Re: [OT] Skypein

["Jim Franklin" <jimf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I use Skypein quite extensively for business use when working from
home -
It's great to give a "throw away" number to clients to call on.

I don't suffer the issues you mention, and the call quality is usually
quite
pretty good.

I know what you mean about late night calls, I regularly forget to log out
that line :/

The feature that I like for skype in/out calls is that when you get the
Skype-In feature is the incoming voicemail system, with the added bonus
that
for anyone that you call skype-to-skype that is away from the system - you
can leave them a voicemail - even though they may not have voicemail in
their skype package.

-Jim



On Fri, 18 May 2007 10:14:06 +0100, Ho Yin Ng wrote
> Just an update:
>
> I got the *Philips VoIP 841
>
> Got Skype pro and skypein. The phone itself is good it is rugged,
>  well made, feels very solid and has the nice option of being able
> to use the built in speaker so you can use it as a speaker phone.
>
> The keypad is well manufactured and feels solid and responsive.  The
> colour screen is bright and the menu system is intuitive and easy to
> use.
>
> For me the only downside is the lack of decent ring tones and the
> fact that one cannot download and insert your own.
>
> Skypeout calls or normal skype calls are fine, the quality is good
> and is the same as if you were using it on your computer.
>
> However skypein calls are appalling.  I have received a number of
incoming
> calls and I can hardly hear the caller. The voice keeps breaking up.
> However I think this is more of a skype problem than the handsets.
>
> Does anyone else who uses skypein have this problem?  If I could get
> skypein to work properly the system would be awesome.
>
> My other gripe is that I always forget to either put the phone to
> silent or change the status of skype when I go to sleep, so my
> family and friends on the otherside of the world think I am still
> awake and they ring me at 4am!!!
>
> Ho yin
> *
>
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