Roger Mills
2024-01-18 16:33:53 UTC
I signed up for a Sipgate Basic Plan in 2021. This is now called Starter
Plan as I understand it, and is no longer available to new customers.
I previously used the Sipgate account to provide a voice facility at my
holiday flat in Hampshire, using a Linksys PAP2T in conjunction with
internet via a 4G router.
I've now sold the flat, and have brought the PAP2T back to my main home
in Warwickshire - and am toying with using it for VoIP when landlines
are phased out - if not before. I've got Sipgate up and running on it
and have even managed to secure an additional free number with an
appropriate area code for my home - which I didn't think was possible.
I've also managed to edit the address for emergency services - subject
to verification when they send me a code in the post, which I again
thought was not possible with this plan. So far so good.
What I *haven't* been able to find out is the price of calls. It's a
long time since I made any, and I still have £9.40 of my original £10
credit left! When I log on to my dashboard, it tries to get me to
upgrade to a paid plan, but won't tell me about the tariff for my
existing plan. I've even tried using the Wayback Machine to find out
what Sipgate was saying a couple of years ago - but that only leads to
Sipgate.de - all in German!
Can those of you who are still using this plan please tell me what the
call rates are to 01/02/03 numbers, and whether calls are charged in
seconds or rounded up to the next minute.
I'm currently using Plusnet's 'Anytime' package which provides unlimited
calls to 01/02/03 numbers - but not mobiles. It now costs over £10 a
month but is probably cheaper than making calls with Plusnet without the
package because of their exorbitant call setup charges. However, since
we only make about 60 calls per month with a total duration of about 200
minutes, there's got to be a cheaper solution.
[If I could persuade SWMBO to make all her outgoing calls using her
mobile, we'd already have a solution because we've each got a Lebara
plan for under a fiver a month which provides unlimited calls to
landlines *and* mobiles as well as a reasonable amount of data - but she
has a fixation with using something akin to a landline phone when sh's
at home!]
Plan as I understand it, and is no longer available to new customers.
I previously used the Sipgate account to provide a voice facility at my
holiday flat in Hampshire, using a Linksys PAP2T in conjunction with
internet via a 4G router.
I've now sold the flat, and have brought the PAP2T back to my main home
in Warwickshire - and am toying with using it for VoIP when landlines
are phased out - if not before. I've got Sipgate up and running on it
and have even managed to secure an additional free number with an
appropriate area code for my home - which I didn't think was possible.
I've also managed to edit the address for emergency services - subject
to verification when they send me a code in the post, which I again
thought was not possible with this plan. So far so good.
What I *haven't* been able to find out is the price of calls. It's a
long time since I made any, and I still have £9.40 of my original £10
credit left! When I log on to my dashboard, it tries to get me to
upgrade to a paid plan, but won't tell me about the tariff for my
existing plan. I've even tried using the Wayback Machine to find out
what Sipgate was saying a couple of years ago - but that only leads to
Sipgate.de - all in German!
Can those of you who are still using this plan please tell me what the
call rates are to 01/02/03 numbers, and whether calls are charged in
seconds or rounded up to the next minute.
I'm currently using Plusnet's 'Anytime' package which provides unlimited
calls to 01/02/03 numbers - but not mobiles. It now costs over £10 a
month but is probably cheaper than making calls with Plusnet without the
package because of their exorbitant call setup charges. However, since
we only make about 60 calls per month with a total duration of about 200
minutes, there's got to be a cheaper solution.
[If I could persuade SWMBO to make all her outgoing calls using her
mobile, we'd already have a solution because we've each got a Lebara
plan for under a fiver a month which provides unlimited calls to
landlines *and* mobiles as well as a reasonable amount of data - but she
has a fixation with using something akin to a landline phone when sh's
at home!]
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Cheers,
Roger
Cheers,
Roger