OT: Anyone using Skype? Garage conference anyone ;-)

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Lee_D

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• Dec 6, 2005

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Sort of along the lines of MSN only the video seems to be better to me.

http://www.skype.com/

Does some video conferencing too. Just been tinkering the last couple of
days. Can't find the virtual camp fire brazier yet though,but!, it should be
possible to have a web cam on one on a seperate account. ;-)

Lee D
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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Dec 6, 2005

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In article <[email protected]>, Lee_D
<[email protected]> writes
>Sort of along the lines of MSN only the video seems to be better to me.
>
>http://www.skype.com/

Yes, it's pretty good, especially on transatlantic stuff (mostly what I
use it for). Calling-out credit (to land-lines) seems to last for ages,
although the quality is very variable. The other thing that it doesn't
have but really should is a DTMF generator. For conference calls I have
to use an old handheld one, which is a PITA.

I've not yet tried the video 'phone (it's in Skype 2, currently in
beta). For that, iChat looks much better (I don't think you can actually
video conference in Skype but you can in iChat).

Skype-in is cool - I now have a central London number!

Regards,

Simonm.

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William Tasso

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• Dec 6, 2005

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Lee_D <[email protected]> wrote:

> Sort of along the lines of MSN ...

yes - my only gripe with is it's not standards compliant. But it works
well for skype-to-skype calls.

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Bob Hobden

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• Dec 6, 2005

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"William Tasso" wrote
> yes - my only gripe with is it's not standards compliant. But it works
> well for skype-to-skype calls.
>
Yes, we use it for calls to/from friends in Toulouse but I find it
impossible to get others to try it. They simply ignore me, no change there!


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Bob
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[email protected]

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• Dec 6, 2005

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Simon Muir wrote:

> The other thing that it doesn't have but really should is a DTMF generator. > For conference calls I have to use an old handheld one, which is a PITA.

You sure about that? Last week I had to call a 1800 stateside number
and was put straight into a maze of options which I successfully
navigated with the onscreen dialpad .... I'm using version 1.2.0.18

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William MacLeod

 

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• Dec 6, 2005

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In article <[email protected]>,
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> writes
>Simon Muir wrote:
>
>> The other thing that it doesn't have but really should is a DTMF
>>generator. > For conference calls I have to use an old handheld one,
>>which is a PITA.
>
>You sure about that? Last week I had to call a 1800 stateside number
>and was put straight into a maze of options which I successfully
>navigated with the onscreen dialpad .... I'm using version 1.2.0.18

Hmm.

I'm on 1.4.0.84. The keypad doesn't _seem_ to do anything (I did try).
I'll try again - it may just be the way dial-out works on some
connections.

Regards,

Simonm.

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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Dec 6, 2005

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In article <[email protected]>, Bob Hobden <[email protected]>
writes
>
>"William Tasso" wrote
>> yes - my only gripe with is it's not standards compliant. But it works
>> well for skype-to-skype calls.
>>
>Yes, we use it for calls to/from friends in Toulouse but I find it
>impossible to get others to try it. They simply ignore me, no change there!
>

S'funny, I get just the same response. I admit to being surprised about
how good the quality is too. I haven't measured it but Skype-Skype
bandwidth is excellent may be as much as 60-8kHz.


Regards,

Simonm.

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Bob Hobden

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• Dec 6, 2005

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Simonm wrote in reply to Bob Hobden
>>"William Tasso" wrote
>>> yes - my only gripe with is it's not standards compliant. But it works
>>> well for skype-to-skype calls.
>>>
>>Yes, we use it for calls to/from friends in Toulouse but I find it
>>impossible to get others to try it. They simply ignore me, no change
>>there!
>
> S'funny, I get just the same response. I admit to being surprised about
> how good the quality is too. I haven't measured it but Skype-Skype
> bandwidth is excellent may be as much as 60-8kHz.
>
The only gripe I have is that whilst it works well with the normal speakers
and microphone you can get some feedback where you hear yourself a fraction
of a second after you have spoken, which can be off-putting, but it is good
enough to try the system.
A proper headphone set or Skype PC phone is better. Not that dear anyway,
especially considering the savings when dialling abroad.
http://accessories.skype.com/home?p=4580

We talk to our friends in Toulouse (also on Skype) for ages and it's free,
amazing. Just wish the relatives/friends in Oz would listen to me and get
the Skype program. www.skype.com/

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London