Hey Gman, Ok, I understand about the "line noise" issues you are discussing with me. I have a specific question though on synchronous versus asynchronous issues with noise. Synchronous learning as in everyone involved in the distance learning is meeting at the "same time" but can be at different locations. Asynchronous learning as in everyone does NOT have to meet at the same time, can be diff locations and diff times. So the issue here is "time and noise". Would this maybe be something to do with delays with the sound causing noise issues? I need to answer a specific question on asynchronous noise issues as opposed to just synchronous ones. thanks, Christy --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To subscribe, unsubscribe or modify your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk OR To subscribe to the mailing list, send an email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject. To unsubscribe send email to pctechtalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject. To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join our separate PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------