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| Joe Bob |
 Mar 18 2006, 09:00 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times  Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None  |
www.skype.com
Just talked to my bud in Japan for zip....nada....zero bucks. |
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| McMark |
Mar 18 2006, 09:24 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
Mike, think of all the poor starving phone company employees you just screwed.
I remember playing with computer to computer phone calls (Or VoIP if you're a NERD) back in 1997. It sucked back then. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) |
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| Twystd1 |
Mar 18 2006, 09:48 PM
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You don't want to know... really..... Group: Members Posts: 2,514 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Newport Beach, California Member No.: 2,743 |
Been Skyping for a year......
Have headset will travel... It rocks..... Twystd1 |
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| Joe Bob |
Mar 18 2006, 10:03 PM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
Yeah Mark....me and only me signing up will put 20 phone company employees on the street..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif)
The top 5 hated companies? Phone Company Cable Company Electric/Gas Company ANY Insurance Company HMOs Cry me a river..... |
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| Elliot_Cannon |
Mar 18 2006, 10:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,922 Joined: 26-March 03 From: Orange County Ca Member No.: 480 Region Association: None |
Friends at work use Skype a lot. I had a co-pilot that used it to call home and he had a camera on top of his lap top and he also had one on his computer at home so he could video conference with his kids. Pretty cool stuff. And really cheap.
Elliot |
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| ThinAir |
Mar 18 2006, 11:44 PM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,539 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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Yup. The latest beta of Skype's Windows client includes video. We use it 2-3 times a week to talk with our daughter's family and see our 2 year old grandson run around the house. It's great!
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| r_towle |
Mar 19 2006, 09:56 AM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,573 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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FYI...Ebay bought scype.
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| anthony |
Mar 19 2006, 10:00 AM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218  |
I've been using Googletalk a lot. Same thing plus IM/chat.
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| Joe Bob |
Mar 19 2006, 10:13 AM
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yep...I figured as such...they have an intimate relationship with paypal to pay for the landline calls....really cheap, but it still costs for that part. |
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| Hawktel |
Mar 19 2006, 10:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 818 Joined: 2-April 03 From: Ogden Utah Member No.: 506 |
I use AIM/Yahoo messenger/Msn Messenger. All them bundled together in trillian.
For me a turning point is when AIM made it so you can send a text message to any phone, but just adding a +1(number). I use it all the time now. I taught my father how to text and we talk all day now. My GF's company is a backwards place that doesn't let them use IM software, so she bought a Text phone (its got a keyboard) and she uses it to talk to me all day long. We ditched our land lines in 2003. I haven't paid a cent to a land line phone company sence that time. The only way I would go back to paying them is if we moved to a place that didn't have cable but had DSL. |
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| wbergtho |
Mar 19 2006, 11:13 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,314 Joined: 28-April 03 From: Roberts, WI Member No.: 623 |
Hey guys, this is a bit OT but do you know if i can get replacement parts for my Cat Cariier? Seems I cranked the "ass plunger" part a wee bit too hard and the handle snapped off. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/av-943.gif)
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| Joe Bob |
Mar 19 2006, 11:15 AM
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Retired admin, banned a few times Group: Members Posts: 17,427 Joined: 24-December 02 From: Boulder CO Member No.: 5 Region Association: None |
My cats...actually the cats belong to the kids but I feed the bastards, clawed up my seats in the Speedster.....they needed re-upholstery but not really bad....now it's bad....fuching furballs....
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| Midtowner |
Mar 19 2006, 11:17 AM
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Ooooo! Group: Members Posts: 652 Joined: 21-December 04 From: Sunnyvale, CA Member No.: 3,316 Region Association: None |
Yup, Skype is gud. Four of my buddies have new Macs and broadband Internet connections. We now use Apple's iSight camera with iChat AV over AIM to hold free video conferences in one 'virtual room'. And, two of us are located in South Korea! This IP-based stuff rocks! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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