Skype is an option, and a fairly good one too. There are a few frustrating bits.
1) they don't do number-porting. So I'd need to do that via my other VoIP account, the same as with GrandCentral.
2) my cell phone isn't smart enough for the neat stuff you described. :)
3) my perspective on their technology is that they're network-hoggy. They like people with fast connections, to turn them into "supernodes" to route their traffic; you give them permission to do so implicitly by their EULA. They don't allow Windows users to turn that off in their software; you need to do it via firewall, which leaves me a slightly bad taste.
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Date: Monday, 23 July 2007 03:51 pm (UTC)1) they don't do number-porting. So I'd need to do that via my other VoIP account, the same as with GrandCentral.
2) my cell phone isn't smart enough for the neat stuff you described. :)
3) my perspective on their technology is that they're network-hoggy. They like people with fast connections, to turn them into "supernodes" to route their traffic; you give them permission to do so implicitly by their EULA. They don't allow Windows users to turn that off in their software; you need to do it via firewall, which leaves me a slightly bad taste.