I have used Skype for the last year with admittedly mixed results but now use it as my primary long distance phone. When I take my MBP on the road I can use my BT headset and Skype to call my family at home on the PC via a USB enabled portable phone for free. In short, $14.95 per year for unlimited long distance to any phone in North America is very inexpensive and I am finding the call quality is getting better very quickly. Skype-to-Skype free calls anywhere in the World is also a real benefit. Is the technology perfect? By no means. Does it work? Definitely. Am I recommending it? Absolutely. Cheers, Michael On 21-Dec-06, at 11:32 AM, Roy Hanson wrote: > its not free if you can use it for $14.95...but if it get you out of a > sticky spot...have fun. > > FreeLists Mailing List Manager wrote: >> muglo Digest Wed, 20 Dec 2006 Volume: 06 Issue: 266 >> >> In This Issue: >> [muglo] phone >> [muglo] Apple - Pro - Mac OS X Tips >> [muglo] Re: phone >> [muglo] Re: phone >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> >> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 20:17:56 -0500 >> Subject: [muglo] phone >> From: Hawk <taylorc547@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> >> Just curious, a young friend just returned from several weeks >> touring >> the Far East on limited funds. She told me she kept in touch with >> family and >> friends through a website called skype - www.skype.com >> It's one of those things - at least to me - that looks too good >> to be >> true. I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about it. It >> does have, by >> the way, a Mac download. She said she used it for free. Site says >> it's free >> or you can use it for a year for $14.95. Anyone ever heard of >> this? jim >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> From: doug rogers <dougsamu@xxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [muglo] Apple - Pro - Mac OS X Tips >> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:00:05 -0500 >> >> http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/ >> >> Did you know Stickies will correct mispelled words? or you can Tab >> through apps in Expose? Even Mail. control click on a suspicious >> misspelled word. >> >> >> Why are Humans the only primates with chins and nuclear weapons? >> __________<http://home.golden.net/~samu>__________ >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> From: "Rick Addy" <raddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Subject: [muglo] Re: phone >> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:22:53 -0500 >> >> Hawk, >> I have used Skype flawlessly and inside of 10 minutes worth of >> setup. You get very good 2 way video which uses picture in picture. >> >> You do have to have both parties using Skype. >> >> Rick >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Hawk >> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 8:17 PM >> Subject: [muglo] phone >> >> >> >> Just curious, a young friend just returned from several >> weeks touring >> the Far East on limited funds. She told me she kept in touch >> with family and >> friends through a website called skype - www.skype.com >> It's one of those things - at least to me - that looks too >> good to be >> true. I'm just wondering if anyone knows anything about it. It >> does have, by >> the way, a Mac download. She said she used it for free. Site >> says it's free >> or you can use it for a year for $14.95. Anyone ever heard of >> this? jim >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo >> ----------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 22:38:44 -0500 >> Subject: [muglo] Re: phone >> From: Hawk <taylorc547@xxxxxxxxxx> >> >> Thanks Rick, but .... can I get my son in Vancouver to download >> it? He has a >> PC. Will it work with my Mac? I've had problems trying to >> teleconference >> between the two systems. Jim >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of muglo Digest V6 #266 >> *************************** >> > > -- > Roy Hanson, Technical Services for > Eco-Toner Systems, Inc. > 519 652 6233 > > Main office: > 3392 Wonderland Road South > London, Ontario > N6L 1A8 > > www.printerman.ca > ----------------------------------------------------------- > For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo > ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- For information about MUGLO: http://www.freewebs.com/muglo -----------------------------------------------------------