month costing 1p connection =£!.62  At this rate  a years worth of calls in equipment!! + the electricity + -------

Your sums are correct  :) But I make around 30 calls a day - many to international destinations.

Don't forget that all these VoIP providers give you a normal landline number as well for "ordinary" folk to call you! I even have an incoming Beverly Hills telephone number!

Thanks for your patience, the explanations were very welcome as I now have a much better if simple understanding.  :-/