Germany - GPRS Data

[inquisitor]

Originally Posted by ygeffens

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Do you mean, that when I attach my Begian DID to the Solomo Voip account, that I can receive calls on my cellphone (in Germany) at 5ct/m?

Yes. You just need to configure the solomo VoIP account in your FritzBox and set up a forwarding (or parallel call) for inbound calls (addressed to some of yours DID number(s)) to your solomo number through the solomo VoIP account.

or is that only on the sip-client? If so, it's not very usefull because I can also attach my DIDs to my own voip-accounts for free.

Answering calls to your solomo number by SIP client is always free. The 5 ct/min referes to calls from your solomo VoIP-account to any solomo pro number (including your own one).

I'll write a small report about my findings when I'm back.
Just to be on the safe side, I'll write down some fonic and tchibo addresses to pick-up a sim-card in case solomo is not performing as I expect.

Regarding the separate credit for VoIP, I didn't realize, that solomo has dropped the initial credit of € 5 also for the VoIP-credit. So indeed you will need to topup the VoIP-credit ("solomo online Konto") separately by banktransfer.

That's how you setup your solomo VoIP-account in your FritzBox:

[babble]

I use a commercial "better than G729" codec for continuous 2-way voip over UMTS. G729 "closes" an up or down channel if no-one is talking on it. With G729, when a non-talker starts to talk on an overloaded network, there is sometimes a delay before he can be heard clearly again.

Out-going voip calls are easy. In-coming, always-registered, voip calls require a bit more work to set up correctly. Understandably, some networks make more effort to try and stop external voip callers from dialling in.

Over e+, I need 4MB for 10 mins speech. At 24c/MB, long, out-going conversations may be cheaper via a mobile. For longer voip conversations, a flatrate data tariff may be more suitable. If you have nothing better than G729, I would stay clear of e+ because they sometimes offer gprs speeds instead of UMTS. If you only have G711, don´t waste your time trying e+.

Inquisitor has previously linked to a page that reports UMTS voip is possible with a Tchibo sim:
Germany - Tchibo - Prepaid Wireless Internet Access

Tchibo uses the faster (than e+) O2 network. Tchibo has a cheap prepaid monthly data tariff. It´s something like 10 euros for 500MB/month.

[inquisitor]

Originally Posted by babble

Tchibo uses the faster (than e+) O2 network. Tchibo has a cheap prepaid monthly data tariff. It´s something like 10 euros for 500MB/month.

Yes, but Tchibo charges in 400KB-increments. So those 500MB could be consumed faster than expected. So if you chose Tchibo, the flatrate for € 20 could be the better choice.

[babble]

Yves,

Solomo does not yet allow incoming sip calls to their network. Calls cannot be forwarded using sip-URLs of the format: sip:01570*******@voip.solomo.de.

Originally Posted by inquisitor

Answering calls to your solomo number by SIP client is always free.

No, this is incorrect. If parallel sim and voip calls are enabled (via the solomo account webpage), calls picked up on the voip device will cost 5c/min.