On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 13:37:38 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:

On Nov 25, 2:54*pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:11:34 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch

wrote:
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.

Interesting. *I was considering Skype to cut down on my Comcast bill.
One guy has the phone connected to his router, so you don't need the
PC on. *Expensive phone though.
Never heard the sound quality was that bad.



I don't know if it's Skype or not, but my son has his phone routed
though his computer and pays super cheap billing for all local, long
and foriegn calls , the problem that I've found is that when he calls
me, the clarity is fine, but I ahve to constantly remind him to speak
directly into the phone mouthpiece because the signal volume is really
low.

I'm sort of hard of hearing (too much heavy metal when i was younger)
and I have my phones cranked up as high as I can, and I still have a
problem hearing him, that is when he's on his computer set up. But on
his cell phone, he's loud and clear.


He may have VOIP. Ask him. I had it with a company that went under, and
have not started up again with another company. But, I was paying only $199
per year. Here's some info on VOIP: http://www.fcc.gov/voip/

Here's a place that provides 'reviews' of different companies. Remember,
the reviews are free!

I'll probably try them out again in a year or so. I'm assuming they'll get
most of the bugs out by then. My neighbor uses it and complains very
little.
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