Message from discussion Future of Risc OS

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Subject: Re: Future of Risc OS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.apps
From: Jeremy Brayshaw <jer...@brayshaw.org.uk>
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Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 20:05:26 GMT
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Nigel Willmott wrote:

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> Here's what I would be interested in supporting

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> 7)    Voip.

This one item I think would be a complete waste of time. To use VoIP 
on any computer requires the said computer to remain on all the time - 
otherwise calls cannot be made or received. Instead, and for less than 
twenty quid, you can get a dedicated VoIP telephone adaptor, where you 
just plug in any normal phone and an ethernet wire. Always on, always 
available and much simpler to use! If you're about to replace/upgrade 
your ADSL Modem anyway, then get one with VoIP capability. It gives 
you the same facility (i.e. an 'always on' actual telephone) and will 
also give the VoIP line priority over the connection's bandwidth.

I can't see any advantage whatever for having a software phone on any 
computer, be it Windows, RISC OS or anything else!

Jeremy.

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Jeremy Brayshaw     <><