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| Thread ID: 44527 | 2004-04-22 00:34:00 | Voice over internet protocol | alanw (5553) | Press F1 |
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| 231078 | 2004-04-22 00:34:00 | Have any readers out there looked at the possibility of using voice calls over the internet. I have emailed a few VOIP providers in the States and they have replied that as long as I have a reliable broadband connection that they will send me the equipment to use if I sign up with them. Of course Telecom does not want to know about this technology as it would seriously erode its profit margins. Thanks in advance. |
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| 231079 | 2004-04-22 01:18:00 | Hello alanw Welcome to Press F1 :) > Have any readers out there looked at the possibility > of using voice calls over the internet. I have > emailed a few VOIP providers in the States and they > have replied that as long as I have a reliable > broadband connection that they will send me the > equipment to use if I sign up with them. I might be wrong here, but I don’t think you will have much luck using VOIP with an US ISP, as I don’t think NZ telephone network it up to it &/or you might get a bit lag over a 256K connection. |
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| 231080 | 2004-04-22 01:55:00 | You might have a hard time making calls to other people, because from what I understand, VoIP calls must be made to VoIP compatibile equipemt - and not many New Zealanders would have that. Apparently, Telecom holds the stance that if VoIP were implemented on a large scale in this country, the KiwiShare agreement should be abandoned because they would lose a substantial amount of revenue. VoIP is an innovative technology, but it requires a significant amount of bandwidth, I believe, and so even if you did sign up with a US provider, and everything worked out, you would need at least a 512Kbps connection. |
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