Test99
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join:2003-04-24
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| reply to VoipHerb
Re: [General] VOIP newbie
said by VoipHerb :
I would just plug the base into the Linksys right? Right.What is the issue that people here have with Skype? Skype is a narrow-gage railroad. There is a large community of providers and equipment based on the SIP protocol that will all work together. Skype uses its own proprietary protocol, which is incompatible with the other providers and equipment.
If you choose Skype you are:
- Hitching your telephony fate to one company whose future is uncertain.
- Relying on customer-provided servers (super nodes) over which Skype has little control.
- Connecting to the telephone network via a service that has a reputation for less than stellar voice quality and billing problems. |
