The Africa end of the call is via internet satellite. Our family lives in the rainforest and do not have any hard-wired telephone lines at all, and were not using their very 'iffy' cell phone for these Skype calls.
Has anyone used satellite for Skype calls who can comment? Thanks. Cher -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:skypeenglish-bounces at emissives.com] On Behalf Of Jared Rimer Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 7:56 PM To: a list for discussing skype and its use with screen accesssoftware. Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] LoudNoise&DisconnectOnAfricaCall It sounds like you're calling a land line or cell phone, unless I'm mistaken. I've sometimes heard things like touch tones etc. while on calls, but not sure. I'm wondering if it is the equipment which is handling the call between you and Africa? More specifically, the persons telephone line emitting that type of noise? Skype isn't perfect, but it seems to work. Jared Rimer The Jared Rimer Network, where everything is in one place. http://www.jaredrimer.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don and Cher Bosch" <[email protected]> To: <skypeenglish at emissives.com> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:47 AM Subject: [Skypeenglish] LoudNoise&DisconnectOnAfricaCall > Dear All, > > Hello! New to SKYPE and to the list. Have only used SKYPE on two > calls to Cameroon, Africa. For the first 45 minutes or so, sound > quality is fine... > but then a loud ping starts at regular intervals. The ping is then > joined by a sound a little like is a phone ringing in the background. > Both of these become more pronounced and more frequent until the > connection is lost. > Any ideas how to solve this? > > Using SKYPE 3.8, XP Pro and latest JAWS9- if that matters. Thanks for > any guidance. > > Cher in Tennessee > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for > the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access > tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > Skypeenglish at emissives.com > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3476 (20080927) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list Skypeenglish at emissives.com http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
