posted on May 17, 2001 03:08:13 PM new
On a quick trip thru my local Staples, I found a interesting device that would allow pc to pc phoning....In other words, the ability to actually "talk" to someone thru your pc....I'm in NY with a good friend in Florida, and the phone bills are killin' us...These things were clearanced at $19.99 each, which is the cost of a couple of our nightly calls.....Anyone have them??...Have any experience with them?...Think they are a good idea??...Think they are a bad idea???....
posted on May 17, 2001 03:18:21 PM new
Just make sure since they are clearanced that they do not depend on a seperate server that is not going to be available. I tried dialpad.com but with bad hearing and a 56k modem it did not work well enough for me.
I have not tried them since I got a DSL.
posted on May 17, 2001 05:44:00 PM new
Some of the chat services, like MSN messenger, allow you to have pc to pc talking. I've done it a number of times and it works very well. Plus it's free! Obviously, both persons would have to be registered with msn msgr...
posted on May 17, 2001 05:45:56 PM new
You can do voice PC to PC with any microphone, and speakers, plugged into your sound card, using Microscum's Netmeeting (free). Why spend $20. The sound quality is likely to be poor, no matter what you're using, but you can improve it by having a good quality microphone and speakers. Forget it if you're on a modem, sound quality is poor even over a T1. Oh, and you can add camera and have video conferencing.
posted on May 17, 2001 06:05:09 PM new
it uses voice over IP a neat concept but a long way form bing practical due to latency.
when you request data over the web it travels in packets{smaller pieces of the large piece}these packets can take deiffernt routes and are resambled at the other end....if there is a slight delay in assembeling your AW page or if a packet gets misplaced you really don't notice
If your voice packets..traveling differnt routes are a little slow in being reassembled it is real noticable....
It's going to be a while before these problems are resolved.
