I have been waiting years for Skype to get their act together. They still don’t have Canadian phone numbers. The idea of having my phone on my computer is priceless to me. In our digital age, I’m at a loss as to why the concept of “long distance” calling even exists. I’ve worked on hundreds of projects with clients who were a “long distance” from me, never a problem. So why does the phone company still think it’s a reason to charge 3 cents per minute?
On top of that, why do I still have a cell phone number, a land line number and a skype account… not to mention an email address? It seems so archaic. In my diluted reality, you don’t call a number, you call a person and it just finds them.
If they’re not available? Great, voice was invented about 20 years ago… why do you still CALL your voicemail to get your messages? My phone should really just list my message, with text versions, that I can play and delete. We have the technology – so where’s the solution?
Line2 it’s called – in 10 minutes I had a new number on a trial account. The number could be in almost any area code I wanted. For $15/month, you can even have a 1800 number. Local calling to anywhere in North America. And my voice mail that just plays on my phone! Best of all, it can ring 6 other numbers to get ahold of me. Now we’re talking!
Well I was almost talking – the quality was quite poor on VoIP. But my hat goes off to them for trying and you can bet I’ll keep an eye on this one. I like it when technology makes my life easier and excites me!