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Skype Vs. SIPphone - VoIP Compared

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the vonage-voip-pov-also-marvellous dept.

JimLynch writes "There are few organizations more loathed than the telephone company. Let's face it - none of us like forking over our hard-earned cash every month just to use the phone. Well, how much would it be worth to you to be able to call your friends and family for free by using the Internet? ExtremeTech have compared the two newest ways to call friends via the Internet: The SIPphone from Lindows' Michael Robertson vs. the Skype service from the developers of Kazaa."

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  1. Correction by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are few organizations more loathed than the telephone company.

    MPAA, RIAA, Telemarketers, car mechanics, McDonald's, DigitalConvergence, SCO, Microsoft, ???

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:Correction by I8TheWorm · · Score: 2, Funny

      How did attorneys not make that list?

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      Saying Android is a family of phones is akin to saying Linux is a family of PCs.
  2. Re:New approach to old ideas by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    My now-wife and I were talking using VoIP almost 3 years ago

    Maybe it's time you two meet face to face ?

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash