Well, I've been using Skype as a means of chatting online with fellow developers and it works well enough for our purposes. However, intense usage of the local machine can cause choppiness, especially on a wireless connection (audio->digitized sound->network packets->radio signals->network packets, routed hundreds of miles->audio packets -- it's a wonder it works at all!). Fine for personal use, but not suitable for professional use , imho.
I saw a presentation on [EMAIL PROTECTED] (renamed "TrixBox" recently) and it looks like a great choice for an office PBX: menus, electronic attendant, voicemail, call groups, lots of neat stuff. That would require you to get a SIP provider for VOIP (you can find plans from around USD 15 a month) , but it also works with plain 'ol telephone connections and can give a SOHO a "real business" feel to it. On 6/19/06, Andy Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20060615.html some interesting comments on net neutrality - and timely because I've just decided to sign up for some 'non-free' voip - so who have I chosen? skype? vonage? freetalk? - no, good old BT. They may not be the most trendy or 'open' choice but they are still the only real wholesale carrier in the UK and if anyones voip packets are going to get 'hurt' I'm guessing it won't be BT's btw my isp is now saying that 'contention' is old hat (anyone know about this?) and that what counts is priority - the more you pay the better your service. Certainly I get good service on my old-style (i.e. expensive) account with them - it is only 256/512 which is the best my line can run - but 90% of the time I *get* 256/512 Andrew Davies MBCS CITP - AndyD 8-)# ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. Please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any queries. **********************************************************************
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