Reply to post: leaving some old VOIP handset users on hold

leaving some old VOIP handset users on hold

I am one such user and let us say that I am less than thrilled. I have been using Skype as my landline for years, with a dedicated phone number, because I get tired of my phone number changing every time I move. It was so convenient to plug my real landline into the same phone that ran Skype so both numbers were on one device and I my number stayed the same for all friends, family, and even business.

I am especially annoyed as while I got an email notifying me that Windows Phone would lose Skype service (as if I have a Windows phone), I never received notification that my Skype "landline" phone would stop working.

So now I wonder two things:

1. If I don't find an alternative, why would I bother continuing to pay Skype for a service I can no longer use?

2. I wonder how hard it would be to build a new Skype "landline" phone out of a Raspberry Pi + Android...