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I am sure just about everyone has heard of Skype and perhaps a lot of you are already using it. Now it is not too often that I give a product rave reviews but once again Skype has performed above my expectations.
For some time now I have been using Skype as an instant messenger and for some conference calls. Yes that is right you can do conference calls with Skype. Not all your participants in the conference call need to be on a computer either. You can use Skype dial out service (for a reasonable fee) to call participants and involve them in your conference call.
But what has impressed me the most about Skype is that this morning I used it for an online conference call with two other people. Now this may not sound that amazing, but when you factor in that one person was in England, the other in Japan, and me here in the center of Canada. It is pretty amazing.
There was virtually no lag time and I could hear each person clear as a bell. In fact the clarity was much better than I have found on land line international calls. It was so clear that when one of the participants cell phone rang I almost thought the phone was right beside me and not on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.
If you are only using Skype online than you cannot beat the price, its free! If you are in North America or most places Skype has monthly packages if you are calling land lines. The price verys from place to place but I find it is extremely reasonable.
My only complaint is that I cannot get a land line phone number here in Canada for land lines to call me. That’s right if you live in the US or England, and a few other places you can get a phone number that regular phones can call. You can answer these online or have them forwarded to a phone number of your choice.
Hopefully Skype will be offering this service in Canada soon. If you have never tried Skype, give it a try. Oh I also forgot to mention that you can also do video chats with Skype. It is an excellent piece of software that I highly recommend.
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nicole (Who am I?)
// Jul 3, 2008 at 12:23 am
My line is too slow for skype,….*sniffles*….but yes, I love it too
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Ben (Who am I?)
// Jul 3, 2008 at 7:18 am
Really? I have conference called with people on dial up here in Canada and they have had no problems. But that was with out video.
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BioTecK (Who am I?)
// Jul 5, 2008 at 9:20 am
In the past I’ve used Skype but I don’t use it anymore.
Why? With my ISP it’s possible to have internet and phone together. So I pay €5 a month and I can call 24/7 for free to the whole country and beside that I have a fast internet connection.
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tazdog (Who am I?)
// Jul 11, 2008 at 8:41 pm
I installed it last week but haven’t used it yet.. Looking forward to trying it out…
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Kevin (Who am I?)
// Jul 16, 2008 at 7:43 am
I use Skype daily for business and personal calls. It saves me a bundle, and I also highly reconmend it.
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Jenny (Who am I?)
// Jul 26, 2008 at 4:32 am
I have skype and can talk to others who have it. The trouble is, not everyone has it. There are so many other ways to communicate. But it is good for hearing the other person’s voice.
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Mr Article (Who am I?)
// Sep 9, 2008 at 11:21 am
Skype is fantastic, i don’t use it often but when i do it’s a very fun time. I usually use it to call into the Tom Green show and have a video chat with him on his show, it’s so cool, i love the fact he uses it on his show too. Skype power! High five!
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B.M. Garrett (Who am I?)
// Sep 18, 2008 at 4:53 pm
I’m not familiar with Skype but it sounds interesting. Nowadays it’s so hard to keep up with technology because something new is coming out everyday.
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Justin Wright (Who am I?)
// Sep 22, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I have actually been thinking about ditching my iPhone and it’s 90 dollar bill in favor of skype. For like 3 dollars a month, you can make unlimited calls here in the US. And now that companies are making skype phones, it makes it that much easier to use it like a normal phone.
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Wyatt (Who am I?)
// Sep 27, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I find that Skype requires much less bandwidth than doing audio or video chat on other IM protocols/clients. Plus, there’s Windows, Mac, and Linux clients for it so you don’t have to be limited by the OS or client used by everyone in the conversation. I use it daily for work and absolutely love it.
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Matt (Who am I?)
// Nov 2, 2008 at 2:19 am
I have just started using Skype now myself. An old school friend I got in touch with recently suggested it. (He’s in San Francisco, and I’m in Sydney.)
Took a while to download, but it installed okay. Have had a couple of calls with my friend. I’m on dialup so it’s a bit muffled and drops out intermittently but it comes back and we can certainly talk for as long as we want. All for free.
Amazing.
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mogs (Who am I?)
// Dec 27, 2008 at 6:52 pm
I operate an online business from home and one of my partners just happens to be in Australia. We skype all the time (along with instant messenger, e-mail and some online planning tools such as backpack). I can’t even imagine what the bill would be like without skype.
Ever at thanksgiving some of my older relatives were talking about this great new thing called Skype. They didn’t understand it 100%; just that it makes phone calls for free (or nearly for free if you use the pay service).
Furthermore, you can use it to setup a company/personal landline with a professional voicemail for only a few bucks a month. Much less expensive than a private landline.
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