On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:01:12PM +0100, Chris Davies wrote: > Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote: > > Rumour has it that the skype protocol will route (other peoples) voice > > traffic through your PC even when you are not making a call. > > Not just rumour but confirmed by the "technical" information on Skype's > own website. I have heard just to many bad things about skype, eves dropping etc, sorry why use skype instead of voip. > > > > There are STANDARDS in place for voip and it might be better to use > > them. [...] > > > There used to be a service called Freeworlddialup which you could > > connect to other people in the world, but last year it went over to a > > paying service. Since I've never used it, it didn't matter. > > Take a look at a SIP based VoIP softphone such as twinkle or ekiga > (or a hardware device such as the Sipura/Linksys SPA3102). European > users can use companies such as Sipgate or SMSListo.com to route phone > calls bidirectionally between their PC and the world's phone network. UK > users considering this option could do well to search the archives of > the usenet newsgroup uk.telecom.voip for plenty of practical details. > > I believe there are also Skype/SIP gateways but I've not (yet) used one. > > Chris > > -- "We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans." - George W. Bush 09/06/2000 Scranton, PA
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