In theory good, not in practice (USRobotics USB Internet Phone 9600A)

Member Name: emerald66

Product:	USRobotics USB Internet Phone 9600A
Date:	05/07/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: cheap calls

Disadvantages: easily pulled out of USB port and low ringing volume

USB Internet Phone

I thought I would try an internet phone having seen an advert on tv.

At first I thought it was too good to be true being able to get totally free calls to anyone on the receiving end with an internet phone also. Also the calls being extremely cheap and sometimes cheaper to overseas numbers. I had a bro living in Korea at the time and it was only 2p per minute to call him.

The phone itself looks fine, appears sturdy and straightforward to use, although appearances can be deceptive.

I set up the phone which was a bit complicated at first then made my first call.

I was very disappointed, the usb connection was loose and unless you were sitting like a waxwork Tussauds dummy whilst on phone it was very easily pulled out of the USB port, it was also a very low volume when ringing although turned up full.

On top of that the calls after a couple of minutes had constant interference and sometimes echoing which was esp heard by the person at the other end. Not sure if this was a phone fault or a fault with the VOIP system.

It seems in theory to be a great thing but maybe technology has progressed too quickly and needs a bit of fine tuning, until then my phone will remain unplugged.

Summary: Not really practical and couldn't rely on it