How prevalent are Skype depositions?

My agency just did a Skype deposition and it all seemed to work out rather well.  The client + opposing where in Ohio.  We were here in California.  And while Skype is typically a consumer level product, all sides seem to have been pleased with the results.  So I'm wondering how prevalent are Skype depositions?  Have you ever taken one and what are the advantages or pitfalls?

I have taken one Skype deposition.  I had to borrow my son-in-law's computer because I don't have a built-in web camera; he does.  If you don't have a built-in camera, you can buy an attachment. 

The depo went pretty well.  There was some "cutting out" that went on and I had to stop them and make sure they repeat whatever was cut out, but then I found out that we probably had it hooked up incorrectly.  I don't really know what the problem was.  Next time I'll have to figure that out.  I think I had it running through my wireless and I should have had it running through the hotel's or something to that effect. 

The agency I took the depo for would not pay extra for this feature, which I felt they should, since I needed special equipment and there was extra work in getting the hooking up going, plus I had to do a "dry run" at my son-in-law's house to make sure that it was working. 

I do think this is going to be more prevalent in the future.  A "visual" telephonic depo.  I'm not too jazzed about it because I really don't like telephonic depos because of the "cutting out" thing.  Maybe once the bugs get worked out, though, it will be fine.

I took Skype deposition just a few days ago.  The audio tended to cut out a little bit.  So we ended up muting the audio on the Skype and used one of the attorney's phones for audio.

So it wasn't perfect, but not untakable.

Perfect would be hard land line telephone and hard-wired to the Internet to get the fastest speeds possible.  This was taken at a doctor's conference room in a hospital, so I was glad to be able to get everything to work.

In terms of pay, I will be charging something for either use of my netbook or use of Skype service plus a telephonic deposition charge.

I think there should definitely be a little extra for the use of Skype.  After all, all reporters can't do it bec. they do not have the necessary equipment.  And I did have to do trouble shooting with the attorney over the weekend to make sure everything was running smoothly.

A friend of mine just took a Skype depo today.   She said it cut out a little here and there and she had to shout on her read back, but other than that, all went fairly well.   I think we will see this more in the future...

We have done a few of them for attending counsel only.  It has worked well, but I wouldn't recommend it to the taking party without a highspeed connection on each end.

I took my first Skype deposition about two weeks ago.  The attorney on Skype was the questioning attorney.  Before we started, we tried the Skype audio compared to the phone audio, and we both felt the Skype audio was much better.  The deposition went about two hours, and there wasn't one single problem.  I'd much rather use Skype than have someone appear on speakerphone.