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Mobile phones use 8Kbps or less. They use compression on the voice, with
all the horsepower in the modern PC there is no reason why they cannot do
the same. So there is no reason why a dial up link shouldn't work. The latency
may be an issue.<br>
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Alan<br>
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Steven Haigh wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Decent quality VoIP (of any nature) needs 64kbps minimum before people<br>start to notice the difference between telephone and VoIP...<br><br>Most commercial setups are based on 64Kbps - not exactly sure of the codec<br>used however... Bottom line: unless you have more than 64kbps, VoIP will<br>probably suck :P<br><br>Tom Fifield [gummAY] said:<br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">I use it [Skype] all the time to chat to friends. Given; this is ADSL--><br>ADSL, but the quality is excellent. Far superior to Telephone and other<br>windows messaging utilities that I have encountered. I have heard about<br>poor dialup experiences though.<br><br>I've tried Firefly too (along with IParty, Ivisit, Sipps, SJPhone), and<br>sure, it's melbourne-based and has a few nifty features over skype -<br>like voice mail and configurable on hold music which are good, but the<br>quality was pathetic. On top of this, I had some issues with volume, and<br>found its calibration was a little finicky.<br><br>Tom Fifield<br><br>Simon Hall wrote:<br><br></pre>
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<pre wrap="">Hi,<br>Just wondering if anyone has used skype? <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.skype.com/">http://www.skype.com/</a><br><br>Simon Hall<br><br><br></pre>
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