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DerrickDerrick Registered User regular
edited January 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
Ok, so I am stuck in KY while my lady is interning in Washington D.C. I, being a poor, broke ass college student who doesn't like phones anyway, doesn't have one.

I think to myself, no problem. I will get that Google Talk everyone has been raging about. And for me, it works fine. However, on her end she gets "Could not authenticate to server."

Lovely.

So, her date/time are synced.

She doesn't think there is a firewall up but she isn't sure. She has on demand scanning from McAfee but it's off and I'm not sure if that comes with a firewall anyway.

She's tried enabling and disabling windows firewall and nothing there.

So, does anyone have any experience getting this to work?

If it's a lost cause, what other programs are available that could do the same thing, free or cheaply?

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  • HiredGunHiredGun Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Skype (www.skype.com) is a great alternative.

    At best, both of you can install it and talk for free just like Google Talk.
    At worst, YOU can install it, get a SkypeOut account, and make the call from your computer to her phone, for a very reasonable fee (something like 2 cents a minute, usually).

    What kind of connection is she on (home/work/campus)?

    Has she tried reinstalling the google talk client?

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  • contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    You mean, Voice? Even AIM has voice support. Skype is the best voice-only program over the internet.

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  • Shazkar ShadowstormShazkar Shadowstorm Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Skype has video as well if you got cams.

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  • Darth_fluffyDarth_fluffy Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    With Skype you can also get year of unlimited outgoing calls for $15.

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  • A-RodA-Rod Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    theres also msn you can use.

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  • Solidaritus:Solidaritus: __BANNED USERS regular
    edited January 2007
    Sign up now and you don't have to pay anything till 2008

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  • GuffreyGuffrey Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    is it possible to JUST use cams on skype? My girlfriend is in another state for college right now, and we both have webcams. It was cool to be able to see each other when we talked on yahoo, but for some reason she cant connect to yahoo now. Aim's cam support doesnt work. We havent tried msn yet.

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  • Locust76Locust76 Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    You mean... start a cam session using Skype to start a video session and then using another program for chat? I suppose you could do that.. but it would be horribly redundant.

    Skype is the best for voice. Free PC to PC calls. In addition to that, it does video and normal text chat.

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  • Peter PrinciplePeter Principle Registered User regular
    edited January 2007
    Yahoo IM has voice, too, iirc.

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