hairydog@despammed.com wrote:
> On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 08:44:03 +0100, The Invalid
> <the_invalid@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >However, your continual rubbishing of Skype for other products which
> >are inferior
>
> Skype uses a proprietary protocol from one company only, depends on
> stealing bandwidth, and has no price competition to force a good deal.
> SIP VOIP is open standards with hundreds of competing suppliers, and
> is a far better long-term investment.
I tried Skype with no success. Their tech support sent me a few canned
messages, and people in forums tried to be helpful, but to no avail.
After I switched to a different provider their skilled tech support
found out that my router was no good, and after I replaced it all was
good. There is no free lunch.

Thanks,

Thomas
http://www.betterphone.org