Re: VoIP on Mac's and Linux

From: Jim Gribbin <jgribbin@alaska.net>
Date: Tue Oct 31 2006 - 08:14:13 AKST

I just thought you were going off-list.

Vonage seems good for its intended purpose, but I can't get an Alaska
phone No. This is important to me.

My main use for Skype is cpu to cpu. It work fairly well for that.

Some of the others look like they might work as well or better also, but
they may not be able to overcome Skype's momentum. Sort of like vhs and
beta max.

Jim

David J. Weller-Fahy wrote:
> Apologies to Jim, that copy was supposed to go to the list, as this copy
> does. ;]
>
> jgribbin@alaska.net wrote:
>> Looks interesting, but a little expensive for calling land lines in
>> Alaska. Alaska is listed as a seperate country with rates of
>> $0.127/min as opposed to $0.0201 for the rest of the US.
>>
>> With Skype it's $0.030 to Alaska and $0.024 to the rest of the US
>> (including tax).
>>
>> Through the end of the year calls to the US and Canada happen to be
>> free, but thats a temporary special.
>
> Hrm. With Vonage one monthly fee lets you call anywhere in the US or
> Canada (no by minute charges). They also have free calling to eight
> european countries now (more coming soon). That's the primary reason I
> use their service (that and the whole Deutsche-Telekom monopoly on rates
> over here).
>
> Regards,
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