|
Cellular forums Home > Archive > Sprint PCS > March 2008 > Re: BETA Testers needed for MyGlobalTalk.com: a cheap cellular international
You are viewing an archived Text-only version of the thread.
To view this thread in it's original format and/or if you want to reply to
this thread please [click here]
| Author |
Re: BETA Testers needed for MyGlobalTalk.com: a cheap cellular international
|
|
|
| Todd Allcock wrote:
> Yeah, the VoIP forums at DSLR are pretty down on Skype- it's per minute
> rate is pretty high vs. other VoIPs, and it's non-standard, so it doesn't
> work with the SIP-compliant ATAs, Asterisk servers, etc. that the DSLR guys
> typically play with. The hard-core VoIPers seem to see Skype as the "AOL"
> of VoIP.
Skype (other than free Skype to Skype calls) is a not a great deal
compared to other VOIP providers. It _does_ remind me of AOL (is AOL
even still around, I no longer get any CDs from them?).
| |
| George 2008-03-05, 10:33 am |
| Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 05 Mar 2008 06:12:49 -0800 SMS wrote:
>
> compared to other VOIP providers. It _does_ remind me of AOL (is AOL even
> still around, I no longer get any CDs from them?).
>
>
> Actually AOL IS still around and has completely reinvented themselves,
> after being beat up pretty good by consumers' general shift from dial-up to
> broadband. They're now, IMHO, the best free e-mail provider around,
> (including the guys like Yahoo, GMail, etc.) They offer completely free
> standard IMAP accounts, usable with standard e-mail clients like Outlook,
> which works great on mobile devices.
>
> They still offer dial-up service with their goofy proprietary software, but
> now at PeoplePC/Netzero type pricing- $10/month.
>
>
>
Maybe, but I would be embarrassed to be "someone@aol.com".
| |
|
| George wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
> Maybe, but I would be embarrassed to be "someone@aol.com".
They have some other options for the
domain."http://domains.aol.com/? ncid=AOLCMP003000000
00130"
| |
| Richard B. Gilbert 2008-03-05, 12:33 pm |
| George wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
>
> Maybe, but I would be embarrassed to be "someone@aol.com".
As you well should be! The proper way to spell "AOL" is to interpolate
the letters SSHE. It's traditionally the home of the utterly clueless.
|
|
|
|
|