[plug] WHY SKYPE ?

[Max]

what is it about skype , why are people using it ?

just the thought of the same people that wrote the software for Kazza
having anything to do with it.... uhhhh
i know ebay bought it now but still,
i thought it was a proprietary protocol and you could not talk to other 
VOIP sip users that use the standard sip VOIP like freshtel etc..... ?
and then, i was hearing that there was security and bandwith issues ?

have things changed now ?

i use a standard sip VOIP , a free sign up at freshtel.net 
(Australian as far as i know)
works well like the normal landline computer to computer, you can pay 
like skype and go out to a landline as well if you want.
also i can call other sip phone users that have accounts with other 
providers like sipphone (Singapore) and FWD Free Word Dial-up (UK) 
etc..

sipphone accounts using their server work just as well as the freshtel 
server.

Winbloze users can install the freshtel provided Firefly software and 
that works well for them.

in KDE i use kphone and have had very good results entering the correct 
server address and then the correct phone number..
i have an adsl 512 / 128 connection and a friend in perth 255kms away 
last year had a 56k dialup connection and that still worked ok.

-- 
Regards Max.
Linux Counter Registered User #302050
 http://counter.li.org/
Mandriva 2006 KDE 3.4 

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