Re: Anyone Using Skype?

RFI-EMI-GUY wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:

Jim Thompson wrote:

Anyone Using Skype? Comments?

...Jim Thompson


I call it a 90% service, 90% of the time.
line delay is the biggest problem, you could hardly use it for a professional business.

I got a cheap VoIP router, and subscribed to a cheap provider. No one knows I am using VoIP, even I forget. Just another good quality phone call.

Don...





90% x 90% = 81% which is exactly how many "good" connections I hear at our weekly business teleconference. While I still use a "POTS" copper connection, a lot of folks on our weekly teleconference calls are using Skype and other VoIP services. At times it can be tedious listening to those calls. Sometimes it is great, other times it is quite terrible. I really hate talking on the phone when there is any sort of delay or echo. Most times when someone calls me at home on my PCS cellphone, I will call them right back on the "landline".


I use it a fair bit now. generally the voice quality is a lot better than most cellphone calls, and the price is very agreeable. I also use googletalk.

Cheers
Terry
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