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Computer as phone

  • Gizmo
    • available for Linux
    • rich computer-oriented features
  • Skype
    • based in Europe, but available in U.S.
    • dial-in phone numbers cost €30/year or €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 [1] [2] (2006-03-11 A hacker has now released a patch to defeat this limitation: 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

  • lingo
    • Cheaper than Vonage, with some more advanced features
  • SunRocket
    • may be incompatible with regular phones; web site is not clear
  • 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: Technometria (2 articles as of 2006-09-19)

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