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    #11
    Cheap Telecoms Provider

    Hey, I use http://www.phonenumbers4u.co.uk for my telecoms solutions I find that their Call Management solutions are reliable and rather cheap, try them out.

    Kind Regards
    RichieRich

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      #12
      Post. A PO box must be registered to a real address and the post office do not keep that a secret. They will tell it to anybody who asks.

      Phone. Why not get a Skype number. This will even work overseas (I know one or two people who do this)

      tim

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        #13
        Originally posted by tim123
        Why not get a Skype number. This will even work overseas (I know one or two people who do this)

        tim
        That's what I have. Three numbers - Glasgow, London, New York. My clients then call the nearest number to them which keeps the cost of calls down for them. I can also forward to my mobile if required.
        Me, me, me...

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          #14
          Someone on here recommended oval something-or-other. Gives you an 0870/0845. Thi goes to my landline and BT redirect to the mobile.

          Seems to work OK (might knacker up when I move to NTL though)

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            #15
            I moved to NTL once under this impression that it could not possibly be worse than BT. Oh how wrong I was........


            BT may take an age to do anything and send you constantly round the house, but they do eventually deliver, NTL sadly don't even know what the word deliver means.

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              #16
              Originally posted by tim123
              Phone. Why not get a Skype number. This will even work overseas (I know one or two people who do this)
              Limits your customer base to Skype though I think and you need a PC to use it.

              Not keen on Skype myself, but their marketing model has meant VoIP is just associated with them when they are a completely proprietary system.

              SIP standard VoIP might be the way to go. There are several providers now who will provide a UK geographical number (some for free). With SIP you can also use a regular analogue phone with the right router or adapter.

              Then of course people can also just call SIP to SIP for free. Some providers are better than others depending on what networks you can call. Nothing more useless than being able to call or be called only on the same network.


              Some of the VoIP providers also do online voicemail so you can listen to or download your messages anywhere in the world with a browser.


              Actually I was thinking myself of getting a geographical number from a VoIP provider to act as my 'business' line, but I'm not sure how reliable it will be. Still, it's cheaper than paying BT for a second line.


              As for NTL... don't do it!
              Last edited by DeadKenny; 17 November 2006, 17:01.

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                #17
                DON'T DO NTHell

                Seriously - its fine until you have a problem, then it goes downhill fast. I'm speaking from personal experience, but I have friends whose phone line was broken for months, another who was threatened with legal action for a bill that wasn't valid.
                They came round door-to-door earlier this year and claimed they had sorted out all their customer service issues - but I wouldn't touch with a bargepole.
                They were quite popular round here initially - as our TV reception is useless in many parts of donut city, but so many had bad experiences.
                I know of two companies who have had issues being paid for regular work they did for them. One regularly suspended production for them, for months at a time, until bills were settled, the other decided to cut their links.

                DON'T DO NTHell

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by DeadKenny
                  Limits your customer base to Skype though I think and you need a PC to use it.
                  No, It's a normal national number that anyone can call.

                  You have to have a little box plugged into an always on broadband connection to receive calls.

                  You can plug the box in anwhere in the world and it will always be reachable on the same one number.

                  Of course you can't be reached at all when you are moving the box.

                  tim

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by Ardesco
                    I moved to NTL once under this impression that it could not possibly be worse than BT. Oh how wrong I was........
                    .
                    You and 100,000 others.

                    The experience most people have of telcos is: no matter how bad BT are, the others are worse.

                    tim

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                      #20
                      Originally posted by tim123
                      No, It's a normal national number that anyone can call.

                      You have to have a little box plugged into an always on broadband connection to receive calls.

                      You can plug the box in anwhere in the world and it will always be reachable on the same one number.

                      Of course you can't be reached at all when you are moving the box.

                      tim
                      Is that a geographical number (i.e. 01xxx etc) or an 0845 / 0870 ?

                      Reading around, that's using Skype-In. You have to pay extra for that I think?

                      Still a non-standard service though (well, like with Microsoft it will become standard just through popularity, but Skype are ignoring the agreed VoIP standards and the wealth of hardware available).

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