Exactly. Regardless of what the "myspace" crowd thinks, it will be a very long time before we completely give up telephones for IM, or anything else attached to a computer.
...we'll have to live without faxes, snail mail and newspapers first!
Skype is like a VoIP provider that isn't. It supports no standards and ties you to a desk! If their service is free and I don't use it...why will I pay to use it?
reply to kapil You can get a wifi phone that has no wires to your computer at all.
But then again what skype is best for is calling internationally for free (skype to skype). Its also good for gamers to have a quick voice comm solution (what I use it for).
reply to patnitop Skype does not offer flexibility and can be considered as consumer grade VOIP. SIP is more complex and can be expanded using a PBX box creating a entire phone network for your enterprise or small business without the need to get multiple lines for each phone.
On top of that I use Gizmo project which uses the jabber protocol for communication and I am able to cross talk between networks within the VOIP client. Livejournal has also done this and I have no problem contacting between networks.
I am aware that Skype has it's own devices and I have installed such devices for customers who asked, but I rather have SIP over Skype over the quality, the standard, and the flexibility.
