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==Reference==
* {{wikipedia|VoIP}}
* [http://www.voip-info.org/ VoIP wiki]
==Related Articles==
* Many [[VoIP]] and cellular phone providers are now charging a [[regulatory recovery fee]]

==Service Providers==
===Computer as phone===
* [http://www.gizmoproject.com/ Gizmo]
** available for Linux
** rich computer-oriented features
* [http://skype.com/ Skype]
** based in Europe, but available in U.S.
** dial-in phone numbers cost &euro;30/year or &euro;10/quarter
** no fixed monthly rate for dial-out ability; pay only for minutes used
** conferencing & group tools
** recently went over to the dark side by partnering with Intel to provide better service on PCs using Intel's chips [http://news.com.com/Intels+mantra+Lets+make+a+deal/2100-1006_3-6038282.html] [http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/01/2034217] (2006-03-11 A hacker has now released a patch to defeat this limitation: [http://rss.slashdot.org/Slashdot/slashdot?m=4059 slashdot])
** additional evilness: one user reports that if you install a button on your site from http://www.skype.com/share/buttons/, the code includes Javascript that detects whether each visitor to your site has skype installed; if not, it spawns a popup window telling them to download it. This fact is not disclosed on the buttons page.
===Regular phone===
* [http://www.lingo.com lingo]
** Cheaper than Vonage, with some more advanced features
* [http://sunrocket.com/ SunRocket]
** may be incompatible with regular phones; web site is not clear
* [http://vonage.com/ Vonage]
** unlimited within U.S. for $25/month
** plans start at $15/month
** no setup charge
** list of recent calls available via web
** voicemail can be emailed to you automatically
*** annoyingly, the emails do not include the text of the [[caller ID]], only the phone number
*** they also do not include the length of the call
*** in mid-2007, Vonage began offering an optional paid transcription service for their voicemails (text transcription of the message is apparently included within the notification email)
** Vonage links: [http://www.windley.com/tags/vonage Technometria] (2 articles as of 2006-09-19)

==Software==
* [[Asterisk PBX]]
* [http://www.xten.com/ eyeBeam]
==Links==
* [http://news.zdnet.com/html/z/wb/5604548.html VoIP versus traditional telephone]: "Why is making a phone call over the Internet more efficient?"
* '''2006-10-05''' [http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sbt/2006/1002smbtech1.html A free telephone consultant] by James E. Gaskin