Sorry Skype blows pondwater imo. I have tried to talk on it and recieve
calls from people using it. It blows big time.
"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
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> "jdoe" <jdoe@msn.com> wrote in
> news:UfadnXqLV-E44EDYnZ2dnUVZ_sWdnZ2d@insightbb.com:
>
>> Are you
>> landline free?
> Yes....(c;
>
>>If so do you ever call overseas? If so you won't like
>> those prices on V either. Bend over and grab the jar of Vaseline cause
>> you'll need it!
>>
> http://www.skype.com/
> $US0.021/min, not $1.49/min
> get Skype installed at overseas location and it's FREE, even from your
> cellphone!
> No Vaseline or KY-jelly necessary...save more money.
>
> Call 'em from your cellphone on Skype:
> http://www.voxlib.com/ and Skype In number (which is really cheap)
> You call your Skype In number, Voxlib on your desktop answers, recognizes
> your caller ID and talks to you. Dial European number through Voxlib and
> pay airtime you'd pay anyways plus 3.9c connect + 2.1c/min to Skype Out
> precharged account. Over 7 hours for $10...not 10 minutes. Load your
> Skype In number into the phone's contact list and only dial the Euro
> number manually on touchtones after Vox answers at home. It's like
> owning your own telephone long distance company!...(c; If the European
> you're calling has Skype on his computer, call him skype-to-skype for
> free from your Skype contact list Vox reads to you. You enter the first
> 3 letters of his Skype Name on your cellphone pad. If HE has Skype set
> to forward his calls to his cell...you both can talk from US to Europe
> for just cellular airtime on both ends....Skype to Skype is FREE, with
> color video from your computer to his if you wait until everyone is home.
>
> Get a separate European phone number on Skype In so they can call you!
> Skype lets you buy up to 10 Skype In phone numbers anywhere they provide
> Skype In service. I have numbers in Charleston, SC and London, UK.
> Local call in for them...Skype In call for you ($US38/YEAR, not
> month/number!) If someone in London calls my London number, Skype In
> forwards the call to my cellphone if I'm not on Skype....much cheaper for
> everyone. Here's the country list for Skype In:
>
> "You can get up to 10 SkypeIn numbers in total from United States, United
> Kingdom, Brazil, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong,
> Poland, Sweden and Switzerland."
>
> Hmm...I've never had an Estonian phone number....(c;
>
> Don't believe the bullshit that Skype sounds awful. It's codec is
> BROADBAND, much wider and faster than your cellphone codec. Skype is
> hifi compared to cellular's 8K or 11Kbps. Music on hold sound fine on
> Skype. Skype REQUIRES a broadband connection...no dialups. That's why.
>
> Screw that paying VZW to call Europe...(shudder)...Yecch!
>
>
>
> Larry
> --
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