[mike557]

Originally Posted by Tyke

Why is VOIP not more popular?

Probably because most people find it difficult.... to understand the concept, what's involved, the hardware & setup.

It gives me a headache anyway.
Many people I know can't even set up a cable wireless router, never mind voip!

I was inspired by this forum to set-up sips on a Nokia N series smartphone.
After signing up with voipbuster I discovered that sips wouldn't work out of the box. Nokia (or the mobile phone company firmware), have crippled the later additions of these phones.
I had to do a lot of Googeling to find the additional files for the phone, then register with a nokia developer forum before I could get the files signed...etc.
In the end it worked, and you do get a great feeling of achievement!

Understand your comments, but your problem was the Nokia phone, not voip.

Agree about setting things up, as I said earlier, a setup should only require 3 entries to be made. Do agree that most hardware has so many settings that an average person can very easily get lost. But if they just concentrate on finding the 3 entries the box should work. If not the box default settings are wrong (like your phone).

Again valid point about the dataplan, if I am paying for a data package I expect a data package. Saying that voip is not allowed is just the mobile companies trying to protect their ludicrous pricing. Would you accept a broadband provider that said you could not access google because they want you to use their own?

Vote with your feet and your pocket.

(comments not aimed at Tyke - just my rants)

Thanks Tyke - your comments are very valid