Scotland trip prep...

[johno]

We got our renewed passports this week.
We may have a lead on timeshare.
We've started looking through a guide book to figure out exactly where we want to go.
I purchased a SkypeIn number, so we can forward our main phone to it while were away.

Soon we need to start planning what we want to bring on the trip and how to pack it all.

Speaking of the SkypeIn number, I received my first voice mail on it today. No ID, other then the phone number, located in San Pablo (I have more info ;), some noise and a quick "WhatsUP!" Kid or Female, I couldn't be sure based on one word.

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[galtine1.livejournal.com]

Since I was looking into the prices of renting a UK cellphone and had a stress attack, do you mind sharing some of the details on this???

[johno.livejournal.com]

Skype is a Voice over Internet (VOIP is the common techie term) service. To do computer to computer, computer to phone & phone to computer "phone" calls, the service is free.

Computer to computer is the basic free Skype service.

Computer to phone is the SkypeOut service and there is a small fee per minute.

Phone to computer is the new SkypeIN services and requires a subscription. It comes with a voice mailbox feature

Many podcasts use Skype to interview guests and the Interaction committee is using it to coordinate between UK, EU and US based folks. Cheryl Morgan reports her phone bill is much lighter now.