Does anyone use skype?

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 17th November 2005, 08:44 PM

Does anyone out there use skype? It is a FREE voip service. What this means is that you can make calls for FREE over the internet to anyone that also has skype [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

You can also use skypeout to dial people on their normal telephones for very reasonable rates [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

My nick is swamos [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif[/img]

**walker** · 17th November 2005, 10:16 PM

Yep, I use it a bit. Mostly I only use the chat option for people in Australia, I have found that voice calls often seem to break up. I do use the voice a bit to call my sister in the Solomon Islands I bit though.

**George130** · 18th November 2005, 06:49 PM

I have been meaning to try it. My brother uses it and beleives I can still use it with dial up.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 18th November 2005, 10:31 PM

Originally posted by George130
I have been meaning to try it. My brother uses it and beleives I can still use it with dial up.

It's sort of okish with dial up. Give it a try. If you get a good dial up you'll probably be ok [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] Of course, refrain from doing anything on your PC that would be trying to use bandwidth while making a call. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

**incisor** · 19th November 2005, 10:05 AM

i use it

sign on is daveblears oddly enough [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

**fernockulated** · 19th November 2005, 08:19 PM

:roll: Me too,although mainly just the chat option,conversation is not good on dial-up [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
sign on is fernockulated(strangely enough! 8) )

**one_iota** · 19th November 2005, 08:35 PM

"one_iota" hasn't used it yet

**Grizzly_Adams** · 20th November 2005, 04:50 AM

2 years ago I got married and brought my wife back to Switzerland with me.

For the 3 years before that when I was in Switzerland and my (then girlfriend) was in Australia, I was using VoIP using nothing more than Yahoo! Messenger... though of course you could use MSN messenger as well.

Worked well enough, even though she only had dial-up.

I looked at Skype, it was ok'ish. Didn't need yet another program on my 'puter though so kept with the other messenger products..

Not that any of you mob would wanna talk with me anyway :wink: [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

**matbor** · 20th November 2005, 08:54 PM

Skype is awesome :!:

I recently went to the USA and had broadband in my hotel room. I think I paid 10 Euro (about $16 Aus dollars) for approx 200 minutes to a landline. The setup I had in my hotel room was, broadband, headset and skype. And I was calling a Australian landline (My girlfriend [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]) Call quality was pretty good, would say 90% of the time you couldn't tell the difference !!!

Have also tried calling one of my mates in QLD and he had Skype installed on his computer too, so it was computer to computer, call quality was good on that too....

Give it a go, doesn't cost that much !!!

Matt.

**pullsy** · 24th November 2005, 09:36 AM

I use it all the time to talk to a mate in Cairns. We are both on broadband and it is as good as using the phone. Problem is we are both surfing the net at the same time so the conversations tend to be a bit vague. Cheers,
Pullsy

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