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Re: [LUG] Broadband and VoIP

 

On Saturday 18 December 2004 13:45, martin.gautier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

What bits of kit do I need to make this work? Are there any free service
providers I can hook up to? I'd be looking for cheap/2nd hand (ebay)
hardware...

The business model of Skype so far as I can see is to make money out of being 
the intermediary between the Internet and the Telco network.

I think you'll find any system has the same intermediary business model and 
organisation.

Skype doesn't need dedicated hardware but you specified a non-PC system - 
there must be a box by now, doesn't Cisco make one built into a phone?
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