Skype on dial-up

Fibonacci · 04-05-2005 2:14pm #1

Does anyone have any experience using Skype with Dial-up?

It says it will work, but I've heard people say the quality isn't too good. I'll be looking to do Skype on DSL to Skype on dial-up.

Kracken · 04-05-2005 2:20pm

where I work, we tested that and found that it uses about 4 kbps upload so you would want make sure you pretty close to your exchange and that your connection is perfect to have it on dial up....

Gone West · 04-05-2005 5:30pm

Yeah I connect to the net at 52.8K most times, and I don't have any problems with skype. But, if you so much as open a web browser, your call will fade out or drop. You really do need every bit of your connection for skype. That said, sometimes my dad's connection drops off(on skype-to-landline calls), and he has 12mbit.

causal · 04-05-2005 6:48pm

FuzzyLogic wrote:

and he has 12mbit.

Wow, 0.012bits

Fibonacci · 05-05-2005 10:42am

thanks for the advice guys. Will let you know how it goes....

Gone West · 06-05-2005 5:17pm

causal wrote:

Wow, 0.012bits

:cool:

Sorry, twelve mega bit per second.

causal · 06-05-2005 5:56pm

Now I'm jealous - twleve million bits per second

"There were 12,000,000 bits skypeing on the call
and if one little bit should accidently fall
there'd be 11,999,999 bits skypeing on the call..."

causal

Skype on dial-up

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