"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9A4BEFC7C1103noonehomecom@208.49.80.253...
> Skype audio, even on EVDO, sounds just like you're on a landline, but
> without the analog hissing and sputtering noises....to any place that has
> broadband.

That hasn't been my experience with VoIP. On international calls, VoIP is
fine oh, say... 90% of the time. But the other 10% of the time I get random
disconnects, horribly distorted speech, and other artifiacts. It may be the
Internet in general, it may be my particular provider, who knows? But the
point is that -- for the average user -- there IS no way of knowing, so it's a
bit of a crapshoot. On the other hand, with *just* a cell phone, barring
known areas where simply lack coverage, the call quality is more like 99.9%.

So, again... fine for calling friends and family, not something I'd want to
run a business over.