We Must Rebuild

i highly recommend everyone with access to a decent mic to try out skype and google talk, the overall performances of these services dwarfs yahoos VOIP feature. Calls are crisp and clear depending on your connection speed. Plus both programs have buil-in Messengers. for those who dont know, VOIP means Voice Over Internet Protocol. Mainly it allows u to place calls over the internet instead of using a telephony connection. One of skypes best fetures is conference calling, it allows u to set up a six way chat room for voice. so u and five others can talk to each other at once. very good stuff. above all else its free, u can pay to set up ur own voicemail and such, plus long distance calling for a nice price. but i think most will stick to their cellular devices.

Also, Verizon FIOS is something i want to talk about. Its a very fast connection that can provide 15 mbs download rates and i think the same for uploads. sad thing is i dont think anyone will be getting this anytime soon, at least ppl i know. ive also read that u can push this tech. to 100 mbs. but that i have no way to confirm that. Its currently being expanded, but ill bet itll be at least five years before we get anything like that over here on the east coast. considering verizon took so long just to wire brookline for dsl. thats another thing, when does the definition of broadband begin, the fcc thinks it starts at 300kbs, but others think a connection is truly broadband at 1 mbs. your thoughts?



(this has been a very rare post about tech. can u guess what my new career choice is?)

btw heres the link to FIOS's main site (50 bucks a month!?)

verizon FIOS