Skype is money-saving and feature-laden telephoning over the Internet. You learn what it is and how it works. Learn about VoIP — it's the future of telephony and it is here today. Topics Covered: Why is this Guide for You? • What can you do with a “phone” linked to the Internet? • The Technology that Makes it Possible • What is Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)? • What is Peer-to-Peer technology (P2P)? • About Skype Technologies S.A. • What is Skype? • The Benefits of Skype • How to Get Started • How to Make a Call • How to Receive a Call • How to Make a Conference Call • How to Transfer Files • How to Chat • How to Make Calls to a Traditional Telephone — SkypeOut • Having Your Own Traditional Telephone Number — SkypeIn • Voicemail • What's Coming Down the Pike for Skype? • The Future of Telephoning • Choosing the Device for Talking and Listening • The difference between an analog and digital headset • How to use the USB-connected headset • The range of headset options.
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Skype Is Ripe All Right gave me the answers on what telephoning over the Internet is and how it works. --Peter A. Carrier, a novice Internet user
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Dr. Dinter's professional career commenced in 1958 as computer programmer in the U.S. Air Force. In the 1960s he served as manager of the University of Florida Computing Center. His entrepreneurial career began in 1967 when he founded a computer-technology-based company. As president he was responsible for offering computer products and services to a wide range of businesses and governmental organizations. As founder and chairman of the Board of Advisors of The Institute for Personal Computing in 1983, Dr. Dinter contributed his efforts to the advancement of the personal computer. Also in the early '80s, he joined the editorial board of a new personal computing magazine. Driven by his nationally distributed newsletter, Desktop Publishing Dialog, he organized and presented seminars and exhibits and founded the American Cartridge Recycling Association to serve this rapidly growing industry with education, information, and services. In 1990 he founded Grand Lifestyle magazine, initially published in printed form and now on the Internet. Please see also GrandLifestyle.com.
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