Re: [tlug] skype alternatives

[sjs@example.com]

Godwin Stewart wrote:
>
> Now ask yourself whether the country *you* live in is trying to cripple the
> Internet as much as France is. It probably isn't, meaning that VoIP must be
> as developed where you are as it is here, if not more so.
>

I think this is still in play.  I work for a large French owned telcom
manufacturer here, and one of the items they seem to expect to make a good
profit on is VOIP.  I don't know how that will happen unless the RBOC's
(Regional Bell Operating Companies I think) manage to somehow throttle the
development/deployment of low cost VOIP.

I'm calling pc2pc and skype from here to Tokyo sounds as good as (maybe
better than) standard telephone with no noticable latency.  Sometimes I
hear some dropout, but not much.

O'reilly is having a VOIP conference here in San Francisco that I'd love
to go to, but can't really afford.
http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etel2006/

Steve S.