| Voice over Internet
Protocols (VoIP) provide phone service via computer. Recent
changes to internet telephony and the development of mobile
phones are notable. Here's the good news. Prices for national
and international calls have fallen. Internet telephony communication
is becoming more popular and is includes more visuals.
A FEW WORDS ABOUT TIME
Real time
chat is great. If you need to schedule a call, consult the world
clock.
QUOTABLE
Oaxaca notebook. Recently a friend's seven year-old son took
his mother's digital camera and looked at with a bit of disgust
and said, "It's like a phone, but it does not make calls."
PHILOSOPHY
What is a telephone? And what is the netiquette
of online telephony? One of our favorites stories comes from
author Ben Orlove:
I was about to go out the front door, catch a bus and begin
my rounds of appointments, when I saw Dora, the maid, standing
in the entryway near a table with the telephone. "Excuse
me, does the telephone work in Aymara?" she called to Phil,
who was in the next room ... It was only as I walked down the
hill that I recalled her question and began to reflect on it.
It struck me as funny. How could anyone think that the telephone
would not work in Aymara?
The entire story is featured in Ben Orlove's Lines
in the Water page 63. (Planeta
Review)
PHONE PHOBES
Remember that not everyone enjoys talking on the phone. Some
people are much better conversationalists in person or via written
communication.
SKYPE
Check out Skype,
used to call other people on their computers or phones. Skype
is a little piece of software to call phones anywhere in the
world. It’s free to download, easy to use and has excellent
sound quality.
Warning: As many online telephone providers will
tell you, VoIP is not a reliable replacement for land line emergency
calls. 'Skype is not a telephony replacement service and cannot
be used for emergency dialing.'
REFERENCES
Skype's
Ambitions
Skype Forum
Skype
for Mac
Skypecasts
MACS
Personally, I am a fan of iSight,
a camera created for Macs.
PHILOSOPHY
What is a telephone? And what is the netiquette
of online telephony? One of our favorites stories comes from
author Ben Orlove:
I was about to go out the front door, catch a bus and begin
my rounds of appointments, when I saw Dora, the maid, standing
in the entryway near a table with the telephone. "Excuse
me, does the telephone work in Aymara?" she called to Phil,
who was in the next room ... It was only as I walked down the
hill that I recalled her question and began to reflect on it.
It struck me as funny. How could anyone think that the telephone
would not work in Aymara?
The entire story is featured in Ben Orlove's Lines
in the Water page 63. (Planeta
Review)
PHONE PHOBES
Remember that not everyone enjoys talking on the phone. Some
people are much better conversationalists in person or via written
communication.
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