skyping in and from canada

[Dominic Bonfiglio]

No, sorry, I meant the pure VOIP.
Dominic

Aaron Vegh wrote:
> Are you talking about pure VOIP or using SkypeOut? I found the latter
> service to be dreadful.
>
> On 2/17/06, Dominic Bonfiglio <dominicbonfiglio-Mmb7MZpHnFY at public.gmane.org> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>>
>> This is not a Linux-related question, but it seems likely that the
>> computer savvy of the open-source community will have an answer--or at
>> least have some experience to share.
>>
>> A year ago, when I still lived in Germany, I frequently skyped with
>> friends there and in the US. The connections were fantastic, much better
>> (and of course infinitely cheaper) than any offered by traditional
>> long-distance providers. Since settling in Toronto, however, my Skype
>> connections to the US and Germany have been abysmal. There are echos,
>> pulsating interruptions, and static. I have tried to skype using Rogers
>> as well as UofT's network, and have almost always had the same poor
>> results. Inexplicably, on two occasions using Rogers the line remained
>> crystal clear for the length of the call.
>>
>> Has anyone else had such problems when skyping abroad? Is skyping within
>> Canada any different? Is the Canadian server network any different from
>> those in other countries? Does Canada have a some beef with the Skype
>> people?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dominic
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