which messenger is best for for voice chat?

[Steve]

I will be travelling out of the country and would like to "call home" using
my PC and a messenging app. Which one is best for this? And while we are
at it, which one is best for video conferencing?

Thanks in advance,
Steve

[Steve]

By "call home" I mean use a mic to reach either another PC at home or a
telephone.
Any ideas?

"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> I will be travelling out of the country and would like to "call home"
using
> my PC and a messenging app. Which one is best for this? And while we are
> at it, which one is best for video conferencing?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve
>
>

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

MSN Messenger

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





"Steve" > wrote in message
...
> By "call home" I mean use a mic to reach either another PC at home or a
> telephone.
> Any ideas?
>
> "Steve" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I will be travelling out of the country and would like to "call home"
> using
>> my PC and a messenging app. Which one is best for this? And while we
>> are
>> at it, which one is best for video conferencing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Steve,

Probably something like Skype (www.skype.com) as a lot of hotel networks or whatever else you
may be connecting to while outside the country probably don't support UPnP and therefore MSN
Messenger/Windows Messenger won't be very successful.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"Steve" > wrote in message ...
>I will be travelling out of the country and would like to "call home" using
> my PC and a messenging app. Which one is best for this? And while we are
> at it, which one is best for video conferencing?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Steve
>
>

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Jonathon

I always believed that MSN Messenger didn't rely on UPnP.. I have saved the
skype website for future reference.. one question.. does it pick up on one's
WM/MSNM friends list?

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/user

http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm





"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
...
> Greetings Steve,
>
> Probably something like Skype (www.skype.com) as a lot of hotel networks
> or whatever else you may be connecting to while outside the country
> probably don't support UPnP and therefore MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> won't be very successful.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "Steve" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I will be travelling out of the country and would like to "call home"
>>using
>> my PC and a messenging app. Which one is best for this? And while we
>> are
>> at it, which one is best for video conferencing?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>
>

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Hi,

Nope, it uses it's own "address book".
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.


"Mike Hall (MS-MVP)" > wrote in message
...
> Jonathon
>
> I always believed that MSN Messenger didn't rely on UPnP.. I have saved the skype website
> for future reference.. one question.. does it pick up on one's WM/MSNM friends list?
>
> --
> Mike Hall
> MVP - Windows Shell/user
>
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Greetings Steve,
>>
>> Probably something like Skype (www.skype.com) as a lot of hotel networks or whatever else
>> you may be connecting to while outside the country probably don't support UPnP and
>> therefore MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger won't be very successful.
>> ____________________________________________
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>>
>> "Steve" > wrote in message ...
>>>I will be travelling out of the country and would like to "call home" using
>>> my PC and a messenging app. Which one is best for this? And while we are
>>> at it, which one is best for video conferencing?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance,
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>