technology is so cute

I just read an article about VoIP, a new technology that could entirely change the ways long-distance phone calls work. VoIP, or Voice over Internet Protocol, is a method for taking analog audio signals, like the kind you hear when you talk on the phone, and turning them into digital data that can be transmitted over the Internet.

Normally, I don't care too much about technology and new inventions, because I generally can't or choose not to invest in expensive gadgets. But, get this, VoIP can make a basic Internet connection into a way to place free phone calls. Man, where was this during my long-distance dating days when I had to hit the Coinstar every month just to pay my bills!?! There's even some of the free VoIP software available that lets you bypass the phone company (and its charges) altogether. Dreamy. Well, sorta. "Internet telephony" as it's called doesn't offer the same quality of telephone service as direct telephone connections, not that my piece of shit Sprint even gets a decent connection half the time. Plus, there's the whole inconveince of walking around with a computer or laptop with internet connection down your pants or in your purse. It's just awkward.

So what does all this VoIP stuff mean for an average everyday Wendy? Well, it very well may end my torrid five-year unhealthy relationship with Sprint, that's what. I'm still recovering from interacting with that hideous self-proclaimed virtual customer service representative named Claire. (If she existed, I would kill her.)


pure evil nonhuman


On top of that, I may one day fulfill my dream of waking up late for work to the sound of the ringing and finally get to answer my computer on purpose! This could be part of a future utopia. No phone bills. No messy cords. The end of telemarketing. VoIP sex!