[AccessD] Skype

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Jan 8 22:51:17 CST 2005


Hi John:

The new web phone service that we have hear, in the Great White North, and a
few friends have gone the lengths of replace their land lines with an
internet service. The most popular plan, is the cent a minute one. Anywhere,
in the world... which calculates out to about $15.00Can for 24 hours of
steady yakking. (Even I can not talk that long.) There is another service
that can be purchased off the web and I assume there is an American
equivalent... it is a Looney call, a buck for you Americans. It will allow
you to call anywhere in the world, up to 38 minutes, for one looney. See the
site www.looniecall.com/index.aspx (The site for those interested was
written in the new ASP.Net.)

Jim         

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 8:12 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Skype

You do need to get out more.

Vonage is a VOIP service.  You contract with them, they send you a telephone
modem that you connect to your high speed internet connection.  The voice
modem then connects to a regular telephone, including a cordless if you so
desire.  They have two plans, but I take the $25 for unlimited US and Canada
calls, i.e. no long distance ever.  Also calls to other countries are very
cheap, about 6c / minute to talk to my friends down in Puebla Mexico - as
opposed to about 16c / minute using a calling card, or about 37c / minute
using my land line long distance carrier.

Once I discovered that my 2.4 ghz cordless was interfering with and being
interfered with by my wireless router (drop outs in the call for as much as
a second or so) and got rid of that cordless phone, the sound quality has
been VERY good!

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin -
Beach Access Software
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:59 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Skype


Vonage is cell service? (I think I need to get out more.)

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 7:42 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Skype


> Rocky,
>
> I have Vonage for my home office and it is very good - so good that I 
> am about to get rid of my landline.
>
> As for Skype, I just like the "free" part!  ;-)  I tested it yesterday
> with
> an AccessD user over in London and it was really quite acceptable,
> especially for free!
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
> Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: 
> http://folding.stanford.edu/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky 
> Smolin - Beach Access Software
> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 10:25 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Skype
>
>
> John:
>
> I tried using it a few times a year ago and it was awful.  Maybe it's
> better
>
> now.
>
> I tried with Martin and never could get a could connection.  Plus the 
> inconvenience of having to have the other person running Skype as 
> well.
>
> I use Primus now for overseas calls now - it's 5-6 cents a minute
> anywhere.
> Last month I talked to people all over the world for about an hour and got

> a
>
> bill for $3 and change.
>
> Rocky
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John W. Colby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:32 AM
> Subject: [AccessD] Skype
>
>
>> Does anyone have it?  I just downloaded the driver and would like to 
>> test it.  My user name is jwcolby.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
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