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Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:18:51 PST8
From:	"Watson, Dave" <david.watson@gd-ais.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	< "'scoug-help@scoug.com'" > scoug-help@scoug.com >
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: VoIP

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We experimented with some of these years ago in the Internet SIG, before
they called it VOIP. I think those apps are relatively defunct now. I
recall they relied on central servers, which have probably gone away. A
quick check on Hobbes (search "internet phone") shows a relatively new
Win-OS2 app called Speak Freely, which might be good for us to try out.
Also a couple of oldies, PM apps, which might still work if you're talking
to another OS2 user, know their IP, aren't behind routers or firewalls, etc.

I think cheap phone service has pretty much undercut the need for services
like this.

In related news, Microsoft has given up on NetMeeting, no longer providing
the address book service that some folks apparently used to find and connect
to other users. Now you have to find your target's address, like maybe over
the phone, or buy their premium service at 35 cents a minute, per
participant. Maybe there is a market at the high end, but apparently not at
the consumer end.

-----Original Message-----
From: jrace@attglobal.net [mailto:jrace@attglobal.net]
Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 11:30 PM
To: scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject: SCOUG-Help: VoIP

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Any OS/2 solutions for VoIP telephony (e.g. Quicknet, Dialpad, Net2Phone)?

Jeffrey Race

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