"Ian Pawson" <ian@ipawson.com> wrote in message
news:flqhgo$l40$1@registered.motzarella.org

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: : voip is a point to point system

Wrong.

: :whereas Skype is a peer
: : to peer system ie you pay for them to be able to use
: : your broadband connection all the time that you are
: : on-line.

Only if you become a "super" node. If you're not running the program they
can't use your bandwidth and they can't if you're the other side of a NAT
router anyway.

Ivor