On 04/09/2014 09:32 AM, Aydan wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1<voi### [at] devnull>  wrote:
>> On 04/09/2014 03:46 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:09:48 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>
>>>> You'd think that with everybody moving to VOIP, demand for actual
>>>> telephone numbers would be *rapidly decreasing*...
>>>
>>> No, because everyone with a VOIP number still needs a POTS number,
>>> because that's all the old system knows.
>>
>> Really? You need an actual phone number to run Skype? That's... that's
>> like needing a static IP address to use IRC!
>
> What he means is someone who wants to call you from a non-IP phone has to have a
> way to reach you, and yes, you can have a "normal" phone number mapped to your
> skype account so people can call you on skype from ordinary phones.

Oh, right. Well yes, *clearly* if you want to connect to POTS, you need 
a POTS number. I meant, I thought everybody uses Internet chat and video 
conferencing now... (Well, perhaps not in business circles, but for 
social...)

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