[TriLUG] Of Topic: Best VOIP options

[MG]

Thanks for that info.  And from a long-time Gizmo user, I hear Gizmo's 
not encrypted computer to landline or cell phone.  I could live with 
that, just not the taking-over-the-computer thing.  That looks even 
worse now, given the prospective EBAY sale.


MG

Neil L. Little wrote:
>  From what I could find with a quick google, it looks as though GIZMO is 
> benign as opposed to Skype. Gizmo is also centralized
> around a few servers. It is also uses an open protocol as opposed to 
> Skype. Check this out.
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/357
>
> 73,
>
> Neil Little, WA4AZL
> JARS Forever!!
>
> MG wrote:
>   
>> Do you know if GIZMO is doing this too?  This is from their Privacy 
>> Policy - Service and Site page:
>>
>>
>> "What Resources Do We Use and How Do We Use Them?
>> During the course of using Software, disk space, bandwidth and 
>> processing power may be utilized to provide the Gizmo Project Services 
>> to you and to communicate with other Gizmo Project users. The system has 
>> been designed so that using Gizmo Project will not interfere with the 
>> normal operations of your computer."
>>
>>
>>
>> Neil L. Little wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> There are quite a few VOIP options out there but I can tell you that 
>>> Skype is one of the most evil.
>>>
>>> At the work place we started having issue with the LAN slowing down and 
>>> couldnt put a finger on why this was happening.
>>> I saw an article on Slashdot this weekend about Skype reading passwords 
>>> profiles pugins etc.
>>>
>>> http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/26/1312256
>>>
>>> I though that this sounded some what evil and with a little digging came 
>>> up with this:
>>>
>>> http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/2005/11/how-to-kill-skype-remove-skype.html
>>>
>>> Moving through several the links it seems that skype likes to be a 
>>> supernode likes that extra bandwidth
>>> and wants to us it for the edification and enjoyment of other skype users.
>>>
>>> There is even a little sentence in their agreement that tells you what 
>>> they are going to do.
>>>
>>> "In order to receive the benefits provided by the Skype Software, You 
>>> hereby grant permission for the
>>> Skype Software to utilize the processor and bandwidth of Your computer 
>>> for the limited purpose of
>>> facilitating the communication between Skype Software users."
>>>
>>> Read the article it was very enlightening.
>>>
>>> I found I had several hosts on my network acting as relays for skype,
>>> well had, not anymore they because skype is gone from my network.
>>>
>>> Oh, that bandwidth problem? Its gone.
>>>
>>> 73,
>>> Neil Little, WA4AZL
>>> JARS Forever!!
>>>
>>> Glenn Starling wrote:
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>>>     
>>>       
>>>> I have had great luck with Skype since my daughter lives in Honduras.
>>>> Connections are better than with Ma Bell.  They have a Linux and a
>>>> Windoze version.
>>>>
>>>> -- Glenn
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 2007-08-27 at 10:59 -0700, Patrick Brewer wrote:
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>>>>> What are the best VOIP options for personal use?  Best being some fuzzy combination of price and reliability.  I figure TRILUG members  will know if anyone in RTP does. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Patrick 
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