On September 14, 2006 9:46 AM Kai Kaminski wrote: > > Tim Daly writes: > > > I work remotely. Once a week we have conference calls where > > we all dial into a certain phone number and enter a pass code. > > > > It seems like this might be a reasonable thing to do with Axiom > > because a lot can be resolved quickly over the phone. > > > > Would this be a reasonable thing for Axiom?
Yes! > > Does anyone know of a place that provides this service? > > Any idea of the costs involved? > Free. > As far as I understand Skype offers conference calls. That would > be free and Skype is available on Windows, Linux and Macs. > Installation (on a Mac at least) is trivial. > > See www.skype.com. > I think using Skype for this is a great idea. I very highly recommend Skype. Of course you need high speed Internet access for it to work properly. On September 14, 2006 10:07 AM Kai Kaminski wrote: > > [Skype for conference calls] > > Another interesting feature is that people can participate with > regular phones as well (you need to on the order of 30 Euro/year, > though). > > Skype also supports text messages. Tim, if you don't have a > microphone and still want to try, go ahead. > Tim Daly and I have used Skype ... but we never seemm to be in online at the same time. :( The right time for a conference call is a big issue - especially sense we are quite distributed around the globe. On September 14, 2006 10:03 AM Kai Kaminski wrote: > ... > If you'd like to try it out before committing to it, feel > free to call me (magicmuffinman). > > I believe that in conference calls the host should be the one > with the biggest pipe, btw, since all communication goes over > his machine. > My SkypeName is: billpageathome Let's get together sometime soon - the more people the better. :) Regards, Bill Page. _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
