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Skype Anyone?
Anyone around here on Skype? Perhaps someday we can download this thing (if you don't have it) and hook up with FREE audio long distance calling. I had this software loaded in my iBook 700 for a few months but never bothered with it until today.
My friend from the Big Island of Hawaii (about 200 miles southeast of Oahu) called me up and asked me about the Skype software he downloaded. Well I led him through some of the basics and then hung up. I got his username and a few minutes later typed that username into the software and hit the green dial icon. In about a minute the Skype software connected to his Skype software on the eMac that he owns.
We were talking to each other. The sound reproduction is very clear, especially if you use headphones (don't rely on the crappy built in speakers on your Mac or PC)... clearer to me than anything the traditional long distance carrier can offer us. And all for FREE!
So we talked on "the phone" through our computers. How marvelous. A free long distance call, which I assume we'll be doing regularly.
So fellow BuzzNetters, are any of you using Skype? If so try and SKYPE ME at the following ID:
macpro75
I can't guarantee I'll be online but it may be worth trying.
Oh yeah, Skype is not for Macs only. I believe they do have a version for various flavors of Windows.
You can get Skype from this website:SKYPE.COM
Hear from you soon!
My friend from the Big Island of Hawaii (about 200 miles southeast of Oahu) called me up and asked me about the Skype software he downloaded. Well I led him through some of the basics and then hung up. I got his username and a few minutes later typed that username into the software and hit the green dial icon. In about a minute the Skype software connected to his Skype software on the eMac that he owns.
We were talking to each other. The sound reproduction is very clear, especially if you use headphones (don't rely on the crappy built in speakers on your Mac or PC)... clearer to me than anything the traditional long distance carrier can offer us. And all for FREE!
So we talked on "the phone" through our computers. How marvelous. A free long distance call, which I assume we'll be doing regularly.
So fellow BuzzNetters, are any of you using Skype? If so try and SKYPE ME at the following ID:
macpro75
I can't guarantee I'll be online but it may be worth trying.
Oh yeah, Skype is not for Macs only. I believe they do have a version for various flavors of Windows.
You can get Skype from this website:SKYPE.COM
Hear from you soon!
| Posted by macpro on 09/09/2005 12:22 AM | Visits: 32 |
I tend to shy away from talking much, as I am hearing impaired and have a difficult time understanding speech....one must be patient with me and talk slowly & very clearly (and most people don't these days!).