Ask Slashdot: Data-Only Phone, Voice Over WiFi?

Posted by timothy on Thursday March 10, 2011 @10:01AM from the holy-grail-for-lots-of-people dept.

enFi writes "I want to pay one ISP (only!) for data (only!), and use it for my smartphone and my computer; and until they catch up, I want not to inconvenience the rest of the world — still let them call a phone number. (We all want this, right?) I'm most of the way there: my plan is to get a Clear Spot (their 4G WiMAX coverage is good for me) to use with my unlocked Nexus S (which will only ever use WiFi). I could just use Skype and an Online Number, but talk of Sipdroid+pbxes.org+GV and the recent Google Voice / SIP article make me think I'm only starting to untangle the mess of services and options. Is there a good (not to mention best) way to do this?"

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Re:No. Don't do this. by SuperKendall · 2011-03-10 10:14 · Score: 3, Funny

What??? Almost all corporate offices are VoIP now...
Unless they are all on pirate ships, they are not mobile.

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Re:google voice vice 3jam by DudeTheMath · 2011-03-10 11:36 · Score: 3, Funny

He doesn't yet, but he has a neighbor who's willing to give him one.

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