Hello , 

I would like to know what other VoIp Servicess are there such as
Vonage . ( www.vonage.com ) but to be available in the UK . ( so the
company has to be able to provide services in the UK and have phone
numbers available ) i just opened a store in London and would like to
receive the phone calls on my Laptop so the site has to have a way to
receive the phone calls on PC or laptop .


Thank you

Hello geodelaape,
  
VoIP service providers in the UK offering geographic and
non-geographic phone numbers:
   
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BT BROADBAND VOICE
  
Tel: 0800 028 3228 
Email: broadbandvoice@bt.com
  
"What are the benefits? 
  
- The choice of 2 Calling Plans 
- Evening and Weekend Plan - Unlimited UK (Local and National) evening
and weekend landline calls up to an hour per call for £6.50* a month
- Anytime Plan - Unlimited UK (Local and National) landline calls up
to an hour per call at anytime for £14.00* a month
- Phone line with dedicated 05 number - no more fights over the phone 
- Telephone adapter to get you connected included** 
- Call 24 International countries from just 4p a minute 
- Call the rest of the World at BT Together Option prices 
- Calling Features included - access to our range of calling and
messaging services
- Choose to pay for your calls by credit card or standard BT bill 
  
* A reduction of £1 is applicable to BT Broadband Customers (excluding
BT Broadband Basic and BT Yahoo! Broadband)"
http://www.btbroadbandvoice.com/broadband_voice/brochureware/why_use_bb_voice.html
  
What does it cost? - Evening & Weekend Plan
http://www.btbroadbandvoice.com/bbv/brochureware/what_does_it_cost.html
  
What does it cost? - Anytime Plan
http://www.btbroadbandvoice.com/broadband_voice/brochureware/what_does_it_cost_2.html
   
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INCLARITY 	
Email: info@broadbandtelephony.com
  
Offers a business and home phone package. Users can keep their
existing phone numbers or receive new numbers with any area code or
non-geographical code (e.g. 0845, 0800 or 0870).
  
http://www.broadbandtelephony.co.uk/
  
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PIPECALL 
Pipemedia Ltd - Tel : 0871 575 7575 
Email : sales@pipemedia.net
  
"Broadband communications, powered by PIPECALL, is a revolutionary
web-based telephone service, which allows users to make and receive
phone calls via virtually any broadband connection, such as ASDL, SDSL
or private circuit, using Voice Over IP (VOIP).
  
PIPECALL's Broadband Phone Service includes:
  
- Free calls between PIPECALL broadband phone customers 
- Ultra low cost outbound calls 
- Free portable local call 0845 number 
- Voicemail service 
- Faxmail service 
- PipeCall Web Based Control Panel 
- User friendly installation CD ROM"
  
http://www.pipemedia.com/telecoms_voip.cfm
  
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REDNET
Freephone: 0800 970 5000
Tel: 01494 513333   
E-mail: contactus@red.net
  
REDNET have partnered with Cisco, one of the world's leading VoIP and
network equipment providers, to provide VoIP solutions to businesses
across the UK.
  
http://www.rednet.co.uk/products/network/voip/
  
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SIPCall
Sales Desk: Freephone 0800 8456 666 followed by the pin number 147.
Email: sales@sipcall.co.uk
  
SIPCall Basic - zero rental package aimed at low volume users:
- No monthly charge. 
- Instant sign-up pre-paid credit account 
- Able to make high quality outgoing calls to PSTN (including UK
fixed/mobile and international destinations).
- Outgoing calls sent with unique UK personal Caller Line Identity (CLI). 
- Incoming PSTN calls are directed to voice mail. 
  
SIPCall Standard  -  a two way package offering two way calls to/from the PSTN:
- Small (£5.00 inc.VAT) monthly subscription charge. 
- Pre-paid calls to PSTN. 
- Competitive UK and international tariff. 
- Unique UK non-geographic (0870) telephone number. 
- Incoming calls directed to SIP address. 
- Voicemail service included. 
  
SIPCall Professional  - a two way package aimed at professional business users:
- Post pay service aimed at business users. 
- Multiple telephone number on one account option. 
- Detailed billing and cost breakdown. 
- Highly competitive tariff (subject to meeting minimum call volumes). 
- UK Geographic numbering options. 
  
(initial configuration charge of £4.99 inc.VAT per user registration)
  
http://www.sipcall.co.uk
  
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TELEPPLIANT
Telephone	0845 004 4040 (Enquiries, Sales)
Email (general enquiries)	info@telappliant.com
Email (sales enquiries)	sales@telappliant.com
  
"TelAppliant is the UK and European provider of low-cost IP Telephony
solutions for your business. We can deploy a wide range of VoIP
solutions and services, ranging from office IP PBXs to bespoke Calling
Card Platforms and IP call termination services.
Our solutions utilise Voice over IP (VoIP) technology to deliver
technologically advanced solutions. Our IP PBX gives a new lease of
life to your teleworking environment, by seamlessly integrating
home-based employees with your office. By utilising IP telephones,
cost-free communications is now possible via your high-speed Broadband
(ADSL) connection.
Our myPBX call management solution utilises open-source standards and
gives you all the features you need, at an exceptionally low price.
myPBX has  advanced features such as Unified Messaging and Audio
Conferencing, and integrates your telephone users independently of
their geographical location."
  
http://www.telappliant.net/site2/
  
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VIRTUAL CENTREX
Tel: 0845 003 00 44
Email - Sales & General: info@gradwell.net
   
"The service gives you:
  
- "Carrier Grade" voice quality (requires broadband ADSL). 
- Free calls to your colleagues and other internet telephony users. 
- Full PSTN (public telephone network) connectivity - dialling inbound
and outbound.
- You can have your own geographic (eg Bristol 0117) or non-geographic
(eg 0800 freephone)phone number.
- Full range of PBX features - Voicemail, Hunt Groups, "follow me",
Caller ID (including the name of the caller where known)
- Advanced routing options - IVR, time of day routing, voice prompts.
...
How much does the Virtual Centrex VoIP service cost?
  
Just £7 per month (£8.23 inc VAT) per telephone number and line
allocated. This includes line rentals (broadband ADSL required
separately) and inbound telephone calls from the PSTN. It also
provides access to all our PBX features.
Define extra internal extensions (free) and map hunt groups to them so
they can receive and make calls (subject to line capacity). You can
pre-pay, or post-pay by monthly direct debit.
Use up to two PSTN lines per phone number allocated - i.e. one inbound
and one outbound line (e.g. for call diversion). Usage of additional
lines is subject to additional line rental of £7 (£8.23) per month."
http://www.gradwell.com/voip/
  
VoIP Call Charges
http://www.gradwell.com/voip/callcosts.php

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Other UK VoIP service providers:
  
Pc-Telephone
http://www.pc-telephone.com/
  
On Instant
http://on-instant.com/index.html
  
Free World Dialup
http://www.pulver.com/fwd/
  
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Source:
  
VOIP.org.uk - VOIP Service Providers
http://www.voip.org.uk/reviews/category/voip-service-providers/
  
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Additional links:
  
Ofcom Website | Questions and Answers on Voice over IP and Voice over
Broadband services
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/ind_groups/ind_groups/telecommunications/vob/vobqa/?a=87101
  
Voip UK forums | VoIP Service Providers
http://www.voip.org.uk/forums/index.php/VoIP_Service_Providers/vtopic/3/
  
VoIP User - A weblog that covers Voice over IP
http://www.voipuser.co.uk/
  
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Search terms used:
  
"voice over ip" uk
://www.google.com/search?q="voice+over+ip"+uk
  
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I hope you find this information useful. If anything is unclear please
request clarification.
  
Best regards,
  
Jackburton
Google Answers Researcher

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Request for Answer Clarification by geodelaape-ga on 04 Oct 2004 04:59 PDT

Your answer is very good but there is one thing you have not answered
: Do these have softphones available ? Like the Vonage Soft Phone that
i can use from my laptop to MAKE and RECEIVE calls on it . Because
every company i tryed so far requires that i have a VoIp modem or
similar device in order to make and receive call. So far the question
is 99 % answered so please explain this so i can rate your answer .


GOOD JOB , 

Thank you .

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Request for Answer Clarification by geodelaape-ga on 04 Oct 2004 05:08 PDT

Hi , 

Me again so i just gave all the websites a brief look and it seems
that is not what i want . "i just opened a store in London and would
like to
receive the phone calls on my Laptop so the site has to have a way to
receive the phone calls on PC or laptop " . I NEED A SERVICE THAT WILL
ALLOW ME TO RECEIVE PHONE CALLS ON MY PC ( it has to be UK and has to
have UK number )


looking forward to your answer . 


Good luck

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Request for Answer Clarification by geodelaape-ga on 04 Oct 2004 05:14 PDT

Oh and one more thing with Vonage , i can start MAKE and RECEIVE calls
withing a few moments after i register with them . Please include this
in your answer , the copmany has let me make and receive call the same
day .

Waiting for the answer ....so you can get your money , you HAVE EARNED IT !

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 04 Oct 2004 12:59 PDT

I will look into this for you. Please be a little patient as I'm
feeling a bit under the weather at the moment.
  
Thanks
  
-JB

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Clarification of Answer by jackburton-ga on 09 Oct 2004 07:09 PDT

Thank you for your patience.
  
GossipTel would probably be your best bet for now, though Vonage is
planning to launch its VoIP telephone service for consumers in the UK
in December.
  
  
GOSSIPTEL
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Telephone 0905 8998877 (calls charged at 50p per minute)
E-mail: support@gossiptel.com
  
  
From The Guardian article "Gossiptel internet calls give BT a new headache":
  
"Broadband internet users - regardless of who provides their service -
can download the Gossiptel software and make cheap phone calls from a
new number either through their PC or by plugging an adaptor into
their existing phone. Calls to other customers using Gossiptel or
similar internet phone services are free."
http://money.guardian.co.uk/phones/story/0,13283,1224369,00.html 
  
    
GossipTel website: 
http://www.gossiptel.com 
		  
Frequently Asked Questions
https://www.gossiptel.com/faq/
      
Gossiptel Quickstart Guide
http://www.gossiptel.com/register/?
  
Free PC Telephone Software - X-Lite / X-Pro
http://www.gossiptel.com/xten/
    
VoIp UK forums - GOSSIPTEL
http://www.voip.org.uk/forums/index.php/GOSSIPTEL/vtopic/5/
   
  
  
VONAGE 
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"UK Phone-Based VoIP Scheduled For December" By Tom Sanders 
(October 7, 2004)
http://www.iwr.co.uk/News/1158617
 
  
  
I hope one of these options is suitable.
 
Best regards
  
Jackburton 
Google Answers Researcher