anyone ever succesfully used Skype inflight?
Jun 11, 2006, 2:59 pm
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I used it ORD-MUC. I called family and friends about 1/2 into the flight. Worked very well! There was though a 2sec delay, but voice was fine on both ends. I got a pair of noise cancelling mic/headphones, and they didnt hear the engines in the background.
Jun 14, 2006, 4:57 am
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Originally Posted by jason8612
I used it ORD-MUC. I called family and friends about 1/2 into the flight. Worked very well! There was though a 2sec delay, but voice was fine on both ends. I got a pair of noise cancelling mic/headphones, and they didnt hear the engines in the background.
Jun 14, 2006, 6:49 am
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Jun 14, 2006, 11:55 am
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Originally Posted by jason8612
Jun 14, 2006, 12:26 pm
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Originally Posted by TokyoCanuk
What is the difference in me chatting on either an airphone or skype using my headset as compared to a normal conversation with my seat mate beside me? My voice/volume is no different when I talk on a phone or skype???
And people will be talking louder using VOIP or using a cellphone on a plane (that's going to be a pain whenever that starts up
.) For some reason, it's human nature to talk loudly on a phone. Then you start clipping, the other person can't hear you, and you talk even louder! (Well maybe you don't, but the average person does.) I constantly have to tell my mom that she doesn't need to shout into her cellphone to talk to me. 
This is made even worse by increased latency as with VOIP over a satellite connection, or cell service over satellite, as the feedback is delayed. When you're talking to a seatmate, you end up talking softer and at a level that your seatmate can hear but isn't louder than it needs to be, since you have that person right there.