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Terry Walton
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Date Posted: 19:29:26 05/26/05 Thu
In reply to:
Dave P.
's message, "Skype utility" on 21:22:12 05/25/05 Wed
Dave, This thing yourself and jim have informed us about using skype. I have spoken to a few of our blokes and they are interested. I myself shall be getting the neccessary so that I can also be on this internet phone line, I think that it will be a goer for us on the 49 site. By the way we are sorting a date out so that we can have an O group to discuss the forthcoming events, it may be the second week in June, but I will keep you posted. Maybe in the next week we may be chatting on skype.>Following on from where Jim left off.
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>I Can't believe you lot don't know a good thing when
>you see it! This Skype utility that Jim has mentioned
>is really good. It's been out for a couple of years
>now, so there's no need to be wary of it because it's
>still a beta version. If you have a broadband
>connection and you have speakers connected to your PC
>(just about everybody, I suspect!) and you have,
>either a built in mic (usually built into the monitor)
>or access to a plug-in one, then Roberts your Uncle!
>FREE telephone calls over the Internet.
>
>I'm not sure about this fact, but you may even be able
>to use it on a dial-up connection. The calls
>connected via the net are, and will always be, FREE.
>After all, you have already paid for the connection by
>being on the net and are, in that respect, treated
>just like your email (and you don't pay for them, do
>you?). Calls are not restricted and you can even swap
>great big files, which would have been very handy when
>I was trying to transfer the video of 'Armadillo' to
>Wes. For the cost of a local call, you can even
>connect to ordinary land lines and mobiles and you can
>get a 'phone' number for your friends and family to
>call you from an ordinary phone. That's how they make
>their money, of course but for P2P calls it's
>completely gratis. The programme takes about 30 sec
>to download (depending on your connection) and is
>FREE, takes about two minutes to install and set up.
>You are guided every step by a 'wizard' so no
>technical savvy is needed.
>
>Jim McDougall and myself tested this utility about
>eighteen months ago. We set up a conference call
>between three of us and the sound quality is as good,
>if not better, than a land line phone. I tried to get
>people interested then but, I suspect, natural
>skepticism about 'something for nothing' may have put
>people off. Well, give it a go! As Jim said "You've
>got nothing to loose" and they have something like 2
>million users now. You can even buy a telephone that
>connects to your PC via a USB connector! That's my
>sales pitch for Skype over and done with. I assure
>you I don't have anything to do with the Company but I
>do know a good thing when I see it!!
>
>P.S. If you can't find the Skype site, let me know
>and I'll send you an introduction email.
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