Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-31 Thread Scott
The few times I've tried to use GTalk for a video chat, it didn't work at all. The video was choppy, froze constantly, and ended up just dropping the call. Skype seemed to work better for me, but it still wasn't stellar. That said, I had two follow-on questions from this: I know Google was look

Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Michael Havens
thanks for the recommendation. :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 3:11 PM, Kevin Fries wrote: > Haven't you heard? Microsoft has blessed CentOS... ha ha ha > > Seriously, the days of Microsoft trying to kill off Linux by killing Linux > versions of programs is pretty much over. It hasn't wo

Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Kevin Fries
Haven't you heard? Microsoft has blessed CentOS... ha ha ha Seriously, the days of Microsoft trying to kill off Linux by killing Linux versions of programs is pretty much over. It hasn't worked, and only cost them money from products dieing the death of a proprietary purgatory. Even Microsoft's

Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Matt Graham
From: Daniel Stasinski > Michael Havens wrote: >> From the articles I've read it seems skype is better. But which >> uses more resources? Is skype really better? > I can't recall the exact numbers but in my own usage, Google Voice > video used significantly less bandwidth than Skype video. Less >

Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Derek Trotter
I've never messed with Skype, but I use Google voice several times a week to talk to people in civilization. Some of my calls last for an hour or more and I don't have any trouble. I have no complaints. It even worked when I was on AT&T's network. I see no reason to pay for skype when Googl

Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Stephen
fooling about the google hangout made my skype experience feel like Fischer Price toys... On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Daniel Stasinski wrote: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Michael Havens wrote: >> >> Yes I did do a websearch but I also want the opinipions of others. >> From the art

Re: google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Daniel Stasinski
On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:19 PM, Michael Havens wrote: > Yes I did do a websearch but I also want the opinipions of others. > From the articles I've read it seems skype is better. But which uses more > resources? Is skype really better? Let's start a discussion! > I can't recall the exact nu

google voice/video vs skype

2012-10-30 Thread Michael Havens
Yes I did do a websearch but I also want the opinipions of others. From the articles I've read it seems skype is better. But which uses more resources? Is skype really better? Let's start a discussion! :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list -