Voip in Toronto

James Knott james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Tue May 19 21:38:29 UTC 2009


Mike Kallies wrote:
> On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 12:26 PM, Abidel Bassie-Cripps
> <mrsabidel-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>   
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> Just food for thought. :)
>>
>> Its great that there is VoIP through the computer (soft phone), but it may
>> not be as reliable as an ATA box. We have a good AMD64, lots of ram, great
>> OS, but even still there may be times, with multitasking that the soft phone
>> will have issues with the computers performance and the fact that the
>> computer needs to be on 24/7 to receive calls.
>>
>> All of this topic boils done to the old expression:"6 of one & half a dozen
>> of another!" :)
>>
>> Good luck to anyone looking for alternative phone choices!
>>
>> Abby
>>     
>
> For what I need it for, call quality isn't all that critical.. as long
> as it is *reasonable*.
>
> The problem is that my landlord doesn't want us using cell phones for
> buzzing people into the building.  He already knows my cell phone
> number.  So, rather than giving him the *72 argument, I figured I'd
> just give him a cheapo voip number and forward it up anyway.  Worst
> case, the voip is down and people have to call my cell direct for me
> to walk down to open the door.
>   

Why doesn't he like cell phones?

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