[X4U] Skype using Plantronics headset on Satellite ADSL

Peter Apockotos mastermacchief at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 09:27:08 PDT 2005


On Apr 28, 2005, at 12:08 PM, Roy van der Westhuizen wrote:

> I recently leant a friend my Plantonics headset to test using Skype on 
> his Windoze machine. In the interim I ugraded to 10.3.9 and had a 
> Satellite ADSL link installed. Now when using Skype, the other party 
> can hear me, but I cannot hear them. Has anybody else had a problem 
> using similar headsets on Skype using 10.3.9? Could it be the 
> Satellite ADSL link? Could the evil South African Telkom monopoly be 
> blocking voice incoming on their service?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreaciated.
>
> Regards,
>
> Roy


It is the Satellite link.  The latency on those type of connections are 
too high for Skype.



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