Recently, Paul Cupis popped out over the fence
around uk.telecom.voip and said...
|ßødincµs²°°° wrote:
|> Recently, Paul Cupis popped out over the fence
|> around uk.telecom.voip and said...
|> |So, do you understand what the 'o' in VoIP stands for? I guess not.
|> |
|> |Voice chat services of IM clients is clearly VoIP.
|> |
| >
|> Do you deserve an answer? Hmmm... Let me think...
|> It probably will end way down in your deep well of ignorance and get
|> lost.
|> So, NO, you don't deserve an answer.
|> But - wait! You had an answer... Oh, whatever...
|> Voice over Internet Protocol is WAY different that "Voice chat services
|> through internet". Internet is NOT all IP, is also ATM, BB, and a
|> plethora of other protocols to let the data flow.
|> You can talk using two PCs through a direct modem connection on a leased
|> or dial-up line - using Voice enabled modems, but that AIN'T VoIP.
|> So stop muddling the water.
|
|I'm not the one "muddling" the water. We were not talking about ATM,
|"BB" etc. We are not talking about direct modem connections between two
|machines (tried running Yahoo IM over that, have you?).
|
|We were talking about Skype and them IM protocols/software such as Yahoo.
|
|I would contend that these software programs run primarily over IP. This
|is based on the fact that you (for example) register with a Yahoo server
|over IP.
|
|So, yes, they are VoIP.
|
Irrecoverable. Sorry, I ain't time to loose, go back to school.
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