Provider | Voiptalk | Voiptalk | Voiptalk | Sipgate | Sipgate | Freespeech | Freespeech | Voipfone | Voipfone |
Package name | VoIPtalk Standard |
VoIPtalk Prepay Silver |
VoIPtalk Unlimited |
Standard | sipgate1000 (1000 minutes) |
Pay as you use | Home Unlimited |
Pay as you go | 1000
minutes package |
Sign up process and Fixed charges | |||||||||
Free online trial account possible | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Setup fee or min. initial call credit | £5.75 | £5.75 | £11.49 | £10.00 | £10.00 | £14.99 | £14.99 | £5.00 | £5.46 |
Monthly fee | £0.00 | £4.59 | £11.49 | £0.00 | £5.90 | £0.00 | £8.99 | £0.00 | £5.46 |
Inbound number options | |||||||||
Comes with UK geographic number | No | Included | Included | Included | Included | No | Included | No | No |
Comes with non-geographic number | 056 | Option | Option | No | No | 0844 | 0844 | 056 | 056 |
More than one Inbound number | Possible | Possible | Possible | No | No | UK only | UK only | Possible | Possible |
Inbound numbers in other countries | Available | Available | Available | No | No | No | No | Available | Available |
Other call constraints | |||||||||
Max.simultaneous calls | 2 | 2 | 2 | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Free calls to peer users | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Free calls to any other SIP provider | Via SIP-Broker | Via SIP-Broker | Via SIP-Broker | Very limited | Very limited | Yes - any | Yes - any | Via SIP-Broker | Via SIP-Broker |
Outbound peak time call costs Units: Pence/min; VAT not included, except Sipgate |
Includes VAT | Includes VAT | |||||||
Per minute or per second billing | per minute | per minute | per minute | per minute | per minute | per minute | per minute | per second | per second |
To UK landlines | 1.40 | 0.90 | Inc. in Package | 1.19 | 1000 free mins | 0.85 | Inc. in Package | 1.00 | Bundled mins |
To UK mobiles (O2, Orange, etc) | 11.90 | 9.50 | 9.50 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 11.04 | 11.04 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
To UK mobiles (to Mobile Three) | 22.00 | 18.50 | 18.50 | 9.90 | 9.90 | 11.04 | 11.04 | 12.00 | 12.00 |
Reductions for off-peak calls | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
To 0800/0808 numbers | free | free | free | free | free | 0.85 | 0.85 | Free | Free |
To 0845 numbers | 6.50 | 4.60 | 4.60 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 4.20 | 4.20 | 4.00 | 4.00 |
To 0870 numbers | 11.50 | 7.90 | 7.90 | 7.51 | 7.51 | 9.10 | 9.10 | 8.00 | 8.00 |
To USA (most major cities) | 1.40 | 0.90 | Inc. in Package | 1.50 | 1.50 | 0.75 | Inc. in Package | 1.50 | Bundled mins |
To Australia (most major cities) | 2.00 | 1.00 | Inc. in Package | 1.80 | 1.80 | 1.01 | Inc. in Package | 1.50 | Bundled mins |
To India (most major cities) | 8.00 | 7.00 | 7.00 | 13.60 | 13.60 | 8.67 | 8.67 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
To Pakistan (most major cities) | 7.00 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 19.30 | 19.30 | 6.48 | 6.48 | 11.10 | 11.10 |