"Robert La Ferla" 
<robert-removethedashes-laferla@replacethisdomainwithcomcast.net>, haber 
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> Haluk Skywalker wrote:
>
>> Last time I checked Skype had millions of users who had nothing to do but 
>> to test the software so one could receive a *test call* every second and 
>> could not concentrate on one's work.
>>
>> Now I use VoIP for international calls; but not Skype. I have a local 
>> provider with a local phone number. I purchase credits; I dial the local 
>> number, enter the PIN and the phone number and the charge for 
>> international calls are deducted from my credits. I make use of the 
>> discounts and still have peace of mind and good concentration required 
>> for translation work.
>
> I used an early version of Skype to call Japan and the results were not 
> very good and I also didn't like the user interface.  They may have 
> improved the software but I haven't tried it since.  BTW - I was 
> interviewed by the Boston Globe last year and to my surprise the author of 
> the Skype article didn't even try Skype himself!
>
> http://www.vonage-forum.com/article312.html

VoIP -as my VoIP provider provides, is actually OK. There are no lags, no 
noise, no echo etc. And my connection is not so fast either (256Kbps DSL 
line). It offers international phone calls upto 8 times cheaper. And you 
dial from a real phoneset to a real phone-set (to actual phone numbers).