Hello Tom,
No. You do not need a net phone.
Simply download Skype for Mac OSX from the Skype website and that is
all you need to call computer to computer. There is no charge to use
this service, but you will need a USB microphone (I bought a USB
headset with microphone as it cuts out any echo). The built in
microphone on the eMac is not good for this ... believe me.
To call a phone from your computer you will need to also download
Skypeout for which you buy credit (using your credit card) in blocks of
10 Euros or 25 Euros (about $17 or $43)
I have been using Skype for about 6 weeks, since my wife's son moved
from UK to United Arab Emirates. My phone is with AAPT and to phone UAE
costs $1.21 per minute (UK is about 9 cents a minute). So if he is
offline we use Skype to call his phone and ask him to go online so we
can call back computer to computer. Oddly enough comp to comp is
clearer than comp to phone. It is also free. To call comp to phone to
UK is 3 cents per minute and to UAE is 35 cents per minute.
On 15/06/2005, at 8:35 PM, thefrogs wrote:
Is anyone out there using skype?
What are the requirements
Do you need a net phone
What about with G5s
tom samson
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