WengoPhone vs. Skype

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 27 August 2007, Jeff.Hodges at kingsmountain.com wrote:
>gene.heskett at verizon.net said:
>> The US isn't listed at all.
>
>That's not correct. According to google, it's mentioned 87 times on their
>pages..
>
><http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site%3Agizmoproject.com+%22united+stat
>es% 22&btnG=Google+Search>
>
>Also, I've been using Gizmo for ~2 yrs now, and I'm based in the US. I have
>one of their free US-based Area775 call-in numbers allocated too..
>
><http://support.gizmoproject.com/index.php?_a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetai
>ls& _i=178>
>
>> How about gismo to gismo users here in the states?  Cost?
>
>Free of course, it's just packets going over the IP backbone.
>
>Also, the Gizmo project is a jabber client, so jabber-based IM works with
> it, or alternatively you can use a different jabber IM client with/for your
> Gizmo account.
>
>
>=JeffH

So I've since found out, I installed it an hour or so ago, called me, then my 
daughter halfway across the country, and after I got the audio options set 
correctly it worked fairly well, at some loss of HF response in my ear. OTOH, 
I have 'Carhart notches' 120 db deep too, so I'm extra sensitive to such 
losses.  My daughter said I sounded great, and if she wasn't in such pain 
from chemotherapy, she would have sounded great too.

Many thanks for the tip on gizmo, I finally have an alternative to the skype 
spyware.

-- 
Cheers, Gene
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