D-Link Skype USB phone lets you VOIP legacy style

D-Link and Skype are showing off a new USB phone adapter to let you use those old school phones of yours that you've been looking to put to good use ever since phone jacks went out of style. For the $69 cost of the adapter you'd better have a pretty nice handset to protect your investment on, otherwise it seems the new VOIP WiFi offerings or such might be a better alternative, but the D-Link Skype USB phone does have to added benefit of still taking calls from that aging landline of yours, so if you can't quite shake the legacy yet, this might be your ticket to a smooth transition. The box can also forward Skype calls to other numbers, which ain't so bad neither.

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[evo @ Jan 4th 2006 9:43PM]

Considering that many (or most) people use the multiple-handset cordless phone systems that cost several hundred dollars, $69 is a good price. This adapter only costs 2/3 of a new handset. I can see how you might not think about that--you probably live in a 100 ft^2 crackerbox in NYC.

[John @ Jan 5th 2006 1:37PM]

Umm, these have been around for a while:



http://www.cuphone.com/products/usb_to_rj11/RJ11%20adaptor-Dual.htm



Though D-Link make it look "official" somehow, and might have different features.



I wonder if it works with SIP.

[John @ Jan 5th 2006 1:40PM]

Please forgive my bad grammar. "make" should be "makes"

[Johan Sj?m @ Jan 7th 2006 4:53PM]

Woudln't happen to be a solution to use Skype for ISDN phones would there?



my old company gave me a B&O ISDN phone but alas ISDN services are waaaaaaay to expensive here in Sweden. I'd love to use it though