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June 28, 2004
Gmail
Breean won and got a gmail address before me. I signed up tonight though, for allnet@gmail.com.
This is really ingenious marketing by google. By making it 'invitation only' half the internet has been trying to get an account. People even paid real money for them on eBay.
I also signed up for Skype today. I've run out of cell phone minutes this month and every extra minute I use before 9 pm Pacific costs 40¢ each.
9 pm Pacific is of course midnight Eastern, way past Breean's bedtime. As the household telecom manager I need to investigate cheaper options. Skype is a free voice calling application that runs on your pc, supposedly the sound quality is better than normal telephones.
Posted by sam at June 28, 2004 11:44 PM
Comments
Sam- Have you tried Teamspeak? I don't know anything about the cost, but my brother in law set up an account for us to use to talk to my sister in alaska. it is very good quality, I thought. Very comparable to cell phone, with maybe a syllable cut out occassionally at the beginning or end of someone talking. It's really easy to use, too.
Posted by: Penni at June 30, 2004 06:49 PM
thanks for the tip penni! maybe we'll give it a shot. my main complaint with all these programs is that i want something that won't tie me to the computer with some stupid headset.
Posted by: sam at July 1, 2004 12:31 AM
I didn't use a headset and I still found the quality to be ok. Of course, I only had the 6 feet stretch of my microphone, but maybe you could even get a cordless mic!
Posted by: Penni at July 1, 2004 02:24 PM