Depending on your size, a "few bucks" is actually a substantial amount of money, and even a inefficient IT dept hours would be a drop in the ocean compared to i

Depending on your size, a "few bucks" is actually a substantial amount of money, and even a inefficient IT dept hours would be a drop in the ocean compared to it. There are a few decent phone clients, and KiwiIRC is fairly responsive from what I remember.