WengoPhone vs. Skype
Jeff.Hodges at KingsMountain.com
Jeff.Hodges at KingsMountain.com
Mon Aug 27 16:28:19 UTC 2007
I haven't yet tried WengoPhone, but will.
That said, there's several alternatives to Skype, WengoPhone being one, Gizmo
being another. I've used Gizmo for a while, even calling internationally (both
from and to the States), and it works fine (and is based on open standard
protocols, as opposed to the ridicuously proprietary Skype.
A plug for Gizmo
<http://identitymeme.org/archives/2006/10/05/a-plug-for-gizmo/>
<http://www.gizmoproject.com/>
Also, one can "roll your own" using any of the various open-source SIP-based
VoIP clients, or even hardphones (e.g. SNOM), and an online SIP proxy service
such as <http://www.iptel.org/> and <http://www.freeworlddialup.com/>, or nail
up Asterisk on a server box (I compiled it just fine on a hosting account of
mine) and start your own <http://www.asterisk.org/> (the "hard part" of this
is of course PSTN integration (which WengoPhone appears to offer).
=JeffH
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