Michael Cash said the following on 7/7/2005 5:11 AM:
> On Wed, 06 Jul 2005 21:52:19 +0900, Goo <Goo@goo.com> brought down
> from the Mount tablets inscribed:
> 
> 
>>Curt Fischer said the following on 7/6/2005 8:50 PM:
>>
>>>Goo wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Just wondering here if anyone has any comments about the
>>>>quality of the IP phone on B Flets.
>>>>
>>>>The ADSL speeds here are pretty pokey, therefore FTTH is
>>>>looking attractive, but I need good phone quality as I spend
>>>>a heap of work time on the phone to clients.
>>>>
>>>>Friends with IP phone on ADSL have crappy voice quality,
>>>>which is not an option for me.
>>>>
>>>>Any other comments on B Flets would also be welcome.
>>>
>>>
>>>I use Skype.  Skype is awesome.  People have called me on Skype and I
>>>didn't notice a difference in voice quality compared to say a good
>>>mobile phone connection in a quiet place.
>>>
>>>If you go with B Flets let me know if it is better.
>>>
>>
>>I use Skype as well with ADSL, and find it excellent - but I
>>need a regular phone as well (i.e. a regular number that I
>>can put on meishi, and that all of my wife's inakappe
>>relations can call), and one that doesn't sound too crappy,
>>as some VoIP can be.
> 
> 
> Is SkypeIn available for Japan?

Not at the moment. http://tinyurl.com/69qyh

But even I spend at least some time away from the computer,
and Skype is not much use to me then..

Various Japanese pages seem to say that the voice quality of
an IP Phone plugged into the NTT switch thingy you get when
you sign up with fiber is at least as good as a regular phone.

Graham