Betamax VoIP Services

Communication Published on April 26, 2010 By RMvalues - 1 Comment

Yesterday we have talked the DellMont VoIP Services and today we will continue with Betamax VoIP Services.

If you have read our yesterday post, you will find that their website look similar, client software similar and even control panel are same. Although Betamax and DellMont are very similar, but they are different companies as DellMont is based on Luxembourg while Betamax is from Germany.

Below are the brands which under Betamax:

Let’s see their call and sms rates to Malaysia Landline and Mobile.

Services	Calls to Landline	Calls to Mobile	SMS rate
12Voip	€ 0.02 *	€ 0.015	€ 0.03
BudgetSip	€ 0.008	Celcom – € 0.025 DiGi – € 0.024 Maxis – € 0.024 Others – € 0.022	€ 0.03
CallEasy	€ 0.01	€ 0.015	€ 0.03
DialNow	€ 0.005	€ 0.03	€ 0.03
FreeCall	€ 0.02 *	€ 0.04	€ 0.03
InterVoip	€ 0.01	€ 0.02	€ 0.03
JustVoip	€ 0.015 *	€ 0.022	€ 0.03
LowRateVoip	€ 0.01	€ 0.012	€ 0.03
Nonoh	€ 0.015 *	€ 0.02	€ 0.03
NetAppel	€ 0.005	€ 0.03	€ 0.03
PoivY	€ 0.003	€ 0.03	€ 0.03
SmartVoip	€ 0.01	€ 0.017	€ 0.03
SipDiscount	€ 0.005	€ 0.04	€ 0.03
SmsDiscount	€ 0.01	€ 0.02	€ 0.03
SmsListo	€ 0.003	€ 0.020	€ 0.03
SparVoip	€ 0.01	€ 0.03	€ 0.03
VoipBuster	€ 0.02 *	€ 0.03	€ 0.03
VoipBusterPro **	€ 0.005	€ 0.04	€ 0.03
VoipCheap	€ 0.01	€ 0.04	€ 0.03
VoipCheapUK	€ 0.011	€ 0.034	-N/A-
VoipDiscount	€ 0.005	€ 0.025	€ 0.03
VoipHit	?	?	?
VoipRaider	€ 0.01	€ 0.02	€ 0.022
VoipWise	€ 0.01	€ 0.02	€ 0.03
VoipZoom ***	€ 0.01 ***	€ 0.02	-N/A-
VoipStunt	€ 0.02 *	€ 0.045	€ 0.03
InternetCalls	€ 0.003	€ 0.04	€ 0.03
WebCallDirect	€ 0.003	€ 0.015	€ 0.03

* 90 days of free calls
Subject to max 300 minutes per week of free calls, measured over the last 7 days and per unique IP address.

** Connection fee of € 0.039 is applied to all calls.

*** VoipZoom is offering similar monthly subscription service like Skype – for just € 2.50/month

Our Reviews:

We have tested LowRateVoip, PoivY, SmartVoip, SmsDiscount, VoipBuster, VoipStunt out of all 28 VoIP providers, and below are our reviews – exactly same quality with DellMont service.

The common problems (voice delays, words cut, voice echo, not heard and so on) of VoIP services we mentioned yesterday frequently occurred.
Poor quality of service.
They do not obey the fair use policy – call under their limit but still being charged for overuse (which we did not).
Charges are based on minute billing, but not second.
Although the rate above are mention in 3 digits (€ 0.000) , but in accounts are showed only 2 digits (€ 0.00), so the charges are round up to 2 digits (€ 0.018 becomes € 0.02).
Why have to pay € 0.80 handling fees for every top up?

Now, we doubt whether DellMont and Betamax are from the same source or they are using the same equipment, server, or other facilities? What do you think?

If you have use any of the service, please share your experience with us.

Dellmont VoIP Services

Communication Published on April 25, 2010 By RMvalues - 1 Comment

Today we will discuss another VoIP service provider – DellMont with you. Actually DellMont itself doesn’t provide any VoIP services directly but under several other brands, theye are :

Let’s see their call and sms rates to Malaysia Landline and Mobile.

Services	Calls to Landline	Calls to Mobile	SMS rate
ActionVoip	€ 0.007	€ 0.018	€ 0.03
Rynga	€ 0.01 *	€ 0.017	€ 0.03
Telbo **	€ 0.007	€ 0.015	€ 0.022
VoipBlast	€ 0.005	€ 0.015	€ 0.03
Jumblo	€ 0.003	€ 0.02	€ 0.03
VoipGain	€ 0.01 *	€ 0.015	€ 0.03

* Rynga and VoipGain offer free calls to Malaysia Landline for 120 days after each € 10 reload. However, it subject to fair use policy, please refer to their website for more information.

The € 10 credit will be remained in your account after 120 days as long as you only calls to Malaysia Landline. After 120 days, you can use those € 10 credit for call to Malaysia Landline for as low as € 0.01/minute.

** Telbo offers 2 plans, which is pay as you use and monthly plan (Unlimited World) for $5.95/Month.

As we can see, the VoIP providers listed above are very cheap compare to Skype.

Our Reviews:

We have tested ActionVoip, Rynga, VoipBlast out of all 6 VoIP providers, and below are our reviews.

The common problems (voice delays, words cut, voice echo, not heard and so on) of VoIP services we mentioned yesterday frequently occurred.
Poor quality of service.
They do not obey the fair use policy – call under their limit but still being charged for overuse (which we did not).
Charges are based on minute billing, but not second.
Although the rate above are mention in 3 digits (€ 0.000) , but in accounts are showed only 2 digits (€ 0.00), so the charges are round up to 2 digits (€ 0.018 becomes € 0.02).
Why have to pay € 0.80 handling fees for every top up?

If you have use any of the service, please share your experience with us.

* We spent over 6 months on testing for at least 20 VoIP providers. That’s why we share these info with you now.

Review on Skype Service

Communication Published on April 24, 2010 By RMvalues - Leave Comment

Yesterday we have briefly talked the call and sms rates of Skype. Today we will share our experience on using the Skype as VoIP calls service with you.

Pricing

When we are in Malaysia, we usually do not use VoIP service to call within Malaysia. Same theory, when we calls to Malaysia, we usually are in oversea.

If you monthly call not less than 170 minutes to landline with more than 20 calls, you should subscribe to Unlimited Country for just €3.95/month. Why?

170 minutes x €0.017 + 20 x €0.039 = €2.89 + €0.78 = €3.67

But, as our experience, Skype will not charge you €0.017/minute but will be €0.02/minute. They will round the €0.017 to €0.02. So, the new calculation should be as followed:

170 minutes x €0.02 + 20 x €0.04 = €3.40 + €0.80 = €4.20

For calling to mobile, if you always calls to mobile, then you should not use Skype, you should add the number to your current mobile line favorite numbers, it comparative cheaper than using Skype to call.

Quality

Quality of the Skype is very depends on your connection speed and stability of your internet connectivity. We found that Skype calls is quite good and clear, but sometimes we encounter some common problems of other VoIP service providers like:

Start charging but the phone still ringing
Voice delay
Background noise
Call echo
Words cut
The other side can hear us, but we can’t and vice versa

The above problems are very common for VoIP service, and we found that it’s rarely happened in Skype.

Hidden Condition

As usual, many service providers have hidden condition like hidden charges, limit of usage and so on. Skype have it too.

Connection fee €0.039 or €0.079 which imposed on every calls for pay as you go plan.

Fair use policy of 10,000 minutes (166 hours 40 minutes) per user per month, with a maximum of 6 hours per day. Also, no more than 50 different numbers in total can be called per day.

Charging block of 1 minute. It means when you call for just 1 minute 1 second, or 1 minute 59 seconds you will be billed as same as 2 minutes.

Skype credit only active for 180 days after your last successful calls (excluded SMS) or you have to re-activate it.

Comments:

Skype calls to mobile is expensive if compare to other VoIP providers which we will continue to show you later.

Pay as you go plan is very expensive compare to other VoIP providers which we will show you later.

We are not recommend to use Skype to calls to Mobile. But if you subscribe to Monthly plans like Unlimited Country, then Skype is the best choice for you.

What do you think? Give you comments here.

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