Linksys Debuts Cordless Skype Handset

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Tuesday October 11, 2005 @05:59PM from the voip-spam-still-in-development dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A new cordless Skype-based VoIP handset will hit Internet and retail stores next week. According to Linksys, the CIT200 handset will allow users to make VoIP phone calls as easily as today's cordless handsets make conventional land line calls. The device uses DECT wireless protocol, claimed to eliminate interference with 2.4GHz phones or devices. It comes with a DECT dongle that plugs into a PC's USB port. It's expected sell for around $130. Initially, Linksys is requiring that the PC run Windows XP or 2000, so no Linux yet."

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Re:VOIP is still not worth it. by eclectro · 2005-10-11 19:20 · Score: 5, Interesting

Yeah, I used to pay $35 a month for POTS (and that's as low as it got) and I get a skype-in number for a YEAR for what it cost me ONE month with POTS.

So I am saving $385 dollars plus I don't get all the crap calls I was receiving before.

VOIP is VERY worth it.

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