[SATLUG] Skype

[Borries Demeler]

Has anyone here in SA used Skype for Linux yet? For those of you who don't
know what Skype is (http://www.skype.com/): It's an application that
let's you use a headset, broadband connection and a computer (Windows,
Linux, Mac-OSX) with a sound card as a telephone. Anyone who is running
skype can talk VoIP (voice over IP) to another skype user for *free*,
regardless where in the world the other person is. For a very modest fee
(2-3 cents/min), you can also call anyone in the world.

It just installed it on my Linux box, it seems to work just fine, now I
am looking for someone here in SA who wants to talk over skype so I can
test it out. Anyone willing to give me a call? (userID: borries_demeler)

For more information, take a look at today's New York Times article on skype.

In Internet Calling, Skype Is Living Up to the Hype
By JAMES FALLOWS
Skype is the easiest, fastest and cheapest way for
individual customers to use their computers with broadband
connections as telephones.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/05/business/yourmoney/05tech.html?th

-Borries