A step into the 21st century

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The regulars to this board come from several different countries. It was just last month we were commenting how are different regions seem to have different accents. I thought, it would be cool to here the voices of those who I commincate with on a regular basis.

We'll....A fairly new Free communications tool is available online just might be what I was looking for.

Its called Skype and it allows anyone with a a pc, speakers and a microphone to phone anywhere in the world.
Best of all... Its free of long distance service charges!
It works much like an instant messenger and you don't need broadband work it to work well.
( Min requirements 33k modem)

( Now we can whine about the cold or plant pests in real time!!)

Anyone want to give it a try, follow the link below to download the software.

My user name is ... jeffearl

jeff

http://www.skype.com

Skype.. Free internet phone service

The following thread was started by Jeff on December 30, 2003 at 11:09 am PST

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Hi Jeff,

this sounds really good. I had a look, but unfortunately,... I'm running windows 98 and connection speed is often below 33k. I'm going to have to stick with the phone until the connection speed improves out here. Fibre-optic cable is halway here, theres a 20km stretch left to be installed.

The above followup was added by Ben on December 30, 2003 at 12:03 am PST.

It works great

Ben,
The I bet that as long as your connection speed is close to the 33k you'd be fine.
The lack of XP will be a problem i think.

It cant get over how well it works.

I just got though testing the program wirh someone in a different city... The sound is perfect! Clear...better than my phone!
No pops, cracks, feedback or echos at all.
I even tried it on my slow old laptop... still sounds perfect.

Somethings gotta give.... You never get something for nothing!

Jeff

The above followup was added by Jeff on December 30, 2003 at 12:15 am PST.

doesn´t work on windows98

What a shame. I was looking forward to hearing you and Ben as well. I have MSN and a headphone but have not yet found someone else who has a headphone. It certainly would be a lot cheaper than calling.

Jason

The above followup was added by Jason Huerta on January 01, 2004 at 1:20 pm PST.

Jason, I have hotmail, and a mic

Seems like Jeff and I have tried it on MSN, IM and it doesn't work or something happened.

Some of us have MSN and or hotmail.

David

The above followup was added by David, Waterford CA, zone9 on January 01, 2004 at 1:27 pm PST.

This Skype Internet phone is different

Skype is much better than any IM.

Once the hardware/software is developed I bet it will do away with regular phone service.

I have used it several times as a speaker phone... It runs in the background and rings just like a telephone. The sound is crystal clear.

The above followup was added by Jeff on January 01, 2004 at 1:49 pm PST.

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