{"id":9935,"date":"2006-02-24T23:30:42","date_gmt":"2006-02-24T20:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=9935"},"modified":"2006-02-26T11:46:04","modified_gmt":"2006-02-26T08:46:04","slug":"skype-with-skypeout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/24\/skype-with-skypeout\/","title":{"rendered":"Skype with SkypeOut"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Continuing my Skype saga&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve finally fixed the headset at the office.  Again, it turned out I had two sound cards &#8211; it&#8217;s just one of them was disabled completely.  Instead of trying to please the SoundBlaster Live! I turned that other one on, and it worked like a charm.  Damn Creative.  Every time I try to use &#8211; I have a problem.<\/p>\n<p>So, anyway, with all the headphones and microphones working, I decided to go further along and buy some SkypeOut minutes.  SkypeOut minutes allow one to call from Skype (read: computer) to any regular or mobile phone.  Anywhere.  Dirt cheap.<\/p>\n<p>I used my PayPal account to buy a 10.00 EUR credit.  It worked like a charm.  I made a couple of test calls around.  The quality is OK.  The additional benefit is the anonimity.  The calls are not signed with any number, so if  you want to call anyone anonymously &#8211; here is your option.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now.  Soon, I&#8217;ll tell you about things that I think suck in Skype.<\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p>Continuing my Skype saga&#8230; I&#8217;ve finally fixed the headset at the office. Again, it turned out I had two sound cards &#8211; it&#8217;s just one of them was disabled completely. Instead of trying to please the SoundBlaster Live! I turned that other one on, and it worked like a charm. Damn Creative. Every time I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/24\/skype-with-skypeout\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Skype with SkypeOut<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- google_ad_section_end -->\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90,1601,1035],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-9935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-communications","tag-phones","tag-skype"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11964,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2009\/12\/01\/linux-skype-and-web-camera\/","url_meta":{"origin":9935,"position":0},"title":"Linux, Skype, and web camera","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"December 1, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been using Skype for a few years now, but mainly for chats.\u00a0 Occasionally, I'd do a call, but that never involved video.\u00a0 Until recently.\u00a0 A couple of days ago my dad got online (finally!).\u00a0 And now there is a good reason to use Skype with a web camera for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;All&quot;","block_context":{"text":"All","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/skype_video.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9919,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2006\/02\/16\/more-on-skype\/","url_meta":{"origin":9935,"position":1},"title":"More on Skype","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"February 16, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me do a little side note, before I start - Mom, you should really read this post! :) Now, just a couple of days ago I wrote that I decided to try Skype. 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