Does internet phone(VOIP) work from China?

I use Skype and it works fine here.

Awesome, that is music to my ears!

Skype & MSN both work

I use Pennytel from Australia you just need to dial as if you are in Aus. I have had excellent results, better than other VOIP services. http://www.pennytel.com/

We use Vonage from Canada, and it works well, outside of the spotty internet at times, which will affect the quality of the call or drop it.

skype is getting crappier and crappier by the minute.

Hey kai, how do you pay for the vonage monthly fees when you are over here?

I use voipdiscount.com

try skype!

I use Skype quite a bit especially to Australia. It works really well if you are calling a computer or a phone that is on the Optus network. Telstra are manipulating the packets in Skype to reduce its performance. This is just about to get blown up in the papers I believe.

Hi mek

We pay via online banking through our bank account back home in Canada. Vonage has a pretty good online accounts systems, allows you to have really good control over seeing all call details, voicemails, billing info, and many other features. You can pick any phone number and area code you want, where it makes most sense for you too.

Hope that helps,

Kai

i use VOIP and it works normaly (some times problems with connections) but in majority its ok

Skype works for me, especially to other PC's with fast connections. Nice tip < chinamonty >, I will start checking on the quality of calls to see if what you suggests fits the pattern. It wouldn't surprise me, although Optus have to buy lines from Telstra anyway.

What programs like Skype really show us is what a rip off most Telco's are engaging in.

I do 12593 prefix on my China mobile for VOIP. SKYPE works well from my office.

Yes, I can confirm: no problem with skype...