[ale] OT: skype

[Geoffrey Myers]

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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