I have just tried to call a Melbourne number with my VoIP device. No luck – I got a message saying that all the circuits are full and to try again later. This means that they have a dialout number in the Melbourne area and too many people are using it. Seems that they need more capacity down there.

I have just called Queensland, and it worked, but it did drop out once. The phone quality is generally quite good, but there are times it fades in and out. When people recognize the significant cost saving they do not mind the quality at all. This client was on dialup internet, and I was on SKYPE, and he needed some designs of circuits done. Quick sketch, scan to PDF and email, and we could discuss them whilst on the phone. So easy. Too easy in fact.

I had another call and was reminded of the ‘despair inc’ posters that are available from ThinkGeek and others. These posters are so cool, and so much of a take off of the motivational posters used by many companies. You can see them looking at ThinkGeek.