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Originally posted by Hell Puppy@Sep 8 2004, 09:30 PM
Dont take trying to pipe it into a GonZo'd out mixer and hardware from australia and streaming it out over shoutcast as a representation of the quality of Skype.
When used straight up, it works very well..
I have not researched how it works behind a firewall if he's using government bandwidth by chance though.
If you have to resort to phone, shop around for international calling cards....they'll save you a bundle.
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There SHOULDN'T be any government firewall involved. Unlike now, he'll actually have his own computer, own DSL account through the local carrier, etc. Of course, what kinds of monitoring they have on those lines is a different story. He's actually going to be under the Intelligence squadron there so they may keep closer tabs on them than normal folk.
The international calling cards are Plan B - one I hope we don't have to resort to. I have my 1.9 cent a minute or something card from Costco but only use it to send faxes
The cell is SO much easier and cheaper. If I didn't have the cell, I'd probably try the VOIP.
Are they all (VOIP) relatively the same?