[MLB-WIRELESS] Free P2P phones will pressure telcos

Tony Langdon tlangdon at atctraining.com.au
Wed Nov 12 09:44:52 EST 2003


I just installed it at home, but got no one to talk to... yet. :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Hovel [mailto:joe at hovel.net.ru]
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2003 23:18
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] Free P2P phones will pressure telcos
> 
> 
> I've been using Skype for several weeks now to communicate with my
> family in Germany via dial-up connection. It is very impressive! Once
> the person at the other end can give you their IP number (or 
> vice-versa)
> at that time (given most dial-ups are dynamic Ips) then the 
> thing works
> just like a hands-free speaker phone. I have tried many such software
> products over the past 10 years or so - this one is the 
> easiest and has
> the best sound quality. MSN messenger gets close, but this is better
> sound quality and easier to configure.
> Joe in Bendigo
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au 
> > [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Clae
> > Sent: Tuesday, 11 November 2003 7:06 PM
> > To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Free P2P phones will pressure telcos
> > 
> > 
> > >Free P2P phones will pressure telcos
> > 
> >http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,7758460%255E15318,00.html
> > >---
> > >
> > >Free P2P phones will pressure telcos
> > >Karen Dearne
> > >November 4, 2003
> > >
> > >A PEER to peer phone service launched just nine weeks ago 
> is shaping
> > >up as a serious threat to conventional telcos. More than 
> 2.2 million
> > >users have downloaded the software.
> > >
> > >Called Skype, the system delivers voice-over-IP telephony 
> over a P2P
> > >network, with nodes linking dynamically to handle traffic 
> routing and
> > >processing without needing central servers.
> ...snip
> 
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