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Vonage to Produce a WiFi Phone

Posted by michael on from the convergence dept.

EvilStein writes "Vonage is announcing plans for a WiFi phone that will allow Vonage subscribers to make VoIP calls from any WiFi hotspot. The phones are said to cost about $100. This looks to be a pretty cool setup and might rattle the wireless industry quite a bit if they pull it off." Another story notes that battery life won't be as good as existing cell phones.

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  1. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    A faggot says what?

    1. Re:Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      Huh?

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  4. Potentially bad news for hotspots by HotNeedleOfInquiry · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yet again, the internet bandwidth gets sucked away by something it was not orginally designed for. Instead of supporting 10-20 laptops checking email and news, we'll have 2-3 phones sucking up all the bandwidth while the yuppies and teens chat.

    I don't like it. I don't want to hear more cell phone chatter in my coffeeshop hotspot.

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