The giving up of all evil; The cultivation of the good;
The cleansing of one's mind; This is the Buddha'a teaching.


Monday, October 29, 2007

Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion: Conference Bridge Upgrade

We are pleased inform all Global Sinhala Dhamma Discussion Participants that we have upgraded the Conference Bridge to support high definition audio qualiy.

This means that the participants using Skype will enjoy better than phone voice quality. What does this means? Phones are not able to transmit very much information. Like an AM radio, phones can only deliver the mid-tones of your voice to the telephone at the other end making you sound a little tinny and as if you are, well, using a telephone (limited to about 4kHz at the upper end whereas voices and the human ear range up to about 22kHz). When you use Skype and your computer to get into a wideband audio HighSpeed Conference, every caller hears a much wider voice range (extending up as far as 12kHz). The bottom line is that your voice sounds richer, fuller, clearer and far more natural to everyone on the conference call.

Here are the new calling numbers for the Dhamma conference using the high performance conference bridge:

From Skype (totally free!):
call Skype number: +9900827048980674 to be a participant. Please note that this Skype out number is completely free. Please ensure that you include the leading "+" when you dial this number using Skype's call phones feature. (In most cases, depending on your e-mail client, you will be able to just click on the above Skype number and invoke the Skype call.)

From a regular phone...
Calling from the USA/Canada call:
USA Phone# 1-605-475-8800(long distance costs apply).

In Europe, call:
Austria 0820 401 15470
Belgium 0703 57 134
France 0826 109 071
Germany 0180 500 9527
Ireland 818 270 968
Spain 902 881 270
Switzerland 0848 560 397
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0870 0990 931


The conference is free but premium national rate charges will apply to these calls, as follows:
Charge/minute
UK: 1.5p
Germany: 14 Euro Cents
France: 15 Euro Cents
Belgium: 8.7 Euro Cents
Switzerland: 4 Euro Cents
Ireland: 1.3 Euro Cents
Italy: 8.2 Euro Cents

Conference Room/ID Number is : 8980674


Participant Commands:

*2 - Mute/Unmute your own line so other people can't hear you talking

*9 - Raise hand (Optional)

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