Skype Phones - Getting Around the Expense

I am old-fashioned I guess, but I still use Skype with a headset.  I have a nice set, and it works perfectly fine. 

My kids, however, just don't seem to think that this is a phone unless they have something that looks like a phone connected to it.  Perhaps they are more old-fashioned than I am?

I have searched for good pricing on such phones, and find that they run about $39.95 for something that isn't going to fall apart in a week. From reading the Skype equipment blogs, MANY of them have fallen apart in a week or don't really support the special CODEC required for Skype compatibility.

My friend Paul actually has a nice selection of phones on his site www.packetizer.com

But while surfing the web, I came across a killer blog post that describes how to make a wireless Skype phone from a simple DECT phone - http://www.grynx.com/projects/siemens-skype/

I am planning to try it, why not?

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