asterisk users - Jun 2004 - Primustel a.k.a. Lingo $20/month unlimited service

Hi all,
I just saw this article about this new offer from Lingo.com:
http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20040607S0008

$20 monthly plan with unlimited local and long-distance calling in North
America (US & Canada) and Western Europe.  Plus first three months free and
free equipment.  It doesn't say what hardware they send you.

Sounds like a very good deal.

I searched the list and voip-wiki and couldn't find any reviews about their
service.  Has anyone tried them?  How is the service?  Does it work with *?
What codec are they using?

Thanks in advance for any answers,
Simon in New Orleans

On 10 Jun 2004, at 09:53, Simon Dorfman wrote:
> $20 monthly plan with unlimited local and long-distance calling in 
> North
> America (US & Canada) and Western Europe.  Plus first three months 
> free and
> free equipment.  It doesn't say what hardware they send you.
>
> Sounds like a very good deal.
>
> I searched the list and voip-wiki and couldn't find any reviews about 
> their
> service.  Has anyone tried them?  How is the service?  Does it work 
> with *?
I just spoke with their tech support who says you have to use their 
'hardware' to connect. He had no idea what I was talking about when I 
mentioned IAX or SIP :-(

Stephan

Hi Simon, great folow up report, I'm very interested in call quality
because whilst I've been using Packet8 from Australia the calls to the
USA sound great but the calls to Australia sound below average (I'm
assuming the routing goes from Australia-USA then back to Australia for
termination).

I've stuck with it for the past 2 months because I'm about to relocate
to the USA and as most of my calls are going to be Australia assume that
the quality will be good.

Looking forward to what you think of the Primus call quality.

Cheers,
Dean


-----Original Message-----
From: asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com
[mailto:asterisk-users-admin@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Simon
Dorfman
Sent: Friday, 11 June 2004 11:39 AM
To: asterisk-users@lists.digium.com
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Primustel a.k.a. Lingo $20/month unlimited
service

Thanks Wojciech and Stephan for the info.

Maybe it's silly to reply to my own post, but I have since found much
more
info on the subject.

1. There is a thread about Lingo's service at dslreports here:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,10442660~mode=flat
Most info below is gathered from there.

2. It looks like the hardware they send you is:
D-Link DVG-1120 VoIP gateway

3. Codecs used: G711, G729, and G723 -Controllable
T.38 fax supported

4. Western European = UK, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands,
Belgium, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg,
Vatican
City, Norway, Portugal, and Spain. Calls to mobile phones are not
included.

5. Price: $19.95/month give unlimited calls to U.S.A., Canada, & Western
Europe (see #4).  Their current offer give the first 3 months for free.
But
there is a $29.95 activation fee and a $9.95 shipping fee.  So basically
the
activation fee plus shipping is about $40.  So in effect, you are really
only getting one month of free service.

If you enter a referrer's name and email address while signing up, both
you
and the referrer get a $25 credit to your account.  I wish I would have
known this when I signed up last night.  But feel free to use my name
and
email while signing up so we can both get a $25 credit:
Name: Simon
Email: simonATsimondorfman.com  (replace AT with @)

6. You can try the service for 30 days and get a full refund but you
have to
pay for shipping to send back their hardware.  If you cancel service
after
30 days but before 1 year, they will charge a $39.95 cancellation fee.
But
if you send back the hardware, they will waive the cancellation fee.


I'll let y'all know how my experience goes with this service as soon as
I
get my hardware (3-5 biz days).
Simon in New Orleans


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