[TriLUG] Of Topic: Best VOIP options

[Neil L. Little]

 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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