1) It works
2) It is peer to peer and requires no central server
3) Has a testing number
4) On ADSL it is -easily- full duplex. On dial up it almost is, with
some breakup. Single duplex is perfect on dial-up.
Yep. I agree. I only have dial-up over here, about 42-48K at best. I had a
lengthy
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 at 19:23:25, David Tubbs wrote:
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At 06:47 20/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
1) It works
2) It is peer to peer and requires no central server
3) Has a testing number
4) On ADSL it is -easily- full duplex. On dial up it almost is, with
some breakup. Single
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The facility to call overseas at local (over there) rates was even offered
with 28k modems, even a special call to wake computer job.
Yes, I used to use Paltalk and visitalk on a 28K modem years ago, but it
was err... crap.
Yep
Tony Firshman wrote:
Well of course Skype has to be installed both ends, but nothing unusual
otherwise for ADSL.
One can call landline phones, but not for free.
Uniquely it is peer to peer, so one does not need a central (probably
spy) server.
Actually no, it's usually not. For it being
Tony Firshman wrote:
It does not have a centralised server, but uses non-firewalled clients
and clients on publically routable IP addresses to help NAT'ed nodes to
communicate by routing calls
Gobbledegook to me of source!
Of which source? ;-)
This means that a non-firewalled Skype user can
Mike MacNamara wrote:
The only pauses we get are when there are large downloads at same time,
other than that it is better than landlines.
Now I really do start wondering how bad the landlines in the UK are!
Germany has had a fully digitalized net for about a decade, never had
a connection that
or
receives, but not both at same time.
Regards
Mike MacNamara
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Subject: Re: [ql-users] Skype
Mike MacNamara wrote:
The only pauses we get are when
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 at 16:06:31, Marcel Kilgus wrote:
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Tony Firshman wrote:
It does not have a centralised server, but uses non-firewalled clients
and clients on publically routable IP addresses to help NAT'ed nodes to
communicate by routing calls
Gobbledegook to me
At 13:38 27/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
Far better though is what I have (almost) set up. This is a dedicated
Cisco VOIP phone. Worldnews is setting up a central server.
This will allow me to use it as a phone to call and receive anywhere
without installing software. All it needs is a network
At 14:19 27/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
Gobbledegook to me of source!
is sauce for the gander
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 at 19:06:05, David Tubbs wrote:
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At 13:38 27/10/2004 +0100, you wrote:
Far better though is what I have (almost) set up. This is a dedicated
Cisco VOIP phone. Worldnews is setting up a central server.
This will allow me to use it as a phone to call
Subject: Re: [ql-users] Skype
Hi
Calls to landlines from Skype are charged at receivers local rate, out of
the 20 euros credit I took out, their is still 17.50 left, calls to all 5
continents, mostly USA and China, a lot to Europe. Can talk to whole
groups
all day free. Have had it about
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