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Re: [LUG] Broadband & phone

 

On 10/04/11 08:13, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2011, tom wrote:
> 
>> On 09/04/11 22:48, Anthony Williams wrote:
> 
>>> What do other VOIP services charge?
> 
>> Ekiga et all - nothing to other internet based and they allow your to
>> talk to other VOIP services for free -Skype (last time I looked) doesn?t.
> 
> Ekiga may well allow you to call other VoIP services, but that is only
> if other VoIP services allow incoming anonymous calls - and to do that,
> you don't need Ekiga, just a SIP phone/program that will allow you to
> enter SIP URI's.

There's also sipbroker, but again that dosn't require specific software.

>> Skype is a wannabe tollbooth on the info highway you've already paid
>> for. OK they do provide a bit of a service to land lines but they are
>> not to be encouraged - they use their profit to get further in your
>> way so they can charge you for the 'privilege'.
> 
> Skype got lucky - right thing at the right time. Used by millions now -
> including businesses - which I find incredible - you'd trust your
> business phone service to a company with no support! (And look what
> happened recently when Tesco decided to drop their VoIP service - many
> people, businesses included lost their phone number...)

Quite ironic considering how often the "no support" claim gets applied
to OSS.



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