Does anyone use skype?

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 16th September 2007, 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by JohnE

Now to my question
skype is that only skype to skype or can you use it to talk to say a landline if the other party hasn;t got it. ( if that makes sense)

john

It works quite well. Its only 3c a minute in most countries.

You can even use it for quick local calls and be way ahead if they are short.

**p38arover** · 25th December 2007, 11:51 PM

There's not much poiint in responding to this if you don't give us your Skype username!

I'm, wait for it....... ta da... p38arover

**jik22** · 26th December 2007, 10:29 PM

Yeah, been on Skype for years, but only tend to use it when I'm travelling to call home...I'm "jknight99" on there.

**p38arover** · 26th December 2007, 11:05 PM

Originally Posted by jik22

Yeah, been on Skype for years, but only tend to use it when I'm travelling to call home...I'm "jknight99" on there.

I tried to add you to my list but you don't exist.

**jik22** · 26th December 2007, 11:11 PM

Originally Posted by p38arover

I tried to add you to my list but you don't exist.

Added you - do you see me now?

**p38arover** · 26th December 2007, 11:16 PM

Originally Posted by jik22

Added you - do you see me now?

Yep, added to my list.

**d3funct** · 27th December 2007, 12:26 AM

People still use Skype?!

Its kinda like, KaZaA - eventually people realised how crappy it is and have since moved on.

The cutesey add-ons and colourfulness of Skype wont be a good selling point for long.

These days VOIP offerings from most ISP's or standalone carriers like MyNetFone have better rates, more reliable services - and theres no childish crap attached.
"Here's your line, and your number - off you go!"

**p38arover** · 27th December 2007, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by d3funct

These days VOIP offerings from most ISP's or standalone carriers like MyNetFone have better rates, more reliable services - and theres no childish crap attached.

Better than free?

**jik22** · 27th December 2007, 01:23 AM

Originally Posted by d3funct

People still use Skype?!

Its kinda like, KaZaA - eventually people realised how crappy it is and have since moved on.

The cutesey add-ons and colourfulness of Skype wont be a good selling point for long.

These days VOIP offerings from most ISP's or standalone carriers like MyNetFone have better rates, more reliable services - and theres no childish crap attached.
"Here's your line, and your number - off you go!"

VoIP has been around longer than Skype (Which is little more than a proprietary VoIP of sorts, anyway), but adoption for the home is slower due to the technical challenges that aren't there with the chat/voice/video offerings like Skype, Yahoo, MSN, Google, etc.

**Captain_Rightfoot** · 27th December 2007, 06:33 AM

Skype is renowned as one of the best of it's type with quality that's better than most of the other options.

Also, 3c a minute to dial out to most places in the world sounds good to me!! No ongoing charges either. I don't know how they make money out of it.

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