U.S. Robotics USB Telephone Adapter USR9620 Review

There are plenty of Skype accessories hitting the market that let you use your home phone for free or dirt-cheap Skype Out phone calls. The USRobotics USB Telephone Adapter (USR9620) is different. It’s the only adapter intelligent enough to forward Skype calls to your mobile phone for when you’re not near a PC. You can even make Skype calls from your mobile phone to avoid long-distance charges. The device connects to both your PC for Internet calling and a standard telephone line, and there’s a call waiting feature for both Skype and standard phone calls.

..Audio quality was adequate in our tests, but the biggest advantage is that you get to make standard phone calls from your regular handset. Using any standard telephone you can now take full advantage of the Skype Internet telephony application, while preserving the ability to place standard calls over your telephone company supplied service. The downside is that you still need your computer and making VoIP calls isn’t the quickest. The USR9620 does what it claims, but it may not suit your style of working.

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