[Psml] Skype

[kayaklady at cfl.rr.com]

I use Skype daily for work.  I have the free version and I bought a 
$16 headset with a small bendable microphone attached (I look like a 
telephone operator) from Walmart.

If you call someone else on Skype, it is free.  Thus I have no 
expenses.  However, I could buy a version for about $32 a year or so 
and can call landlines (the phone in your house or office) without any 
long distance charges or fees.

Gene mentions his big district, but here in mid-East coast of Florida, 
it is long distance 15 miles south and 20 miles south.  Thus, we have 
other squadrons within the state that we SHOULD BE communicating 
with.  Point is, Skype is great for that.

Some new laptops come with microphones built in if you prefer to do 
the talking.  I mainly use it like IM (Instant messaging) and 
communicate with everyone in the same building, our employees and 
customers all over the world.

It is no big deal to setup and as I said, you can do the free service 
as well.

I am assuming Gene's $100 cost is for come conference calling 
equipment or something.  Maybe even a web cam, which Skype supports 
all.

I hope this helps!

Kristi Anderson

----- Original Message -----
From: Gene Duley <gduley at mindspring.com>
Date: Sunday, April 1, 2007 6:44 pm
Subject: [Psml] Skype
To: kayaklady at cfl.rr.com
Cc: United States Power Squadrons Mailing List <psml at usps.org>

> We here in D 13 have perhaps a more unique problem of
> communicating with all of our Squadron Commanders.  D 13 is basically
> located in the Los Angeles (and slightly North) area.  However, we 
> also have
> a Squadron in both Hawaii and Tokyo plus ones in both Salt Lake 
> City and Las
> Vegas.  (One of our 'local jokes' is that D 13 covers more square 
> miles of
> territory than all of the other Squadrons in USPS combined).
> 
>            Skype is an excellent way to communicate around the 
> world at
> practically no expense other than the cost of a little more than 
> $100.00 for
> the equipment that connects to your computer.  I've been there 
> before-don't
> by the cheapest one, because you will eventually buy a better one.
> Personally, I have friends in New Orleans that talks with and 
> views their
> daughter and their grand children several times each week.  The 
> daughterjust happens to be located in Malaysia.
> 
>            It seems to me that if the Commanders would purchase a 
> "Skype"(a deductible cost of doing business), there would be a 
> much more efficient
> means of communicating with each other.
> 
>            Hopefully, several folks on this link are very 
> experienced with
> Skype.  It seems to me to be a subject that could be discussed 
> here.  Please
> share experiences (suggestions) etc.
> 
>            Office Depot generally has about a dozen different 
> sets for
> sale.  Which are the three best?  After installation, can you set up
> conference calls?  Can Power Squadron members get a discount (like 
> we do
> with some other pieces of equipment), and if so, where from.   
> Etc, etc. . .
> 
> P/C Gene Duley; Redondo Beach Power Squadron, D 13
> 
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