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Free VoIP for Dartmouth Students

Posted by michael on from the too-cheap-to-meter dept.

dtfusion writes "After upgrading their network infrastructure and doing some testing over the summer, Dartmouth is making free voice over IP available to incoming freshman. It turns out it was costing them more to bill the students for local and long distance than for the calls themselves. What will the success/failure of VoIP on this scale have on telecom?" There's an older story and a newer story from the Dartmouth public affairs office; that second one probably spurred the NYT article. The sysadmin-types are planning to study usage during the rollout.

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

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  3. Re:stupid - #645464 by Valarauk · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. VoIP between Linux and Windows, across a firewall? by xjqkojqxj · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm looking for a VoIP system that registers to a server and works over a firewall, between Linux and Windows (i.e. not GnomeMeeting / NetMeeting, because you have to open pinholes for that). The s/w then has to register with a server somewhere. I need it to work on both OSs. Free/free is best. Any ideas?

  6. Die DarTalk Die by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Die DarTalk Die