In article <dcvd2e$5o6$1$8302bc10@news.demon.co.uk>,
angus@NOSPAMiteloffice.com says...

> If you are a home user then yes there isn't a lot of attraction yet as most
> of the people you call will not have a VoIP account etc. Indeed the

But you can call people who have land lines?


> technology is new and so there will be a lot of 'technical' problems until
> it is as smooth as using the standard PSTN.

Quality is also the problem as well, If you use the bandwidth for the
internet, then the quality of your phone call will drop.

>
> But there are many applications of VoIP - particularly for a business which
> make it very attractive.

I can undertsand that.

>
> I am interested personally because I provide phone systems to businesses and
> I am in the process of building a solution using VoIP based on the Asterisk.
> But probably most of the systems I build in the short term will be VoIP
> gateways so a company can use IP phones internally but external calls will
> go out over traditional PSTN.
>


I see.

I do nto like this idea of people being able to use different codes, how
the hell are we going to know where we are dialling to and also where
the call is coming from?