skype

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 9:46 pm

elle wrote:
Jekyl & Hyde wrote:There's no such thing as a free lunch!! How do you think they pay for this great service?
J and H ..you've got me worried now...am I gonna get problems ?

don't think now is the time to ask

J and H has a troubled mind

elle · Post by **elle** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:33 pm

Anonymous wrote:
elle wrote:
Jekyl & Hyde wrote:There's no such thing as a free lunch!! How do you think they pay for this great service?
J and H ..you've got me worried now...am I gonna get problems ?
don't think now is the time to ask

J and H has a troubled mind

Im sorry guest....I don't understand and bit confused?

Wish I knew more about it! Does it mean people see your name and call you on laptop? Have I done the right thing?

p.s.just spotted iane's post..and thats given me some re-assurance..hopefully

paramonte · Post by **paramonte** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 12:02 am

Ellie

Do not worry a bit.
The last thing Skype.com would do is to send virus or damage your PC.
It would be the same thing as your baker putting nails in your bread. You would not buy from him/her anymore.
Skype is in the market for good, they have partnership with Siemens and others. Some cordeless phone handsets from Siemens (the Gigaset) are Skype compatible that means that in the same phone you get both the regular landline calls and the skype calls, for which you must get a wireless USB skype antena/receiver.

Skype is making money over landline calls.

This new techology (VOIP) will bring a revolution in the telephony market. Some businees are converting to VOIP and asking their costumers to do so.

Paramonte

Gambrinus · Post by **Gambrinus** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 8:52 am

As far as headsets go - I highly recomend the Medusa 5.1 (also available as USB if you don't have a soundcard)

Superior sound quality and noise reduction (3 speakers in each shell)
High quality microphone
Comfortable head support and shells

You can spend hours chatting, listening to music or playing games without getting sore ears.

elle · Post by **elle** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:21 pm

Thank-you Para I saw your post....I haven't tried it out yet..
Do you type on it and speak at same time

?
This 'Medusa' (the woman with snakes all over her head?)set G..is it expensive?
Think Im a bit scared of all this technology

Graham L · Post by **Graham L** » Tue Apr 26, 2005 4:34 pm

Here's one I checked out earlier.....
http://www.afterhours.co.uk/medusa-sing ... p-377.html
there are of course variations, and in price no doubt. Does anyone know where there are cheaper ones, or is this about right?
G

paramonte · Post by **paramonte** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 12:11 am

Medusa seems to be an headset.
The skype handset is different. It is like a regular handset telephone.
You either can dial from it to landlines (with Skypeout therefore paying) or call a name in the skype predefined list (free).

Jekyl & Hyde are right: no free dinners.
I put 10 Euros on Skypeout and with the excitement spend it in a few days for landline numbers. Anyway I would have spent at least 4 times more if I would have used either my mobile or my landline phone. I am now more controled.
Paramonte

Gambrinus · Post by **Gambrinus** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:52 am

Graham L wrote:Here's one I checked out earlier.....
http://www.afterhours.co.uk/medusa-sing ... p-377.html
there are of course variations, and in price no doubt. Does anyone know where there are cheaper ones, or is this about right?
G

They are actually a lot cheaper than in germany - my headset cost me EUR 100 with post and packaging.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:55 am

Please mr moderator may I respectfully ask what has this all got to do with CVO? I thought you had given instructions

Gambrinus · Post by **Gambrinus** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 8:58 am

you are absolutely right, topic moved to the property owners forum.

Sibs · Post by **Sibs** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 9:39 am

Hi everyone

I'm new here and I'm not in Portugal as you can see, but fingers crossed I might be at some point

With regards to Skype, I have been using it for at least 9 months now and I have never had any problems with it at all. I also use SkypeIn and SkypeOut which are both really good, although I find the quality I little worse than the straight Skype to Skype. You can also get voicemail for your Skype and that is also excellent.

I know it may sound too good to be true but so far I have found no faults.

Also, you can get really cheap headsets to use, mine cost £3 and I haven't had to replace it yet!

Cheers
Sarah

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:27 pm

paramonte wrote: The last thing Skype.com would do is to send virus or damage your PC.

Just bear in mind that it is run by the same people who started Kazaa, the very best place to get a worm or virus. Also there is something about Skype using your pc to act as a sort of base station (can't remember the details) . Ah here it is http://security.web.cern.ch/security/skype/

If something seems too good to be true, then it probably is.

paramonte · Post by **paramonte** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:46 pm

Guest
From the site you refer I quote this about Skype
"...This may include the ability for your computer to help anonymously and securely facilitate communications between other users of the Skype Software who, due to network and firewall constraints, cannot establish direct connections."

This is the nature of P2P connections. You are in a big network. Likewise the internet itself in which you may catch all sort of nasty things.
Universities and institutions like the famous one you mentioned may be not very happy with everybody on campus using skype. The overload of internet traffic would put some problems. After all the computers there should be used to work.
Paramonte

Gambrinus · Post by **Gambrinus** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:07 pm

Please note the last detected loophole dates Dec 2004

http://secunia.com/advisories/13191/

Some additional info:

http://www.filesharingwatch.com/skype-security.php

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 5:26 pm

paramonte, I wish your faith in mankind was held by everyone else. In this case people really are out to get you and you need to be very careful. I've just spent the last hour on the phone helping people with security problems.