Comments on: Skype ready for both telephone worlds

An adapter made by Siemens allows phones to make calls using the Internet or the traditional phone network.

[ggvrsn]

skype, voip's future

I have been using skype for almost 8 months now and have skypeout which i use to call canada and india. with emerging technology like wimax and 3g on cell phones, it would be really nice to see skype available on cell phones/pda and adapters from seimens, since one can use the under lying broadband or internet service and make calls to different countries without having to pay a lot of money through their primary carrier.
Think about it, you pay $60 for unlimited internet access over your cell phone and now when you make calls to your friends in different using skype without paying those high charges from your cell phone company, wouldnt ur monthly bill be lean ?
-GGR
Rajiv G Gunja

Chinese company offers same at fraction $

It's a shame Skype's hardware focus is on such a high end company. A company in China provides adaptors you can use in conjunction with any regular phone and your landline. They also provide software to integrate Skype.

http://skype.net.cn

[woofs_a_lot]

Don't think I am getting this yet

I understood the Siemens hardware to be a simple wireless base
station and remotes. Isn't this already able to interface to many
VOIP systems at the cable modem or modem adaptor?

As far as using cell phones on a fixed monthly charge for
unlimited Internet access my impression is that broadband
Internet wireless is not ready for prime time in the U.S. Can
skype work effectively on the skimpy bandwidth being offered by
most U.S. wireless carriers?

Surely I have got something wired wrong here. How about some
help.

Don
Houston