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Voip eating into the budgets of telcos even further as WIFI handsets enter onto the market big time and now there is no need to be anchored to your personal computer these days if you want to make free or low-cost voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calls.
Its amazing to see the number of WiFi VoIP portable handsets reaching the market that can make calls directly via the internet. The only draw back is that you have to be within range of a WiFi network or hotspot, but with these increasing all over the country (whilst not like mobile coverage) it could see cheap calls easily made almost anywhere in a CBD. The idea is that you can use the phones in any home, office or fast food outlet that has wireless networking set up.
The manufactures of the handsets say that you can also use it in a WiFi hotspot at an airport, internet cafe, or hotel, although most of those places want to charge you for using their facilities, which does rather wipe out the point of using VoIP to make freebie or significantly cheaper phone calls via voip or the skype. Don’t go throwing your mobile out just yet as the voip WIFI phones won't connect to anything when it's out of WiFi range, typically 20-40 metres.