British Expats - anyone use skype to eep in touch at home

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British Expats (https://britishexpats.com/forum/)

- Canada (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/)

- - anyone use skype to eep in touch at home (https://britishexpats.com/forum/canada-56/anyone-use-skype-eep-touch-home-561073/)

AndyBCbound

Sep 16th 2008 2:57 am

Re: anyone use skype to eep in touch at home

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Originally Posted by Canada Dreams (Post 6788946)

are you sure about the plugs on the end sir?????????????? :eek:

the plugs may be diffrent on the end that goes in the wall, but not the end that goes in the router, if need be just replace the cable:thumbup:

lostandconfused

Sep 16th 2008 4:09 am

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We use Skype for almost all our calls back to the UK - unlimited calls to the UK are only $5 per month, but we don't normally spend more than $2-3!

To make it a bit easier, we've got one of these:

Basically you plug in a normal phone (we're using a cordless) and you can then dial numbers using Skype - handy!

Call quality and reliability is HIGHLY dependant on the speed and quality of your broadband connection - ours is great as we're downtown, but if you're outside of an urban centre, you might find it less than ideal!

If cost is an issue, you can also get a free UK landline number that redirects to your computer from www.sipgate.co.uk (register whist you're in the UK!). Again, probably not as reliable as Vonage, but the price is right and if you've got a good internet connection it'll be fine.

Canada Dreams

Sep 16th 2008 6:32 am

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looks good, could i buy one of these in uk and get it to work in canada do you know :thumbup:

dazzlerdaz

Sep 16th 2008 7:07 am

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Originally Posted by Biiiiink (Post 6776315)

I've never looked at VOIP as I'm not sure my monitored alarm system would work with that... do you know? Anyone else here with an alarm and non-landline set-up?

http://forum.skype.com/lofiversion/i...hp/t92194.html might help (a bit) ?

lostandconfused

Sep 16th 2008 11:35 am

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Originally Posted by Canada Dreams (Post 6789807)

looks good, could i buy one of these in uk and get it to work in canada do you know :thumbup:

Yep - absolutely. I think they're actually cheaper on UK eBay as the market is a bit bigger - just do a search for "VoIP adapter" or "skype adapter" and make sure it isn't one that requires an external power supply.

Most of them (it seems) are powered by USB only which is good for trans-atlantic moves!

G77	Sep 16th 2008 1:43 pm

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Originally Posted by Biiiiink (Post 6776315)

I've never looked at VOIP as I'm not sure my monitored alarm system would work with that... do you know? Anyone else here with an alarm and non-landline set-up?

It's not so much the way the alarm connects to the voip I believe - since the alarm wouldn't know that it's being connected to a voip system as it's just a phone jack socket and a normal number, I think it's more than the alarm company don't like people using voip in order to guarantee a service, as in theory, in an emergency, a traditional phone line would stay up longer than a voip one e.g. if the house was on fire....

Biiiiink

Sep 17th 2008 2:24 am

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Originally Posted by G77 (Post 6791032)

Yeh, having sat without internet yesterday for about 5hrs, it is a bit worrying... I guess Bell keeps getting my 28 bucks then :(

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