On Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:34:35 +0100, Orchid Win7 v1 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!

You need an actual phone number if people who use a real phone system 
want to call you on Skype.  That's what "Skype In" is, IIRC.

How else do you think someone with a regular, normal phone is going to 
phone you on a Skype only setup?

Jim



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