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Re: Cell phone jammers bring sweet silence

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Originally Posted by pramjockey View Post
Voice Over Internet Protocol

Basically it packetizes your phone call and sends it to the recipient.

In order to be mobile with it, though, you'd have to be in an area with wifi coverage (or use a cell phone).

IMHO, the technology still has a little way to go. That, and my phone provider won't let me get rid of my landline and keep my DSL.
Thanks! Then I think I'll keep my eye on the advances in this VOIP. When it gets better and wifi is more available (although we have a lot of free hot zones around here), it sounds like a pretty good idea, to me.
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