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Error - http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/story.jsp?story=526261Broadband users can talk to each other for nothing, says ClaytonHirst, but the landline isn't dead yetBT was rocked by a scam in the early 1990s. Fraudsters discovered thatby jamming a bent paper clip in the slot of a public payphone, theycould make a free call. In the few months before it cottoned on to theswindle, BT was conned out of thousands of pounds.Today, people don't need to tamper with a phone for a free call. Theycan, instead, talk for as long as they want free of charge thanks to atechnology called voice over IP (Voip). Using a broadband internetconnection, computer users can talk for free to other Voipsubscribers, though they are charged for making calls to traditionalfixed-line numbers.Until a few weeks ago, Voip was mainly the preserve of people with thenecessary technical know-how. Making a call wasn't easy and it oftentook longer to set up the computer than it did to make a Voip callitself.But all that is changing. On Tuesday, a new company was unveiledoffering Voip to the mass market. Called Gossip-tel, it came hard onthe heels of a similar launch by Skype, founded by the people behindmusic website Kazaa. The more established players -- including BT,Thus, Wanadoo and Cable & Wireless -- are waiting in the wings withtheir own Voip offerings for domestic and business customers. More established firms, such as Level 3 of the US, are also eyeing theUK as a springboard to launch Voip in the rest of Europe. "This couldbe big. It is the number one product for us," says Jeff Tench, Level3's European senior vice-president of voice services. "We are lookingat growing this organically and through acquisition as we have asignificant amount of cash. BT is not going to want voice over IP tohappen. For them it is a threat."Full story at:http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/story.jsp?story=526261How to Distribute VoIP Throughout a Home:http://michigantelephone.mi.org/distribute.htmlIf you live in Michigan, subscribe to the MI-Telecom group:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MI-Telecom/
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