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I’ve been looking into ‘Voice Over IP’ stuff recently because when I move house I wanna keep my bills down. I don’t really use the phone that much and it annoys me that I have to pay £10 ($20) just to have a phone line for Internet each month.

Actually – that’s a lie, I call my Mum a lot cos I’m a good son. But that’s about it.

Anyway – I decided to go the Skype route. I’ve been using SkypeOut when I travel. It means I can call pretty much anywhere in the world pretty cheap from anywhere in the world.

I recently got a SkypeIn number too. I figured with moving house I should probably get a static ‘land line’ number I can take with me anywhere. What’s great is if I move to Japan, for example, people can still call a UK number and get me at a local rate.

My big plan was to hook it all up with a Bluetooth headset. I figured I needed on of these ‘Nathan Barleyesque’ devices for when I buy a HTC Universal (because I’m not holding that beast to my ear!!!).

I found out something interesting about Bluetooth.

1: The Bluetooth in my Vaio TR1 is Bluetooth in name only and is pretty useless.
2: Bluetooth headsets can’t be paired with two devices.

Both are a bit of a pain in the ass, but I bought a Belkin USB Bluetooth adapter to solve problem 1. Problem 2 is a bit more of a pain. It means that I have to decide which device gets the headset. Plus, Skype doesn’t support Bluetooth headsets natively so you have to pay an additional £10 for this software.

So – I’m probably going to end up buying a proper Skype phone for when I move into my new house and maybe one for my desk at work.

Hey – I’ve just realised this is the most boring post I’ve ever done!!!

Huuurrrraaaahhhhhh.

Nic.

posted by Nic @ 7:39 PM 4 comments