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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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