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daffyswacky
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Anybody Know if this is for real?
« on: Nov 14th, 2005, 11:40pm » |
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http://www.skype.com/
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #1 on: Nov 14th, 2005, 11:52pm » |
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I've heard of several people talking about it and useing it and how it sounds like the other person is in the next room. I don't know much about it or how it works but am sure that is the program people been sayin is cool. Hearsay Pam
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #2 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 12:46am » |
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Svenn uses it I think. I'm supposed to when I get the right hookup. Hopefully sometime this decade.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #3 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 3:12am » |
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i use it now(the free download) and have used it before on my old p/c and hookup excellent facility to use for conferencing with up to 5 people and it dont cost a cent either!!!!! 
p.s charlie get it !!! 
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #4 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 5:40am » |
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I have it and I love it.. its brilliant. Lots of people here use it too, the call quality is as good as being on the phone (better sometimes!) and there is no delay, no "one person speaking at a time".. it is EXACTLY the same as being on the phone except its free!
Sounds too good to be true but it isn't.. grab it!
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #5 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 8:04am » |
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It works! Don't hesitate - download it, install it and try it.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #6 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 11:22am » |
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Good stuff.....get it.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #7 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 2:58pm » |
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It doesn't just work... it isn't a scam. If you have the ability to 'support' yourself with something like this (most people can) then it is an excellent option. The quality of srevice is as good or better than the phone company.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #8 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 3:43pm » |
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Plus they even have a Linux Port, probably one for OS X too. We will have to see what will happen after they have been bought by Ebay. But I am hopeing for more not less.
Don't forget Skype also has encripted chat and file transfer.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #9 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 4:53pm » |
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For real, legit, bona fide.
Free, gratis, complimentary.
The sound is sometimes choppy when dialing Iceland, but, hey, Iceland sometimes gets bandwidth bottlenecks. Makes me long for the good ole days when it cost $1.67 a minute to talk across the ocean. Talk an hour, spend $100. Talk 6 hours and you could have flown there for the money. Yes, those were the days.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #10 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 5:06pm » |
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Yeah, free for now...
As more and more DSL and cable modem providers are starting to add their own (not-free) voice services, you will see them start to attempt to filter other services like Skype or even Vonage (it happens already). So, it's free for now, but it may be a struggle to keep it that way.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #11 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 7:00pm » |
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Yes, it's for real, and it works great. Get yerself a headset with a microphone. Get the kind that has 2 plugs. I've found this works much better than a USB headset. Sounds like yer in the same room together talking. Is a good chat client too, and it's encrypted. You can send up to 5 gig files over it.
My ID is purpleydog.
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #12 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 7:30pm » |
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I use it at home and at work
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #13 on: Nov 15th, 2005, 9:23pm » |
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I finally managed to get it running, after I learned that this friggin' computer wants a stereo plug for a mono microfone. What great logic 
I heard myself talking on the 'test call'.
But what do I do now? 
Ueli
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #14 on: Nov 16th, 2005, 9:25pm » |
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on Nov 15th, 2005, 9:23pm, Ueli wrote:I finally managed to get it running, after I learned that this friggin' computer wants a stereo plug for a mono microfone. What great logic
I heard myself talking on the 'test call'.
But what do I do now?
Ueli
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Go to a porn site and jerk off.....thats what I do
But, Id do that anyways......LMAO 
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zanychef
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #15 on: Nov 17th, 2005, 12:32am » |
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forgot to say my user id is
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plenty of time to sleep now me headaches aint too bad
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #16 on: Nov 17th, 2005, 6:35pm » |
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Thanks Jonny for the attempt to answer my question. 
But I can go to porn sites without Skype. 
Oh well, a wise ass reply is better than none.... 
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Re: Anybody Know if this is for real?
« Reply #17 on: Nov 17th, 2005, 7:38pm » |
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Touche'....Ueli.....LMAO
I dont have the things to make it work either....so I just went to a porn site and said "Fuck it"
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It is up to YOU to educate yourself and then help your doctor plan your treatment. If you just sit down in front of your doctor and say "make me better" you are setting yourself up for a great deal of pain.
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