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Re: [LUG] Tesco Internet Phone?

 

On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:24:54 +0000
Martinus Scriblerus wrote:

> On 3/8/06, Grant Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Wed, 8 Mar 2006 10:01:57 +0000
> > Martinus Scriblerus wrote:
> >
> > > There are other services - I don't know if the Tesco offering is
> > > locked on to their own service or could be used with Skype or similar.
> > >
> > > Surprise, surprise - there was no mention of Linux compatibility in the review.
> >
> > D'oh!  Well, I guess I could just pick one up and see what happens... it might 
> > simply be a USB speaker/microphone combo, in which case we're laughing!  I was 
> > thinking about Skype/etc.
> >
> 
> I've been thinking along the same lines; I'd be interested to hear how
> you get on. Apparently the package as supplied gives you a local
> number for people to call in and £5 worth of calls.

I don't think I would be going out on a limb to presume that you'd have to run the 
supplied software (*ahem* Windows only, at a guess) in order to "activate" the 
number.  There doesn't seem to be any online facility to do this.  I think I'll give 
it a shot next time I'm over that way.

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