I've finally got Sipgate working

I've struggled with this so many times in the past. Finally seem to have got it working now.

Basically I followed the instructions from here:

http://forum.o2.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1313&hilit=SIPGATE

I'd done everything last time apart from the telnet bit.

Password for me was actually the box serial number, same apart from that.

Had to enable telnet client support in Windows 7 before I could telnet to the O2 Wireless II box.

Also found sipdroid on Android gives caller a foreign ring tone, so switched to using CSipSimple which previously didn't support voicemail. I thought it now did, but testing leaving a voicemail and it appears not to notify me. So I've set a filter on the mail server to copy the mails to my gmail account and setup so that sipgate texts me, so I'm notified by the phone at least. 10c per text is ok for now.

Should I change from O2 broadband to plus.net

O2 broadband is going up, so seems like a good time to switch! I was with plust.net previously and loved them as a company.

My tariff will be going up to £9.50, including a £5 discount, for a 8 Meg connection. This, according to O2, doesn't have any traffic management.

6.5 MBit/Sec download speed tested. Downloads at about 230KB/Sec though, not sure why.

plust.net are £6.49 for 10GB usage, £5 per extra usage, can't remember how much. Maybe 5MB? So a pretty good deal, but I need to see how my usage is over the coming months. They have traffic management, which supposedly my O2 account doesn't. Although I don't believe that judging by my download performance....

Chat transcripts with both O2 and plus.net are in my hotmail.

Usage

O2 don't record usage on my package, however the router does record usage since last restart, so I can log back in and look at that once I've had it running without restart for a while.

http://www.chooseisp.co.uk/broadband-guide/faqs/broadband-download-allowance-10gb-iplayer-youtube-video.html gives the following:

If you want watch iPlayer in high quality a one hour programme will use around 650MB of data.

Conclusion

I'll stick with O2 for now, now that I finally have SIPGATE working (see separate blog). Monitor my usage over the coming months and see if I'd save with plus.net.

Chicks now in outdoor ark!

The webcam is back online for a short time - we have finally got the new ark assembled

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Live chicken hatching webcam starting 19-March-2010

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Live Hen Webcam - Light Sussex and Columbian Black Tail

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