dansu Posted September 26, 2006 #1 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Has anyone been successful using Skype while at sea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell36 Posted September 26, 2006 #2 Share Posted September 26, 2006 I haven't. But, earlethepearl is on the Elation now. He posted yesterday he was going to try it. He had no cell service. His thread is Live from the Elation 9/24/06. Check it out. Edit: I see that you have already found the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzman Posted September 26, 2006 #3 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Dunno, are skypes kinda like Trojans? Those work pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughvh Posted September 26, 2006 #4 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Technically, you should be able to use Skype from any Internet connection. However, the ships use Satellite technology. Satellite communications usually takes about 1.5 - 2 seconds to go between the ground and bird. So you are looking at about 4 seconds round trip. I suspect you will lag out if you try any real-time communications. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted September 26, 2006 #5 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Skype (IPA pronunciation: [skɑɪp], i.e. "skipe") is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) network from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan40 Posted September 26, 2006 #6 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Skype (IPA pronunciation: [skɑɪp], i.e. "skipe") is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) networkfrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype Of course it is. Does it hurt? Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted September 26, 2006 #7 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Of course it is.Does it hurt? Dan Only if it spelled "SIKE" a dearly missed term from the late 80's and early 90's denoting that the immediately preceding statement was false and told to mislead another person. I really miss that show Blossom....SIKE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenjens1023 Posted September 26, 2006 #8 Share Posted September 26, 2006 a dearly missed term from the late 80's and early 90's denoting that the immediately preceding statement was false and told to mislead another person. I really miss that show Blossom....SIKE! But I believe in this case it is spelled PSYCH. I'm sorry, we are not to discuss spelling and grammar problems. So flame me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoinCruisin Posted September 26, 2006 #9 Share Posted September 26, 2006 But I believe in this case it is spelled PSYCH. I'm sorry, we are not to discuss spelling and grammar problems. So flame me... LOL, we always spelled it SIKE in high school... I think since it really wasn't a word, but more an expression (sike yo mom :p), nobody really cared... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydecocruiser Posted September 26, 2006 #10 Share Posted September 26, 2006 If it does work, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to block it and kill the competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted September 26, 2006 #11 Share Posted September 26, 2006 If it does work, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to block it and kill the competition. If it does work, I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to block it and kill the competition. SIKE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowrider Posted September 27, 2006 #12 Share Posted September 27, 2006 Skype (IPA pronunciation: [skɑɪp], i.e. "skipe") is a proprietary peer-to-peer Internet telephony (VoIP) networkfrom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skype So it's "pee pee to pee it" Right ?:rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare splash_in_the_water Posted September 27, 2006 #13 Share Posted September 27, 2006 i miss blossom.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DotingDale Posted September 28, 2006 #14 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Does anyone have a tech bone in their body? (the pee pee to pee pee thing is way over the top) Skype is used by millions of internet users to make phone calls. The question is does it work on ships via their internet service. I would like to know. From my experience I don't think it would because of the "chopiness" of the download... tech term is discreet transfer or something like that. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansu Posted September 28, 2006 Author #15 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Does anyone have a tech bone in their body? (the pee pee to pee pee thing is way over the top) Skype is used by millions of internet users to make phone calls. The question is does it work on ships via their internet service. I would like to know. From my experience I don't think it would because of the "chopiness" of the download... tech term is discreet transfer or something like that. Dale Thanks...I realize that it is very easy for some to type nonsense just be to acknowledged, as I too have been guilty in the past of responding with sarcasm...but only when the suggestion of popping popcorn has been mentioned in a heated thread. Hopefully a CC'r will respond with either a story of success or failure, as I can't believe that none of attempted to access SKYPE at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LHP Posted September 28, 2006 #16 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I just bought a DVD player...have no answering machine in my house (or caller ID) and just bought by son his first cellphone when he went off to college.... that's how "untechno" I am!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted September 28, 2006 #17 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I just bought a DVD player...have no answering machine in my house (or caller ID) and just bought by son his first cellphone when he went off to college....that's how "untechno" I am!!! The original Luddites claimed to be led by one Ned Ludd (also known as "Captain Ludd") from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite Wasn't Captain Ludd on a HAL ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted September 28, 2006 #18 Share Posted September 28, 2006 From my experience I don't think it would because of the "chopiness" of the download... tech term is discreet transfer or something like that. Dale The satellite dish seems to be able to track the satelitte for internet and TV reception. the transfer operator encodes information about an iterated map and is frequently used to study the behavior of dynamical systems, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_operator Continuous From Discrete Transfer Functions from http://www.mathpages.com/home/kmath584/kmath584.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derf5585 Posted September 28, 2006 #19 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The original Luddites claimed to be led by one Ned Ludd (also known as "Captain Ludd")from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite Wasn't Captain Ludd on a HAL ship? Sorry You are Obviously not a Luddite because you are able to log into CruiseCritic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthk333 Posted September 28, 2006 #20 Share Posted September 28, 2006 I tried Skype on the Century a few weeks ago, and there was a definite lag. I would say that 3-4 seconds is about right. We gave up on Skype after a while and switched to instant messaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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