Free VOIP

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:17 pm

Hey guys, if you have a broadband connection, check out www.skype.com !

It is VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) and you can call people everywhere for free! FREE!!!

I just joined and is cool!

Tell me what you think!

CJ

Lorin Dueck · Post by **Lorin Dueck** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 8:21 pm

CJ -
I don't have any personal knowledge.. but I've heard a lot of their adds.
Check the small print...
I remember hearing "FREE!! ... for one year....."

Lorin D
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N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:12 am

My wife and I use it when she travels overseas! It is AWESOME and free!

Check it out!

- Peter

Dan A · Post by **Dan A** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 10:19 pm

VOIP is the next great thing in communication. Free for now but you can bet your booties they will try to find some way to charge you.
All the big communications companies liike Cisco are making their next generation routers to handle VOIP. It would be a good thing to invest in.
Dan

prestwich · Post by **prestwich** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:05 pm

Haven't installed it myself but have spoken to people elsewhere who have. My friend in Beijing had it for a while and it was pretty awful. He could hear me fine, but his voice sounded like he was being strangled underwater while chewing on gravel. Not an isolated incident, either, because he called several times over a few weeks. One of my local customers just started using it and there's a half-second cut-out of voice every five seconds or so.

Makes sense when you think about how internet connection speeds vary so much, and frequently stall out.

YMMV and if you're having good luck, that's great!

captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 11:13 pm

P-Wich... that isn't my experience at all.

The quality was excellent and the experience was fine! No gravel or strangulation whatsoever!

If anyone else comes on board, gimme a call!

CJ