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03-23-2007, 01:48 PM | #1 |
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Startel??
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With Betamax trying their hardest to lose my custom with their attitude to voxalot I have been looking for a non-Betamax provider. I came across http://startel.pt/eng/index.html They seem to have a similar business model to Betamax (i.e Euro 10 top up give you free calls, not sure for how long though) Anyone know of them / used them? Obviously sceptical to sign up and hand over my hard earned cash to just anyone! |
03-23-2007, 02:05 PM | #2 |
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StarTel free calls
Viewing the English page, the FAQ says that the free calls are limited to one minute.
http://startel.pt/eng/faq.html See Items 1.6 and 1.7. Not sure what they mean, because I thought I can only register my own number, not destination numbers, and obviously there is no VOIP path to a pure landline number (otherwise, I would call it directly). Their rates are quite reasonable otherwise. Tried to register yesterday, but did not receive a confirmation email yet. |
03-23-2007, 03:09 PM | #3 |
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I think, much like Betamax, that if you don't sign up for the Euro 10 'VIP' service then you only get 1 minute of free calls.
If you purchase the VIP service it doesn't say what the time limits are. I registered no problem, email arrived instantly. Signed up for the free service, haven't paid anything as yet. |
03-23-2007, 05:15 PM | #4 |
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At first I thought they only offered free calls to ENUM numbers - i.e. phone numbers that can be registered as VoIP numbers at e164.org, like the ones Sipgate give out. Then I saw the VIP section and now I'm not so sure. It sure looks like you get free calls. Someone must be daring enough to add credit - go on!! I just lost €10 on Betamax's new product JustVoip, which I now find out doesn't have SIP enabled!
On StarTel I can't find the host name anywhere. The pictures do not download no the XLite Configuration page. Is it just startel.pt? Update: says it's registered now with startel.pt as host. Will now switch back to non-registration mode. Last edited by tomblandford; 03-23-2007 at 05:34 PM. |
03-23-2007, 05:51 PM | #5 | |
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Ok, so i've lost my 10€ too... |
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03-23-2007, 06:01 PM | #6 |
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I believe proxy is sip.startel.pt, host is startel.pt
Pics download in IE but not in Firefox. Had the same problem. |
03-23-2007, 06:26 PM | #7 |
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thanx kurun but (just a small off topic sorry for that ), someone has the justvoip trick to use SIP?
Thanx a lot |
03-24-2007, 01:01 AM | #8 |
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03-24-2007, 11:15 AM | #9 | |
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Sound better than Betamax already!! I was thinking of emailing them and asking if they would have a problem with Voxalot (as last thing I want is to register and then they block Voxalot like Betamax). What do you guys think? I hope that an email to clear things up will help to start with, but then a part of me thinks if I give them a heads-up they may realise that the may want to block Voxalot! Won't send an email until I get a feel for what you all think... |
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03-24-2007, 04:50 PM | #10 | ||
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This week I got a reply from Betamax for the first time as well Quote:
StarTel solves one problem - we've got free landline calls with Voxalot now it seems. BUT VoipCheap still offers the best mobile rates so I'd still like to see Betamax back on Voxalot... Last edited by tomblandford; 03-24-2007 at 04:53 PM. |
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