Mr. JJB pointed out that unlimited US and Canada calling on Skype is now $15/year. That’s not too shabby. I’d love to sign up for that for easier billing (filing expenses 12 times a year is more of a drag than one), and it’d certainly be much cheaper for RedMonk.
The problem is, the damn Skype client doesn’t work with conference calls very well. I’ve never gotten the touch tone dialing to work. “DMTF” they call it, right? For almost every call I do, I have to dial in pass codes. Obviously, it works like a charm on normal lines. But Skype always, always screws up.
To that end, does anyone know if there’s a way to make it work? It seems like it’d be possible for it to work and, obviously, other VoIP providers have it working (right?).
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It's DTMF, btw. Stands for Dual Tone Multi-Frequency. Uses two-tone beeps so people's voices don't accidentally trigger beep commands (important when control & voice were on the same channel).
Dunno much about how to handle the Skype problem, though.
The solution is simple! Hold your cell-phone or real phone near your microphone and dial the numbers. Its hokey but it works.
does the last poster's idea really work? is it just a matter of getting the right tone?