On Nov 25, 8:43*pm, JohnH wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:11:34 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch

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Slate has an article extolling Skype. *However, whenever someone calls
me on Skype I almost always can tell due to the poor sound quality so
I tell them to hang up and call me back on a real phone. *If they have
a real reason to talk to me they can pay to use a real phone.

Skype is free, so you get what you pay for. I've a friend in St.
Petersburg, Russia and one in the Netherlands, both of whom I frequently
talk with. I've never had a problem. Lately I've been conversing with
another friend in LA, CA, again with no problem.

But, I've not tried calling a land line with Skype. Maybe that's where the
problem comes in. It may be like VOIP, which usually has a bunch of extra
static in the line - not horrible, but there and a little bothersome.
--
A Harry Krause truism:

"It's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus!"

My work BellSouth line has more static than ANY VOIP I've heard! I've
called them, had them come look at the PBX, etc. and they say it's as
good as it will get.

On Nov 25, 9:49*pm, "CRM" wrote:
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On Nov 25, 9:26 pm, "CRM" wrote:





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On Nov 25, 6:08 pm, "CRM" wrote:

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Slate has an article extolling Skype. However, whenever someone calls
me on Skype I almost always can tell due to the poor sound quality so
I tell them to hang up and call me back on a real phone. If they have
a real reason to talk to me they can pay to use a real phone.

Skype works so good, and is so inexpensive, that I can't believe it's
still
legal.

We have VOIP for personal use, but I would never use it for business,
I think it sounds cheap...
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Then you must have a crappy internet connection.

Aren't you the one who could not understand why it was still
legal?.... pffffttt another intenet hero, LOL...
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There are several reasons why Skype could be assailed legally and be shut
down. Ebay, being the owner of Skype, is probably the main reason why it's
still operational.

Back to your connection- I'm on FIOS with a 20 Mbps Up/Down connection
speed,


Like, WOW man ! You are awesome! Tell us more !? Did you build it
yourself, or are you just reading off the box?

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On Nov 25, 9:49 pm, "CRM" wrote:
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On Nov 25, 9:26 pm, "CRM" wrote:





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On Nov 25, 6:08 pm, "CRM" wrote:

"Frogwatch" wrote in message

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Slate has an article extolling Skype. However, whenever someone
calls
me on Skype I almost always can tell due to the poor sound quality
so
I tell them to hang up and call me back on a real phone. If they
have
a real reason to talk to me they can pay to use a real phone.

Skype works so good, and is so inexpensive, that I can't believe it's
still
legal.

We have VOIP for personal use, but I would never use it for business,
I think it sounds cheap...
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Then you must have a crappy internet connection.

Aren't you the one who could not understand why it was still
legal?.... pffffttt another intenet hero, LOL...
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There are several reasons why Skype could be assailed legally and be shut
down. Ebay, being the owner of Skype, is probably the main reason why it's
still operational.

Back to your connection- I'm on FIOS with a 20 Mbps Up/Down connection
speed,


Like, WOW man ! You are awesome! Tell us more !? Did you build it
yourself, or are you just reading off the box?
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Does Tom still think you're an ass? If so, I can understand why.

CRM wrote:
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On Nov 25, 9:49 pm, "CRM" wrote:
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On Nov 25, 9:26 pm, "CRM" wrote:





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On Nov 25, 6:08 pm, "CRM" wrote:
"Frogwatch" wrote in message
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Slate has an article extolling Skype. However, whenever someone
calls
me on Skype I almost always can tell due to the poor sound quality
so
I tell them to hang up and call me back on a real phone. If they
have
a real reason to talk to me they can pay to use a real phone.
Skype works so good, and is so inexpensive, that I can't believe it's
still
legal.
We have VOIP for personal use, but I would never use it for business,
I think it sounds cheap...
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Then you must have a crappy internet connection.
Aren't you the one who could not understand why it was still
legal?.... pffffttt another intenet hero, LOL...
-------------------------------------------------

There are several reasons why Skype could be assailed legally and be shut
down. Ebay, being the owner of Skype, is probably the main reason why it's
still operational.

Back to your connection- I'm on FIOS with a 20 Mbps Up/Down connection
speed,


Like, WOW man ! You are awesome! Tell us more !? Did you build it
yourself, or are you just reading off the box?
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Does Tom still think you're an ass? If so, I can understand why.



Dude, you are bragging about your local internet connection, what do you
expect? Besides, I was only telling you how impressed I was pfffttt

You are no Capt. Tom...
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