Skype is Evil – Other VOIP Options

Skype has revealed themselves to be evil in the latest spyware fiasco. So what are the other options? Let’s look at the various criteria: Softphone for Desktop Win/Mac/Nix Softphone for Mobile S60 DID Provider Softphone for Desktop A softphone is a software SIP phone implementation. SIP stands for Session Initiation Protocol, basically an open standard [...]

January 30, 2009 • Tags: , , , • Posted in: voip • One Comment

Internet Telephony – A few offerings – VOIP – Skype – Gizmo

This analysis looks at the offerings of a few popular commercial VOIP providers. The main issue was US and Canada inbound (local number) and outbound calling from PC and my Nokia N82 S60 mobile phone. Requirements Outbound calling preferably with a caller ID Inbound calling with a local phone number in USA and Canada Voicemail [...]