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As I am a Skype neophyte, how does one access a conference call through
Skype?
-----Original Message-----
From: Non-Commercial User Constituency
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Gross
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 3:34 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: let's try for a Sunday call?
Agreed. We'll have to use skype until there is a foss option that can
do the job. Skype's unlimited world-wide free voice conference calls
are hard to resist. I don't think it will be long before there will be
a foss competitor.
Robin
Mawaki Chango wrote:
>Folks,
>
>I'm very friendly with o.s. values, but if in the time being
>there is nothing o.s. out there allowing us to work in proper
>conditions, let's go for skype (and of course anyone who wants
>to abstain is free to do so.) Personnally, I can't be a
>fundamentalist of any board - sorry, but that's just my opinion.
>
>Mawaki
>
>
>--- "Horacio T. Cadiz" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>>karen banks wrote:
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>>>hi robin
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>>>
>>>>Are there any other suggestions for FOSS technical
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>>>>
>>solutions that
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>>>>could give us an unlimited number of free world-wide voice
>>>>
>>>>
>>calls like
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>>>>Skype does?
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>>>>
>> If everyone has access to a SIP phone, then we should all
>>be able to connect
>>to an Asterisk box using the Conference Call feature of
>>Asterisk. We can run it
>>on my Asterisk box but its bandwidth is limited to 2mbps. I've
>>tried it with
>>three people in a conference without problems.
>>
>> If someone else has a box with higher bandwidth, volunteer
>>now! How many people
>>do we expect?
>>
>>
>>--
>>Bombim Cadiz
>>*****************************************
>>* Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) -- *
>>* No windows. No gates. It is open. *
>>* No Bill. It is Free. *
>>*****************************************
>>
>>
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