Have you skyped it yet?

moweut

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31 Dec 05

moweut

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31 Dec 05

http://skype.com/
internet telephoney at its best.
With SkypeOut, you can use Skype to call ordinary phone numbers all over the world.

celticcountry

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31 Dec 05

is it free?

KneverKnight

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31 Dec 05

Originally posted by celticcountry
is it free?

The best things in life are free.

Santa Drummer

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31 Dec 05

what is it?

rbmorris

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31 Dec 05

Skype rocks!!! It's free. Highly recomended!

dweezil

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31 Dec 05

Originally posted by rbmorris
Skype rocks!!! It's free. Highly recomended!

More details!

celticcountry

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31 Dec 05

ditto

rbmorris

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31 Dec 05

Originally posted by dweezil
More details!

Go to skype.com, download the free software and call anywhere (I think) for free over your PC. All you really need is a cheap $20 headset from Radio Shack and a high speed internet connection (sorry dweezil). At least I think you need a high speed connection. I could be wrong. The sound quality is as good (if not better) than the regular phone.

I got turned onto it by this guy I used to take chess lessons from. I was very skeptical at first, but it's really great. Very easy to operate too. Takes about 2 min to set up.

moweut

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18 Jan 06

so theoretically, if you could fit the skype program onto/into your mobile phone and then connected to the internet on your phone , you could use the mobile at internet rates, no?

aspviper666

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18 Jan 06

Originally posted by KneverKnight
The best things in life are free.

You can get 'em from the birds 'n bees.

Dr Strangelove

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18 Jan 06

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Originally posted by celticcountry
is it free?

There's a basic free version and also a paid version.
How long it will remain free now ebay/paypal have got their hands on it is anyones guess?

Russ

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18 Jan 06

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I use Skype daily, not to skype out, but to talk to other contacts with Skype installed. I do some work for someone in New Zealand and it saves me a fortune, as you can probably imagine.

It can get laggy sometimes though, I had an awful conversation the other day (UK to California) and we just over spoke each other the whole time. It still is one of the best free bits of software out there though.

-Russ

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18 Jan 06

Originally posted by Russ
I use Skype daily, not to skype out, but to talk to other contacts with Skype installed. I do some work for someone in New Zealand and it saves me a fortune, as you can probably imagine.

It can get laggy sometimes though, I had an awful conversation the other day (UK to California) and we just over spoke each other the whole time. It still is one of the best free bits of software out there though.

-Russ

If it's just one person, googletalk is great too, the sound quality is fantastic.

wucky3

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18 Jan 06

can you use it to call mobiles?

stocken

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18 Jan 06

Originally posted by Russ
I use Skype daily, not to skype out, but to talk to other contacts with Skype installed. I do some work for someone in New Zealand and it saves me a fortune, as you can probably imagine.

It can get laggy sometimes though, I had an awful conversation the other day (UK to California) and we just over spoke each other the whole time. It still is one of the best free bits of software out there though.

-Russ

Guess from which country the creator of Skype are? 😏

(Not that I have anything to do with it, but it's like a national hockey team or similar. You take pride even though you're not actually one of them.)