Has anyone used Vodafone's One Net system - you can keep your local number but all calls are diverted to a mobile and you can have a suite of mobiles to operate as extensions each able to answer incoming calls? I was hoping to use voip over wifi but it has failed miserably!
Vodafone One Net
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Pheasant Surprise
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The problem being that most smartphone VoIP clients are rubbish. WiFi is a very high bandwidth wasteful way of delivering just voice.
The only saving grace is native operator WiFi Calling (EE or Vodafone) but that is embedded into the core OS of the phone and works far better than the shitty VoIP clients. Believe me I’ve got the T-shirt.
So I would make two recommendations -
1. long range DECT handsets. The range and handset battery life is phenomenal compared to WiFi / shitty VoIP clients which eat battery and range sucks.
2. WiFI Calling enabled on all your smartphones with a compatible operator contract through EE or Voda.
The only saving grace is native operator WiFi Calling (EE or Vodafone) but that is embedded into the core OS of the phone and works far better than the shitty VoIP clients. Believe me I’ve got the T-shirt.
So I would make two recommendations -
1. long range DECT handsets. The range and handset battery life is phenomenal compared to WiFi / shitty VoIP clients which eat battery and range sucks.
2. WiFI Calling enabled on all your smartphones with a compatible operator contract through EE or Voda.
Thanks @Pheasant Surprise - I think we have come to the same conclusion which is why we are looking seriously at Vodafone one net which seems to be an alternative to Voip.
Pheasant Surprise
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Whats the sub cost for One Net? There are other alternative out there too.
Pheasant Surprise
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What's the uplift over a basic line rental/with minutes and data for the SIMs and phones?
I guess it comes down to what features of On Net you will be using. If it is more or less call forwarding from a fixed line to a mobile or series of mobile, then there are Unified Comms / VoIP / SIP providers that can do this from their existing cloud based infrastructure, for handy money.
The benefit I guess with VF is that its all rolled into one and only one throat to choke.
that sounds dear, there are mobile all calls for £10 a month or less i think
Pheasant Surprise
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Yes but it’s not just SIM minutes/data and some phone sub cost. It’s not a straightforward comparison like that.
That £170 charge includes One Net, which is more or less like your own hosted virtual private exchange. So enables you to have PBX and unified comms type features and functionality e.g call forwarding from fixed line to individual mobiles or pickup groups etc.
So then the question is what’s the uplift for One Net and can @PREES find the required functionality he needs with another service provider for less.
There are quite a few service providers that will do cloud or hosted PBX (basically VoIP) however he would need to find out if they can do the mobile integration as well as Vodafone could.
Ah, that is making it clearer, I got a job to keep up and understand
Cant work out these new trends, the fashion for ripped jeans and posh phones with broken screens completely pass me by
Pheasant Surprise
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Haha oh yeah phones with broken screens. I thought it was just they couldnt be arsed or afford to get them fixed. Ripped jeans meh!
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I was "in fashion" 50 years ago when we made & fed little bales of hay. Jeans legs were always worn through.
Don`t think I`ve been "in fashion" since
