Posted by smidscot on 09/26/05 09:15

DH wrote:
> Damon wrote:
> > "Stephen \(aka steford\)" <R_E_m_O_v_Esaboten@T_H_i_Skei99.co.uk> wrote in
> > news:dh6pg6$ec2$1@news.freedom2surf.net:
> >
> >
> >>New Zealand is only 1p a minute using many of the 3rd party call-thru
> >>providers with your normal phone. Easier than mucking about with PC,
> >>headphones etc.
> >>
> >>http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/callchecker/index.php
> >
> > It's not as inconvenient as you make it sound. Once I have slipped the
> > heatset on i can do other things rather than sit there with a phone pressed
> > to my head that may or may not have a good line.
> is actually ?0.02 ?uro cents. 0.0135pence
> you may want to check the rumours re eBay having bought / buying Skype, as this may
> impact future prices, despite their "free for life" promise.

I didn't think that was a rumour, it was widely reported as fact in the
press, that ebay has bought skype...

At the moment, skype is trying to build a monopoly, it seems to have a
lot
of customers, but its non standard, and there are small plug in devices

which go into your router and provide a real phone line when you use a
standard provider... Skype needs a PC running with a usb connection and
is effectively a "paid-entrance" for standards based voice over ip
services
(to phone someone on skype, you have to pay to connect to their
network).

Skype seem to be the only service people seem to know about though...

Smid

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