[ale] OT: skype
Geoffrey Myers
lists at serioustechnology.com
Tue May 10 14:51:04 EDT 2011
Greg Clifton wrote:
> I'll agree with the call quality. We have used it to speak with my
> daughter in Nigeria (via her cell phone) and the call quality is
> surprisingly good, with very little latency, echo or jitter.
>
> Only other game in town that I know of is Google Voice. My son uses it
> quite a lot, but I don't have any hands on experience. It is open to
> everybody now, no invitation required as was originally.
Does it have the same video capability?
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:30 PM, James Sumners <james.sumners at gmail.com
> <mailto:james.sumners at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I _want_ to, but I haven't been able to find a suitable replacement.
> Here are the features that I love about Skype:
>
> * Up to 25 people in a conference call (way more than I have ever
> needed)
> * Drop dead simple screen sharing (I use this _a lot_)
> * Very clear call quality
> * Works on every platform that I use
> * Easy setup (it mostly configures itself)
>
> Does anyone know of anything else that meets all of that?
>
> On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 2:11 PM, Greg Clifton <gccfof5 at gmail.com
> <mailto:gccfof5 at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > Or maybe the question is who's gonna be first to close their
> Skype account?
>
>
>
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