Originally Posted by
StingWest
Perhaps you might go into a Pete's Coffee (or similar) and listen to all of the VoIP conversations around you - mostly by people using earbuds and a microphone plugged into their laptops (earbud setup causes one to speak loudly) Then you'll understand!
In the lounges I now applaud the few who used earphones to chat on VOIP ... the standard seems to be to have the speakers on full volume and bark at the computer so that the other party can still hear one when one's strolling over to bar to get a refill ...
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