John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
news:ahps139ojh6gq24jn9rn88pjlqkjk1gvm8@4ax.com:

> Given issues of latency, traffic priority, and network congestion, that
> might not work well. To be viable as a general proposition, I think it
> would have to be as good as CDMA2000 cellular.
>
>

I have Skype installed on an HP laptop with cam at Circuit City open for
anyone who knows about it to call. Did you know CC leaves all their
electronics in the whole store on all night?..(c; It's just as noisy in
there at 2AM as on Saturday morning!

Someone threw the old "latency" BS up who said Skype and all the internet
phones sucked because of awful delays. So, I flipped Skype open and
called HIS cellphone on it from CC's laptop. Hmm....less latency and
delay Skype to him than there was my cell to his cell. Not bad....

Then, just for fun, I had him call my Skype In number, which I'm
betatesting MobiVox on. It forwards to my cell when I'm not online PLUS
lets me make Skype calls FROM my cell, too. MobiVox will be available
soon. It replaces leaving your computer online with Vox for Skype.
MobiVox has its own servers in Canada (or was that Cambodia??). Our
cellphones were then connected from my cell to MobiVox Skype conferenced
to his cell. It sounded just fine and the total delay seemed less than
before, but I had, standing in Circuit City's computer department, no way
of measuring it.

While we were connected through MobiVox-Skype, my Skype "rang". It was a
friend of mine, David, in Hawaii calling my Skype from his office PC
Skype-to-skype. The look on the guy's face when he could talk to all of
us....Priceless...(c;

MobiVox, when released, will connect your cell to Skype by remote control
WITHOUT leaving your home computer running, at all. Not sure what it
will cost, but not much. You'll be able to call any of the millions of
Skype computers....straight from your cellphone, with voice or touchtone
control. Pretty neat! http://www.mobivox.com/ Not much of a webpage,
yet....though. Sign up if you're interested in the email info.

Larry
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