As I type this, I am talking to my sister-in-law, Wendy, back in Iowa. Skype is my hero today. They are offering free calls to the U.S. and Canada until the end of 2006. It’s pretty simple and works very well. I’ve only had some slight problems, but I called not only my brother’s house, but Rebecca at work, my mom, Paul back at the radio station, and my buddy Heath.
Heath was the only one not on a landline, but the cellphone conversation worked out really well. I used my podcast setup for a mic and headphones for the conversations. Mom said I sounded slightly tinny. Matt said that he could tell it was digital, but the overall quality was good. Paul is excited to use it for broadcast and personal uses.
You have to pay extra to get the ability to have people phone into your computer, but I think this is a great feature. I haven’t talked to Heath and Qi Qi since I left Iowa. However, the only draw back is what comes up on the caller I.D.; my mom and Heath almost didn’t answer the phone because the display came up as “unknown”.
I called Matt & Grandma right away and told them to be sure and answer any calls that came up unknow or with the 000123456 on the second line. Mike use to have a filter on his phone where they can weed out calls. Maybe you should email them and let them know you might be calling this way. Never mind, I will. I KNOW how busy you are these days. Your message on the machine came through just fine. By the way, does everyone at the radio station know you got married? – Love you bunches,
Mom