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| HeyBub 2006-07-20, 7:55 am |
| Pete Dashwood wrote:
> Being a bit slow with things technical, it has taken me until a few
> days ago to get around to installing Skype.
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> (The techie avant garde have had it for a couple of years already...
> The difference is that a new release has been made, and it is really
> spectacular.)
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> For those of you who are on another planet, Skype was one of the
> pioneers of VOIP (voice over internet protocol).
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> Their slogan is that "the wholeWorld can talk for free", and it can...
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[...]
On a related matter, VoIP, I'd like to share an experience.
We gave it a try; Vonage. We got (in the US) another telephone number --
pick your area code -- for $30/month. For that we get all the goodies: voice
mail, call waiting, caller-id, call forwarding, yak-yak-yak, and all the
long-distance we can eat. Now that's $30, period. No "Universal Service
Fee," no "Spanish-American War excise tax," no "911 Access Fee," no sales
tax, no "Al Gore Tax." Nothing. Zippo.
With aggressive price comparisons, we were able, prior, to get our
long-distance down to about three cents per minute. Even at that, our
long-distance monthly charges were over $200/month to keep in touch with our
customers.
All that expense went away with the VoIP method. There's a cat-5 cable
plugged into our router that connects the router to the Vonage box. The
Vonage box has a telephone jack. At that point, the Vonage telephone jack
acts just like a POTS trunk line. We plug that jack into our PBX and never
know the difference.
We now have three of these VoIP lines; couldn't be more pleased.
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| Donald Tees 2006-07-20, 6:55 pm |
| HeyBub wrote:
> Pete Dashwood wrote:
>
>
>
> [...]
>
> On a related matter, VoIP, I'd like to share an experience.
>
> We gave it a try; Vonage. We got (in the US) another telephone number --
> pick your area code -- for $30/month. For that we get all the goodies: voice
> mail, call waiting, caller-id, call forwarding, yak-yak-yak, and all the
> long-distance we can eat. Now that's $30, period. No "Universal Service
> Fee," no "Spanish-American War excise tax," no "911 Access Fee," no sales
> tax, no "Al Gore Tax." Nothing. Zippo.
>
> With aggressive price comparisons, we were able, prior, to get our
> long-distance down to about three cents per minute. Even at that, our
> long-distance monthly charges were over $200/month to keep in touch with our
> customers.
>
> All that expense went away with the VoIP method. There's a cat-5 cable
> plugged into our router that connects the router to the Vonage box. The
> Vonage box has a telephone jack. At that point, the Vonage telephone jack
> acts just like a POTS trunk line. We plug that jack into our PBX and never
> know the difference.
>
> We now have three of these VoIP lines; couldn't be more pleased.
>
>
Here in Canada, Irecently obtained a "north american" line. That is, no
charges for any call in Canada, USA, or Mexico. It is $21 month, and has
dropped my telephone charges by $300 a month. That is for 24/7 coverage.
Donald
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| Oliver Wong 2006-07-20, 6:55 pm |
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"Donald Tees" <donald_tees@donald-tees.ca> wrote in message
news:e9o25d$93t$1@nntp.aioe.org...
> HeyBub wrote:
> Here in Canada, Irecently obtained a "north american" line. That is, no
> charges for any call in Canada, USA, or Mexico. It is $21 month, and has
> dropped my telephone charges by $300 a month. That is for 24/7 coverage.
I'm looking forward to the time when cities will provide wifi access
everywhere, just as they do currently with street lamp posts, garbage bins
and water fountains, and we all have wifi/voip-based cell phones with
unlimited minutes, local or long distance.
- Oliver
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| Howard Brazee 2006-07-20, 6:55 pm |
| On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:21:51 GMT, "Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>
wrote:
> I'm looking forward to the time when cities will provide wifi access
>everywhere, just as they do currently with street lamp posts, garbage bins
>and water fountains, and we all have wifi/voip-based cell phones with
>unlimited minutes, local or long distance.
Not to mention free phone calls, lunches, transportation, and
circuses.
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| Oliver Wong 2006-07-21, 6:55 pm |
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"Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net> wrote in message
news:aq4vb2l7h38ug07qmtdr4hi47ohe2lalt0@
4ax.com...
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:21:51 GMT, "Oliver Wong" <owong@castortech.com>
> wrote:
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> Not to mention free phone calls, lunches, transportation, and
> circuses.
We're getting closer:
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060720-7308.html
<summary>
Want to take your Skype with you when you leave the house? Skype-equipped
WiFi phones may be just what you need.
</summary>
- Oliver
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