My Dad has discovered Skype.
He insists on calling me with it despite the fact that I keep complaining about crappy-ass connections (I can't hear him) and dropped calls (he keeps blaming me for hanging up on him when Skype is just cutting us off).
I tell him that the reason I pay for a family plan (which his cell phone is included on) is so that we can call each other whenever & wherever we want. He keeps insisting Skype is cheaper (well you can't get cheaper than free), but hey, I'm paying for the airtime regardless, so he may as well use the minutes.
Also, he called me at work today on my cell phone to tell me he was calling me with Skype. I asked him what he needed to talk to me about and he said, "I'm using Skype." And then he repeated it like 5 times. I told him I was on a deadline and asked what he needed and he told me he was calling me on Skype. Thank you, Dad.
He thinks he's all "ahead of the game" and stuff because he uses it and wants to "teach me about new technologies." Whatever.
Oh and the worst part? He pronounces it "sky-pee" not "sky-puh" (like "hype" with an "s" in front of it... thanks nessahead for confirming the pronunciation).
Sky-pee? It sounds like that blue water in the toilets on airplanes. I don't want to use sky-pee. I'll stick to my cell phone for now, thanks. Better yet, I have a landline at work. I'll use that to call you if I need to.
(To be fair, Skype would be great for international phone calls. But I don't think it's necessary to use Skype for a call that is "free" on our cell phones that have perfect reception.)
Posted by jozjozjoz at August 25, 2005 11:07 PMRFLMAO - I just love old asian men.
Posted by: Ponzi at August 26, 2005 10:29 AMLOL, sky-pee. I kind of go through the same thing with my family, and they're not asian. They'll pick up the old landline phone and pay a toll before using the free family plan on the cell phone. Go figure.
Posted by: muckdog at August 26, 2005 01:15 PMOf course, you explained to him that VoIP technologies that use a peer-to-peer paradigm (like Skype) are normally much more prone to steady stream interruption than VoIP technologies that use a dual-client-with-dedicated-server paradigm (like VoIP phones like Vonage et al), usually due to the dedicated server being very near to a high-bandwidth backbone, right? I mean, if he's trying to teach you new technologies and all.
Posted by: Deltus at August 28, 2005 10:52 AM
Yeesh. Maybe a new iPod Shuffle and earbuds could keep him more entertained?
Posted by: keith721 at August 26, 2005 06:54 AM