Readers’ Tips
Get VoIP and PSTN numbers on one phone
Following Issue 628’s ‘How To’ on converting your home phone to VoIP using a Sipgate account, I agree that paying around £200 for a fully featured VoIP phone can’t be justified.
After some research, I bought the Siemens Gigaset S850A GO Professional VoIP Cordless Phone (£80 from LiGo Electronics, www.snipca.com/41985, pictured). I appreciate it’s £40 dearer than the Grandstream HandyTone HT801 (www.snipca.com/41133) that you recommended, but its benefits outweigh the extra costs involved, and it works fine with Sipgate.
What drew me to it was the base unit. It’s similar to the one used by the HT801 that connects to your router,
