VoiP

rodekill · Fri 14/05/2004 03:17:28

Alright, I hooked myself up with this voice-over-ip phone thingy and I have to say, it is garbage.
Anyone have any experience with this? The sound quality is absolutely vile, and there's a delay in the voice. I am not impressed.

LGM · Fri 14/05/2004 03:23:22

What do you mean.. Something like Skype? I didn't think Skype was all that bad, but there's really no actual use for it.

Domino · Fri 14/05/2004 03:25:31

I guess it's just better sticking to the old phone.

shbaz · Fri 14/05/2004 03:47:55

If done correctly it works fine.. my University uses the internet to pipe phone calls and save long distance fees. They have multiple campuses, but only one IT office, so they have local numbers at the extention campuses that channel the phone calls to the main campus. They have quite a nice pipeline and a dedicated system, however.

Seems like your problem is low bandwidth, either on your end or theirs.

Pesty · Fri 14/05/2004 09:11:16

'VoIP' sounds like an onomatopoeia for someone getting zapped by a ray gun!

Andail · Fri 14/05/2004 11:54:23

Quote from: Pesty on Fri 14/05/2004 09:11:16
sounds like an onomatopoeia

Woah, I thought I was the only one who used that word. Pesty, my new soul-mate.

Ehrm...back to you, Rodey

Eggie · Fri 14/05/2004 18:18:01

I think Strong Bad used it once...

Y'know. My family have been thinking of switching to a service like this rather than normal phone. I'll warn them about it.

AGA · Sat 15/05/2004 17:05:25

I've used Skype, and it's pretty good. Obviously the quality isn't as good as a real phone line, and it probably won't be for a long time, but you can still hold a perfectly good conversation using it... If you've had bad experiences using it, you've either used a crappy programme, crappy mic/soundcard or have a crappy connection...

m0ds · Sat 15/05/2004 17:57:52

Onomatapoeia! We used to have a teacher called Mr Pentlow, but we called him onomatapentlow.

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veryweirdguy · Sat 15/05/2004 18:45:57

Quote from: Eggie on Fri 14/05/2004 18:18:01
I think Strong Bad used it once...

Sorry, I just had to back this up, & show my true Homestar Runner nerdiness:

VOIP!

Please, continue....

HingedShinobi · Sat 15/05/2004 19:29:37

i use Skype and I think the quality is better then any phone I've ever used

Pesty · Sat 15/05/2004 21:16:04

Quote from: veryweirdguy on Sat 15/05/2004 18:45:57
Quote from: Eggie on Fri 14/05/2004 18:18:01
I think Strong Bad used it once...

Sorry, I just had to back this up, & show my true Homestar Runner nerdiness:

VOIP!

Please, continue....

Sorry to keep keepin' this topic off topic, but that's what I was alluding to!

VoiP

m0ds