Comments on: Skype — Free Internet telephony http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/ The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:25:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Gareth J M Saunders http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/#comment-1371 Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:03:07 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/#comment-1371 Thanks Ian, but I said that in my post! QUOTE: (And only in a consumer society can we believe that our calls are free when we are using a £1,000 PC, a £35pm broadband internet connection and who knows how much electricity!!) But I appreciate your commitment to the way of the pedant. One of my favourite jokes: Q. How many pedants does it take to change a lightbulb? A. Surely you replace it. Thanks Ian, but I said that in my post!

QUOTE: (And only in a consumer society can we believe that our calls are free when we are using a £1,000 PC, a £35pm broadband internet connection and who knows how much electricity!!)

But I appreciate your commitment to the way of the pedant. One of my favourite jokes:

Q. How many pedants does it take to change a lightbulb?
A. Surely you replace it.

]]> by: The Cosmic Surfer http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/#comment-1370 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:07:17 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/#comment-1370 Well in marginal cost terms it is free - you already have the IT equipment and the broadband and would be using them anyway so it costs nothing extra. Ian the pedant! Well in marginal cost terms it is free - you already have the IT equipment and the broadband and would be using them anyway so it costs nothing extra.

Ian the pedant!

]]> by: James Frost http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/#comment-1369 Thu, 24 Feb 2005 20:36:37 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2005/02/23/skype-free-internet-telephony/#comment-1369 Sounds great! If only I had broadband! I don't know if you've seen it, but <a href="http://www.firebox.com/">firebox.com</a> do a Skype phone handset! Here: <a href="http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1025">http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1025</a> Sounds great! If only I had broadband!

I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but firebox.com do a Skype phone handset! Here: http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1025

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