Anything better than Skype ??

[Fred]

Skype works fine on my computer when calling Skype tp Skype. But I,ve never
had any luck calling landline or mobile. The sound is muffled or breaks up,
or I get a bad echo repeating my end of the conversation. It doesn't matter
whether I use a headset and mike, or a voip usb phone? Any suggestions?
Computer is laptop with xp and updated to latest version of skype.

 

[k]

you can take a look at gizmo project that claims it is better than skype...

http://www.gizmoproject.com/

 

[Why Tea]

There are always some inherent problems with VoIP. Skype-Skype works
fine probably it has smart buffering.

In many countries, there are very cheap phonecards which allow you to
call anywhere from a normal fixed phone (of course you have to account
for the local call charges). And you don't get any of those annoying
problems that come with VoIP. In many cases, the rate is better than
Skype-Landline, e.g. http://melbourneconnect.com.au/detail/gps.jsp

 

[-Art- (not Art)]

I been using Yahoo Messenger with no problems.
There is also VoipBuster http://www.voipbuster.com/en/index.html
It looks promising.

Art2U

 

[Herbert Nagler]

Skype works fine on my computer when calling Skype tp Skype. But I,ve
never had any luck calling landline or mobile. The sound is muffled
or breaks up, or I get a bad echo repeating my end of the
conversation. It doesn't matter whether I use a headset and mike, or
a voip usb phone? Any suggestions? Computer is laptop with xp and
updated to latest version of skype.

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Sony claim, their IVE is the top of the pick now.
I haven't tried it, so I can't vouch for it.

http://sony.glowpoint.com/

H.N.

 

[honyakusha]

Sony claim, their IVE is the top of the pick now.
I haven't tried it, so I can't vouch for it.

http://sony.glowpoint.com/

Somewhere during the installation, you get a message that the free
version is only for a trial period of 60 days - this is after you enter
your email address for receiving the password.

GR

 

[Herbert Nagler]

Somewhere during the installation, you get a message that the free
version is only for a trial period of 60 days - this is after you
enter your email address for receiving the password.

GR

 

[Fred]

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Sony claim, their IVE is the top of the pick now.
I haven't tried it, so I can't vouch for it.

http://sony.glowpoint.com/

Thanks for that, but it has a monthly fee of $9.95 for the option with
ability to call land lines. It doesn't state which currency that is. But a
plan with no monthly charges definitely has more appeal. Others such as
skype only charge for time used.

 

[David]

There are always some inherent problems with VoIP. Skype-Skype works
fine probably it has smart buffering.

In many countries, there are very cheap phonecards which allow you to
call anywhere from a normal fixed phone (of course you have to account
for the local call charges). And you don't get any of those annoying
problems that come with VoIP. In many cases, the rate is better than
Skype-Landline, e.g. http://melbourneconnect.com.au/detail/gps.jsp

Those rates are very similar to my ISP based VoIP service which is
included with my ADSL connection. If you are in Australia or New
Zealand check out iinet for excellent value.

www.iinet.net.au
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E-mail: justdas at iinet dot net dot au

 

[Why Tea]

The point is, you don't get those jittering, echoing, muffling,
breaking-ups with phonecard calls. If the rates are similar, why bother
with VoIP at all?? I programmed my Palm to do the automatic DTMF
dialing, so there is no hussle in remembering the long PIN.

 

[asp420]

Skype works fine on my computer when calling Skype tp Skype. But I,ve
never had any luck calling landline or mobile. The sound is muffled
or breaks up, or I get a bad echo repeating my end of the
conversation. It doesn't matter whether I use a headset and mike, or
a voip usb phone? Any suggestions? Computer is laptop with xp and
updated to latest version of skype.

Try OpenWengo http://openwengo.com It really works ;-)

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[asp420]

asp420 wrote:

I asked my friend and she told me that http://www.teltel.com is pretty
good.
VoIP Buster http://www.voipbuster.com/en/index.html is quite popular
but I cannot say anything about the quality of the service.


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[Derald]

But I,ve never had any luck calling landline or mobile.

Maybe you can try an earlier version, if you do not need all of the
current bells and whistles. Look here:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=skype

I regularly use v1.0.0.106 under Win98SE to place skype to phone
calls from peninsular FL to FL, PA, VA, MA, in U.S.A. and it works well.
However, this early version does not support incoming calls, voice mail
or any of the "new" features.