call1899 - Cheap VoIP Provider

Hi,

Found this - has anyone tried them?
http://www.call1899.co.uk/voip.php

Looks like they do SIP and IAX.

--ian

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NOTE: This service is currently available for existing 1899 customers only. Furthermore, this service is in Beta-stage of development which means we provide no technical support

Possibly one to keep an eye on though.

Yeah, but..:

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Register your telephone numbers with 1899 for free and without further obligation.

http://www.call1899.co.uk/signup

--ian

Oh ok - a cheap call router that you pre-dial from a landline?

For local and some international calls it looks like they charge you a "3p connection charge" and then no per minute tarrif. That works out pretty cheap on calls more than a few minutes long.

Hi,

Yep - looks like it (but I have not had time to read it properly yet) but then they've started doing voip too.

--ian

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but then they've started doing voip too.

See my first post.....

Yeah, but shurly if you sign up for the other bit ("no obligation") then you are an existing customer..?

--ian

LOL - worth a try I guess, although I would call that a "new" customer...

You'd have to wait to get your password which they print on your bill when you use the service, so it's not exactly "no obligation".

Yeah, I guess so.

As you say though - worth keeping an eye on - it's the cheapest voip provider i've seen, other than voipuser.org of course.

--ian

Definitely one to watch, yes.

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it's the cheapest voip provider i've seen

It depends whether the 3p connection charge extends to SIP/IAX termination.

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other than voipuser.org of course

Probably not fair to compare us to a proper ISP anyway - we simply can't do > 2.5p/min calls and don't make a profit on them either!

They need to make a profit - if they can do that on these rates, then good for them and they deserve to do well. They must be efficient.

I think I mentioned in another thread though, I think for VoIP SP's quality of service and customer support will out-flank cost.

I'd rather pay an extra couple of quid a month and have a bullet proof service and someone (human) on the end of the phone when I call up with a problem........

It's not all about price.

Dean

dean :

It's not all about price.

I like cheap

--ian

Hi,

Seems I was right - I just signed up on the site - I got an e-mail within 5 minutes and when I logged in, it has a voip link which shows the IAX settings.

I tried setting up Asterisk but I get "Registration Rejected" - i'll have to try to make a call when I get home - maybe you don't have to register, like voiptalk.org.

--ian

OK, that's good. Did you get a password too? It says you have to get that from your bank statement.....

Anything in there which mentions this 3p/min connection charge element?

Hi,

dean :

Did you get a password too? It says you have to get that from your bank statement.....

Kinda - it's the account number which you get in the registration email.

On the normal site it says:

Code:

* Server = iax.1899.com     * Username = 1899<Your telephone number> (for example this could be 189902012345678)     * Password = your 1899-account number (check this on your bank statement)

When logged in, it gives you a voip link which says a similar thing but populates that for you:

Code:

* Server = iax.1899.com     * Username = 189901xxx123456     * Password = 111111111

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Anything in there which mentions this 3p/min connection charge element?

Can't see anything but it's got itemised billing so i'll do a test call later and see what the cost shows as.

--ian

Hi,

Seems to work through the 0808 number from a normal phone, but I can't get VoIP through them working.

Code:

Jan 29 17:04:13 NOTICE[1091972016]: chan_iax2.c:5828 socket_read: Registration of '189901111111111' rejected: Registration Refused

and if I try to make a call anyway:

Code:

Jan 29 17:05:01 WARNING[1091972016]: chan_iax2.c:5507 socket_read: Call rejected by 213.61.187.150: No authority found

I even downloaded their own Windoze client - that doesn't give any errors but I can't get any calls to go through.

Also, their web site and Call18866.co.uk's web site have been down all day!

Not looking good!

--ian