Originally Posted by Ferral
Voip and Skype tends to be blocked by the networks. If you could do all calls etc over a wireless conection say on an N95 it would not generate revenue at all and hence being blocked.
What I mean by making the handsets VIOP is the regular phoen software is a data app that sits ontop of the OS that can take advantage of any data connection present on the handset. This app would bill your minutes and texts just like your phone does right now, in fact as far as the end user is concerned, the only difference between this and a regular mobile phone is they can still make and recieve calls when using a wirless network as opposed to the cellphone network.
Here is a scenario: I'm down visiting my parents in Angola. With t-mobile I can roam there and get charged a huge amount by the local operator, so I don't use my phone unless I really have to. But with the handset I've described, I could connect to my parents wireless network with my TyTn II and make and recieve calls like I would in the UK for the same cost as a regular call in the UK. That way I use have no problem making loads of calls and sending loads of texts. t-mobile only have to route the datastream to the appropriate provider or handset, I'm not using their infrastructure at all, yet they still make money off me for the call time.
Does that make sense?