(Ted Harding) ted.harding@nessie.mcc.ac.uk wrote:
Could I then connect to their Skype phone from my voiptalk phone?
Not if all they have is a skype: address (I don't know if Skype phones have phone numbers or sip: or iax: addresses). Skype is another proprietary system, with the added drawbacks of occasional spyware[1], power management screwups[2] and chance of making users with public IP addresses into trunk switches ("Supernodes")[3]. There have also been network worms, but I'm not sure whether they worry Linux-based users. Anyway, I suggest avoiding Skype and making people aware of its dangers.
1. http://www.pagetable.com/?p=27 2. http://blog.drinsama.de/erich/en/2007061401-power-waster-skype.html 3. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&...
Hope that helps,