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VoIP at $15 a Pop

Posted by timothy on from the pop-pop-pop dept.

AndersBrownworth writes: "Creative has released what they are calling the VoIP Blaster, a $15 USB device (2 for $20) that lets you plug in a normal POTS type telephone and make Voice-over-IP calls to anyone on the Internet. Creative has some closed source software with it that they manage to sneak per call charges in with, but ignoring that one can install the open source fobbit software and do point-to-point unmetered VoIP calls to anyone else with a G.723.1 codec VoIP phone. I just got off a NC to CA call placed from behind a firewall and the quality rocked. It sounded far better than a cell phone. The Fobbit software is fairly solid on FreeBSD and Windows with a couple bugs in the Linux port." This device has been out for a while now, with mixed reviews, at least with the included software, but it's nice to see this effort to turn off the meter.

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  1. Who is this!?! I cant hear you!! by BigMucho · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Grandma? Can you hear me? GRANDMA! ITS ME! YEAH!NO IM USING THE INTERNET TO CALL YOU... THE INTERNET! THE I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T!!!!"

    Fortunatley this wasnt a VOIP quality issue, grandmas hearing aid had just went out.

  2. So, is it.... by _PimpDaddy7_ · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is it phone sex or cybersex? ;)