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Title: Might drop my land line for Skype
Post by: GmanJoe on September 10, 2007, 09:45:42 AM

$30 a year for outgoing calls for anywhere in the US and Canada, $3 a month for a landlines to call my skype phone.

Skype is a voip software which I use from my Mac Pro. Anyone else here tried this yet? I just started it last weekend.

Edit - It\'s NOT VOIP.

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The main difference between Skype and VoIP clients is that Skype operates on a peer-to-peer model, rather than the more traditional server-client model.

From wiki

Title: Might drop my land line for Skype
Post by: Joker on September 10, 2007, 10:32:49 AM

I use the free version and I find it really stable when i\'m talking to other people. If you do decide to get the pay version let me know how it is.

Title: Might drop my land line for Skype
Post by: GmanJoe on September 10, 2007, 11:05:28 AM

I AM using the pay version. It\'s very nice. But give me a two more weeks. So far, so good. :)

Only draw back is that your Skype looks like 012345678 on caller ID\'s and people may not pick up.

Title: Might drop my land line for Skype
Post by: fre4d4 on September 11, 2007, 04:42:51 PM

This something for over the computer ? Or a regular phone ?

Title: Might drop my land line for Skype
Post by: GmanJoe on September 11, 2007, 05:39:02 PM

Quote from: fre4d4

This something for over the computer ? Or a regular phone ?

Computer. You need a headset. http://www.skype.com

Title: Might drop my land line for Skype
Post by: JBean on September 12, 2007, 04:22:34 AM

I dropped my land line 4 years ago when we got cell phones.

didn\'t see the need to pay for a line that nobody ever called us on and one that we never used.