Thanks for the advice. And, in the future, I will do just that. But I do feel the need to point out that, in the story submission form, there is a field for "your home page", where I did enter voxilla.com. I made no effort to cloak my association with Voxilla. In the past, I have communicated with slashdot editors who know exactly what my role with the site is.
It's really an honor to have slashdotters read the content we put together on Voxilla. We work hard on the site and think there is useful material there that can't be found elsewhere. And so we have, a few times, pointed out a story we felt may be of particular interest to slashdot. At no time did we do so anonymously and, all of my posts here, make my association with Voxilla known.
If anyone was offended, I sincerely apologize and assure you that there was no intentional action taken to mislead anyone.
Actually, what I'm really looking for is a host that keeps promises. Moved to a new server because of similar previous problems during traffic spikes and was told the server is more than capable. I'm very unhyappy, very embarrassed and very sorry for the inconvenience.
The story does make it clear that both SIPPhone and Skype offer IP-to-IP VoIP connections.
Since Voxilla.com is mostly about VoIP, the distinction between this kind of service (which you say is "nothing special") and IP-to-Phone service (your "second version") is pretty much evident throughout all the site's pages.
As for IP-to-IP VoIP not being "special," I think a lot of people (including the 60,000 or so who have signed up around the world with Free World Dialup, the 1.2 million who have signed up with Skype, and countless others using dozens of other methods) may disagree.
What SIP offers is an opportunity to develop a parallel phone system that works independently of the pricey landline phones most of us depend on. As VoIP technology continues to develop, there may come a time when you'll be look at your Bell South, SBC or Verizon phone and realize you can't call any of your friends who have turned to SIP.
For anyone who makes more than a few international calls, the advantage of an IP-to-IP service is more than a little significant. It allows you to use a regular phone to dial a number of a pal across the seas who hears his own phone ring when you call. The entire conversation is carried over the internet. And it costs nothing to either party.
This story was reported by Voxilla.com a day before CNET got to it. Voxilla's report is much more thorough. You can read it at http://www.voxilla.com/Article25-nested-order0-thr eshold0.phtml.
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Thanks for the advice. And, in the future, I will do just that. But I do feel the need to point out that, in the story submission form, there is a field for "your home page", where I did enter voxilla.com. I made no effort to cloak my association with Voxilla. In the past, I have communicated with slashdot editors who know exactly what my role with the site is.
It's really an honor to have slashdotters read the content we put together on Voxilla. We work hard on the site and think there is useful material there that can't be found elsewhere. And so we have, a few times, pointed out a story we felt may be of particular interest to slashdot. At no time did we do so anonymously and, all of my posts here, make my association with Voxilla known.
If anyone was offended, I sincerely apologize and assure you that there was no intentional action taken to mislead anyone.
Actually, what I'm really looking for is a host that keeps promises. Moved to a new server because of similar previous problems during traffic spikes and was told the server is more than capable. I'm very unhyappy, very embarrassed and very sorry for the inconvenience.
I did not place this here anonymously and used my email address at voxilla.com. I'm not entirely ceertain how else to be up front about it.
The story does make it clear that both SIPPhone and Skype offer IP-to-IP VoIP connections.
Since Voxilla.com is mostly about VoIP, the distinction between this kind of service (which you say is "nothing special") and IP-to-Phone service (your "second version") is pretty much evident throughout all the site's pages.
As for IP-to-IP VoIP not being "special," I think a lot of people (including the 60,000 or so who have signed up around the world with Free World Dialup, the 1.2 million who have signed up with Skype, and countless others using dozens of other methods) may disagree.
What SIP offers is an opportunity to develop a parallel phone system that works independently of the pricey landline phones most of us depend on. As VoIP technology continues to develop, there may come a time when you'll be look at your Bell South, SBC or Verizon phone and realize you can't call any of your friends who have turned to SIP.
For anyone who makes more than a few international calls, the advantage of an IP-to-IP service is more than a little significant. It allows you to use a regular phone to dial a number of a pal across the seas who hears his own phone ring when you call. The entire conversation is carried over the internet. And it costs nothing to either party.
I'd say that's pretty special.
Here's a better link to a much more complete story (that CNET clearly followed):
t hr eshold0.phtml
http://www.voxilla.com/Article25-nested-order0-
This story was reported by Voxilla.com a day before CNET got to it. Voxilla's report is much more thorough. You can read it at http://www.voxilla.com/Article25-nested-order0-thr eshold0.phtml.