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#99587 - 14/06/2002 19:26 Voice over IP
Phoenix42
veteran

Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
Anyone using voice over IP for phone calls?
I am looking at using this offering from Linksys and am wondering if anyone here has any experience with it or similar products.
Oh I'll be using it over Verizon's DSL for calls to other US states and also to Europe.

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#99588 - 15/06/2002 01:39 Re: Voice over IP [Re: Phoenix42]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
I played with the VoIP Blaster from Creative and some free software for calling other units. Overall the quality is pretty good, between a cell phone with decent reception and a land line. The delay is not noticible, but is present like on cell phones.

I'm interested in the services that allow me to get rid of a land line. I found one a while ago that offered an incoming normal phone number, but only in certain area codes.

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#99589 - 17/06/2002 06:54 Re: Voice over IP [Re: drakino]
frog51
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
Drakino,

You want to visit Symbol and take a look at their VOIP 802.11b telephones. They can hook in to Cisco Avvid using the Cisco's skinny protocol and their sound quality on even a large, busy site is better than mobile phones. They also support seamless roaming and user independence - grabbing an individuals address book from a central server so phones can be distributed among staff easily.

Good quality kit - for enterprise, or your personal use. If you use 802.11 round your house anyway and have a permanently-on connection to the internet then you're laughing.
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#99590 - 17/06/2002 09:57 Re: Voice over IP [Re: frog51]
morrisdl
enthusiast

Registered: 21/08/2000
Posts: 346
Loc: Rochester, NY USA
Time Warner offers V over IP with the road runner service here. Its an additional $10-13 (based on options). I have been using it for months and have no perceivable difference, except much lower bills.
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