Skype Directory

[WickedWeasel]

Intresting Poll.

Would you put your number up on a South African Skype Directory ?

http://www.voipforum.co.za/viewtopic.php?p=82#82

[bwana]

I'd have two 'numbers' - one public and one private. The private is the one I'd use for Mac to landline. The public one I could change when necessary without having to worry about transferring my skype out credits should people start abusing the system. I could just see telemarketers calling to offer me a new VOIP service!

Anyone out there try one of the skype handsets? Are they worth getting? Right now I use a PS2 headset that came with SOCOM which seems to work pretty well and has a nice long cable.

[WickedWeasel]

Yes,

We have many in stock, and have found them to be quite good, some even have noise cancelaltion etc ?

Email me. I know of a site being put up at the moment called www.voicegear.co.za which will list these phones as well as the new South African skype directory being created.

[bwana]

Really need to get one of those handsets - just signed up for Skypein. I've got a local number in the UK and one in NY (€30 per year for each number) where people can call me. If I'm at my pc it goes through like a skype-skype call otherwise its gets diverted to voicemail - sweet.

[bwana]

They're free so why not have two accounts especially if you're concerned with anonymity. However, if helps they do give you a per call costing so you could separate business from personal calls.

[bwana]

adlo - Try this - If you're running XP Pro then create a seperate windows user account (Control pannels> User Accounts etc). Then create a new shortcut for Skype. Right click on the icon and select 'Run as'. Choose the user account you created earlier.Bingo - you should now have 2 copies of Skype running. Enter your second skype account details in the new instance of skype. (Apparently there is a similar solution if you're running 2000 but I havent been able to verify it.)

You'll need 2 different audio sources - a usb headset for one and a sound card for the other perhaps?

Hope that helps.

[caroper]

This looks interesting:

http://www.actiontec.com/products/communications/ipw_usb/index.php

[jstar3021]

Hey, I just found a new Joomla based Skype Directory here: http://www.skype-directory.com

It's global (near as I can tell), free and anyone can submit an entry with or without registration.

I've seen other Skype Users Directories but this is the best one so far. I wrote to them to see if they would make a separate SA directory and they wrote back saying are going to divide the Home Users directory into countries and there will be a South Africa Skype Directory!