Bill Campbell

One PC handles 4 Skype Calls

March 5, 2006 03:36 PM

Topics: Business

For family or business one PC handling 4 Skype Calls makes sense and can save a lot of dollars.

I have been doing some intensive testing the Skype2PBX or Skype to Office Phone Systems with my Skype buddies Neil Lindsey Skype ID neillindsey and Torben Nyhuus Skype ID torbennyhuus. The two most important tests:

1. How stable is is the architecture of running 4 concurrent Skype Clients on one PC?

2. Can four users with USB handsets or headsets speak concurrently with four different callers?

It turns out that our testing setup is a very useful setup for a micro or very small business or for families.


onepc4skypecalls

Lots of flexibility:
Skype Clients can be all the same user ID or all different or a mix somewhere in between.
Skype Groups will allow you to distribute SkypeOut credit and purchase SkypeIn numbers.
Add a VoSKY Internet Phone Wizard to replace one of the USB Handsets with Cordless phone interconnected to a regular telephone line. This gives you backup access to the public telephone network if SkypeOut fails or for 911 calls and fax.

Stable? In over three weeks of 24/7 use on both Intel P4 and AMD xp3000+ we never experienced a glitch running 4 or 5 Skype Clients on one PC.

Concurrent use of 4 USB handsets? No problem. Each must be from a different manufacturer or the USB system will have difficult (impossible) time identifying one device from another.

To have multiple Skype Clients running set up separate user accounts in Windows. You can do this in Control Panel. Give each account Computer Administrator rights and a password. Boot up Skype in each account using the "Run as.." command (Right click on the Skype short cut icon and select "Run as..")

Soon you will experience "Sharing is good"!





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Posted by: Shawn at March 11, 2006 7:56 PM

This would seem to have great potential - one of the problems with group voice/vidoe conference is audio quality. Theoretically, one could provide headsets to all conferecne participants, thus creating a much better voice-quality conference.

Another thought along this line relates to video - you could configure the main PC with a wide-angle video camera running as a web-cam and thus get a full-room view of all participants. A nearly-free video-conference....

I'd be curious to hear if others have a twist on this idea...

Posted by: pat98usb at April 7, 2006 1:51 PM

I will try to translate as much information possible of the site http://www.skype2pbx.com/
The software is Linux based and uses an Usb box made by Waitec , so you can use Skype with a traditional pbx . The software can handle up to 99 telephonic lines , you dont need to use any headset or microphone , neither to install other software . Its as simple as to use a normal phone . You will need at least for use it with two lines a pc with an Intel Pentium III running at 800 Mhz , 256 Mb of ram , and an 8 Gb HDD , and an Usb port for every line box you wish to use . You then can call either Skype™ user or thru SkypeOut or you can receive calls thru the Pbx from your Skype account or from SkypeIn services .

Skype2PBX Skype/Pbx Gateway
Do you know Skype?
Skype is a revolutionary software for PC that allows to telephone to other Skype customers without any cost
Particularly interesting is the possibility through a service called SkypeOut to telephone to any fixed net number with absolutely favorable rates of any telephony supplier

It pull down the costs of telephony
Use Skype without headset or microphone
As simple as using the phone

An optimal way to tear down the telephone costs in company, until today to use it was demanded the use of Computer, Caps and microphone

Would you be able to use it with a normal Telephone exchange?
Once you comprise the advantages to use Skype for some types of conversation why dont use it through a normal telephone exchange, taking advantage of all its characteristics and only spending 1,2€ hour?

The SOLUTION IS SKYPE2PBX
An installable software on any Personal Computer
Up to 99 contemporary lines to the traditional telephone exchange
It allows to place calls to Skype customers and to fixed and mobile net numbers through the SkypeOUT service.
It allows to receive calls from Skype customers and from customers of fixed and mobile net through the SkypeIN service.
Easy manageable through an intuitive Web interface for management.
It allows to have clearly report of the carried out and received calls.
It does not install any software on the client computer of the customer.
Compatible with any telephone exchange on the market that supports Analogic lines.

WHAT IT IS Skype2PBX ?
ITS A SOFTWARE THAT CONNECTS SKYPE WITH THE TRADITIONAL TELEPHONE EXCHANGE .
Practically its a gateway thats connect the analogue lines of your pbx to Skype thru yours internet connections .

Skype2PBX is an auto installing software that thanks to a Waitec Usb box it allows to use all the Skype services through a traditional telephone exchange .
http://www.waitec.com/trade/productview/307/19/

Its installable on any normal personal computer and in just few minutes you will unleash all the power of Skype available within a simple telephone.

WHAT ITS NOT Skype2PBX
Skype2PBX is not a system in order to interconnet business centers through VoIP
It is not a Telephone exchange

MAIN FUNCTIONALITIES
Based on Linux operating system
Auto installing guided installation
Simple and intuitive graphical interface
Documentation entirely in Italian
( I hope someone will do a traslation to English at least)

ADVISED CHARACTERISTICS HARDWARE
For being able to install the Skype2PBX software correctly it is advised to use the following hardware like requirement for 2 lines:
Processor: Intel Pentium III 800MHz
Ram: 256MB
HDD: minimum 8GB
Usb Ports: sufficient for the number of usb box using (they can be uses you hub usb)You will have moreover need of a number of usb box equivalent to the number of lines that you want to connect to your telephone exchange.The telephone adapters currently support to you are:Waitec EZI Phonebox USB VoIP Phone (with chipset Freshtel FT102)

The number of lines that you will connect to Skype2PBX® will influence on the performances of the machine, requirement from we indicates refers to you all’uso of two lines.

Posted by: igor at May 17, 2006 11:28 AM

For multi participant video conferencing, a better solution is VidSpeak. Multiple participants from multiple locations and multiple webcams.

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