Just tried to figure out what:

>My cheap calls are now done via iSoftphone and sipgate

meant.

Wheels in my mind ticking over slowly, but thinking of making cheap calls from abroad on holiday Bosie!
Am I right in thinking that isoftphone is software to make your Mac work as a telephone handset and sipgate are the people who route the call to either normal phones or computers?
Again am I right in thinking that isoftphone is a one off cost and then everytime you make a call there is a small charge to sipgate?

You are correct Nahum. I'm not saying Sipgate are cheapest - I didn't shop around - but it works, it's easy and the call quality is good. I also registered for a free PSTN number local to my home so I can be reached via a regular PSTN telephone as well as the SIP address of my account.

Edited by deleted (Wed 16-Jun-10 10:53:53)

Not often I get the right end of the stick
Thanks for the info Bosie, I will add this to my holiday list.
Beats mobile roaming call charges!
Cheers,
Ian

In reply to a post by bosie:

but also anything passing through it such as uploading photos to a blog.

No, it cannot affect uploads. There is no software on your phone or which is capable of re-compressing images. That function would have to be built into the browser.

In reply to a post by bosie:

Imagine saving a jpeg in Photoshop and setting the quality to 30% - that's how it will look to the end user with O2's proxy.

Only if they're browsing on 2G. On HDSPA connections the compression is minimal. In fact I can't even see a difference and I'm on the default APN on my iPhone 3G.

In reply to a post by bosie:

I'm not saying Sipgate are cheapest - I didn't shop around - but it works, it's easy and the call quality is good.

Just so you know, Skype offers this too via SkypeOut. It works like a dream! You can call most places in teh world for hardly any money and get a real phone number to associate with your Skype connection. I've personally found this to be much more reliable than trying to use the various SIP/ VOIP solutions. Plus you can just call people on skype if they've got it (with video too)

I'm afraid that is not correct - unless you know something about a change in policy Mr. Anonymous. I have been using O2 mobile services for a couple of years and have witnessed first hand the results of image alteration - it certainly has affected uploads, to a blog, a photo gallery even an email attachment. I am also in a HSDPA/HSUPA area.

O2 SIM swap details are out, maybe it will be possible to bypass the proxy, the APN is there!

http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/datasettings.html

For Pay Monthly customers. Tap APN and change idata.o2.co.uk and enter mobile.o2.co.uk (Please note that "o2" needs to be written with a letter "o" and not a zero)