i had skype installed and working well on my FC11. my connection is dsl, but still the lag wasnt too bad. the version is skype-2.1.0.81-fc10.i586 guess i should try the upgraded version... On 04/16/2010 11:13 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > . > > Is anyone able to offer some help with Skype. > > I installed their Linux RPM version and yum'd the dependencies. It > works well between Skype users, at least the voice is fine and I can > see the other persons video although that's not a feature I would use. > > But although it will connect to the "plain old telephone system, I > subscribed to that feature," it doesn't provide a usable connection. > All I have to test with is my cell phone and only hear weak and > broken audio, a call to my brother's answering machine gets dropped > before I can say more than a few words leading me to believe it's > not hearing me? > > To add to the uncertainty my satellite ISP contributes a couple of > seconds of latency, there is the delay between here and the > satellite and from there to the earth station plus what ever other > system delays occur and of course I don't know what effect that > might have beyond the obvious human reaction to the delayed response. > > Any thoughts on the subject appreciated. > > Bob > > -- Jack Craig Software Engineer 831.461.7100 x120 www.extraview.com -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines