Skype vs Ekiga

[Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu)]

On Tue, May 12, 2009 20:50, H.S. wrote:

> At present, the main argument people make in favor of Skype is "oh,
> everyone else is using it", as you did. Perhaps you can show some
> enlightening leadership to your friends and nears ones to convince them of
> the inherent problems with Skype and to try other alternatives?

To be honest, I hardly know anyone who uses Skype or Ekiga or anything
else. And I work in IT. I think that the Skype-hype is over.

However I really know a lot of people who use VoIP with IP phones that
look like regular phones, with the services of SIP telco operators that
are similar to the traditional telco operators.
Some of the more advanced users run their own Asterix, but most of them
just plug in the phone in a free port on their router, enter phone number,
sip-server and password, and they can start calling. Some SIP operators
even sell preconfigured IP phones.

Technology is at its best when it "just works". :-)

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Amedee