skype?? anyone use it?

Chug · 11-07-2009, 08:25 AM

I am told this is a good Video Chatting system for talk to friends in far places. to share things

anyone use it?. good Bad? the ugly?.

Carver_OR · 11-07-2009, 08:36 AM

I've used it for a couple of years now. I talk with friends and family all over the US and world with voice/view and it's fantastic, fun and free! I also use it for phone calls to land lines to friends that I might talk to for hours and hours so I don't use up my cell minutes, I think that costs $2.95 per mouth but the voice/view is free. I might suggest to have it turned off when not using it or it slows the speed down when surfing.

Pat
www.holdzit.com

RogueFishr · 11-07-2009, 09:18 AM

I use the free version, and talk Skype to Skype. It works great. I spent $20 on a headset to use for it. It didn't work as well with satellite internet (too much latency), but, it works great with cable and DSL.

RF

Lamplighter · 11-07-2009, 10:06 AM

Technically, I've found S->S works very well, and it is free... just need to arrange that parties are on line at the same time. Sound quality is usually better than weak/breaking cell phone connections.

My daughter took a trip to South Africa and we were planning to use Skpe, but it turned out that charges to access the internet in S.A. were excessive, so she just emailed instead.

Frankly, Skpe and the other internet voice systems seem to me to be the way to go in the future... they just need to add a simple (free) way to send/receive faxes. The Mac's (and PC's ?) already have a way to receive faxes without a fax machine, but sending via internet is more difficult.
(Or, does anyone have an easy way to use faxes without a 3rd party fee ?)

Danno · 11-07-2009, 10:59 AM

We Skype with our daughter that's is Boston for college. Works pretty well.

kilchisfisher · 11-07-2009, 11:16 AM

I've used it quite a bit. Works great. Better phone call quality than with my cell or landline.

It has some conferencing features which make it nice for small meetings, or just some friends getting together to gab or plan a hunt. I normally use the free Skype to Skype option, but have use the pay as you go option for calls from Skype to cell and landline phones, and the $10 dollars I started with has lasted many months. It's easy to add someone with a landline to a phone conference -- just call them and they are connected with everyone online.

Skype now lets you share your screen so folks can see what you can see which is handy for working with documents. The quality isn't that great, but there's also an add on for a connection to Yugma which is a real conferencing program. Haven't needed it as any document can be sent via e-mail anyway and folks can open and look at it at the same time.

I use a cheap boom mic and my pc speakers -- works better than the headset I had, but that is just my system.

Wish it worked with my cordless phone, but if I wonder if the hands free bluetooth device I use with my cell would work with a PC bluetooth?

DSRods · 11-07-2009, 12:29 PM

I use it in Iraq and it is ok for video voice. I pay $5.00 a month for unlimited phone calls from there home. Well it is not unloimited but 10,000 minutes woould never get used up. Most all of the guys in my company use it. Because of our internet speed it will cut off once in a while, but state side it works awesome. I highly recommend it.

David Banaka

shawn k · 11-07-2009, 04:40 PM

I use google voice and I am really impressed with it. You can pre-program all of your phone # 's. When somebody calls your google # all of you phones ring till you pick one up. Free long distance in the us and cheap international calls.

Fast Water · 11-07-2009, 08:32 PM

Skype is good. I use the free version. Bought a 20 dollar head set. (important, IMO)

Abiquadeer · 11-07-2009, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DSRods

I use it in Iraq and it is ok for video voice. I pay $5.00 a month for unlimited phone calls from there home. Well it is not unloimited but 10,000 minutes woould never get used up. Most all of the guys in my company use it. Because of our internet speed it will cut off once in a while, but state side it works awesome. I highly recommend it.

David Banaka

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nakoa · 11-08-2009, 12:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chug

I am told this is a good Video Chatting system for talk to friends in far places. to share things

anyone use it?. good Bad? the ugly?.

as some of you know i am a long haul driver, and my wife and i use it to talk sometimes and it is very user freindly. we love

11-07-2009, 08:25 AM	#1
Chug Ifish Nate Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Yamhill Co. Posts: 2,794	skype?? anyone use it? I am told this is a good Video Chatting system for talk to friends in far places. to share things anyone use it?. good Bad? the ugly?. __________________ - "UVA UVAM VIVENDO VARIA FIT! "

11-07-2009, 08:36 AM	#2
Carver_OR Steelhead Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Oregon City, Oregon Posts: 314	Re: skpe?? anyone use it? I've used it for a couple of years now. I talk with friends and family all over the US and world with voice/view and it's fantastic, fun and free! I also use it for phone calls to land lines to friends that I might talk to for hours and hours so I don't use up my cell minutes, I think that costs $2.95 per mouth but the voice/view is free. I might suggest to have it turned off when not using it or it slows the speed down when surfing. Pat www.holdzit.com __________________ Sharpen them hooks...

11-07-2009, 09:18 AM	#3
RogueFishr Ifish Nate Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Grants Pass, OR Posts: 2,320	Re: skpe?? anyone use it? I use the free version, and talk Skype to Skype. It works great. I spent $20 on a headset to use for it. It didn't work as well with satellite internet (too much latency), but, it works great with cable and DSL. RF __________________ “Believe in yourself. Believe in your own potential for greatness. Believe that you can change the world. It is something that is within each of us.” Evan Tanner 1971-2008

11-07-2009, 10:06 AM	#4
Lamplighter Steelhead Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 460	Re: skpe?? anyone use it? Technically, I've found S->S works very well, and it is free... just need to arrange that parties are on line at the same time. Sound quality is usually better than weak/breaking cell phone connections. My daughter took a trip to South Africa and we were planning to use Skpe, but it turned out that charges to access the internet in S.A. were excessive, so she just emailed instead. Frankly, Skpe and the other internet voice systems seem to me to be the way to go in the future... they just need to add a simple (free) way to send/receive faxes. The Mac's (and PC's ?) already have a way to receive faxes without a fax machine, but sending via internet is more difficult. (Or, does anyone have an easy way to use faxes without a 3rd party fee ?) __________________ . . I'll compromise, but I won't capitulate.

11-07-2009, 10:59 AM	#5
Danno Tuna! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: West Linn, OR Posts: 1,336	Re: skpe?? anyone use it? We Skype with our daughter that's is Boston for college. Works pretty well. __________________ iFish therefore I vote

11-07-2009, 11:16 AM	#6
kilchisfisher Tuna! Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,380	Re: skype?? anyone use it? I've used it quite a bit. Works great. Better phone call quality than with my cell or landline. It has some conferencing features which make it nice for small meetings, or just some friends getting together to gab or plan a hunt. I normally use the free Skype to Skype option, but have use the pay as you go option for calls from Skype to cell and landline phones, and the $10 dollars I started with has lasted many months. It's easy to add someone with a landline to a phone conference -- just call them and they are connected with everyone online. Skype now lets you share your screen so folks can see what you can see which is handy for working with documents. The quality isn't that great, but there's also an add on for a connection to Yugma which is a real conferencing program. Haven't needed it as any document can be sent via e-mail anyway and folks can open and look at it at the same time. I use a cheap boom mic and my pc speakers -- works better than the headset I had, but that is just my system. Wish it worked with my cordless phone, but if I wonder if the hands free bluetooth device I use with my cell would work with a PC bluetooth? __________________ "Every man has to believe in something - I believe I'll go Fishing" - Henry David Thoreau...

11-07-2009, 12:29 PM	#7
DSRods Tuna! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gresham Posts: 1,653	Re: skype?? anyone use it? I use it in Iraq and it is ok for video voice. I pay $5.00 a month for unlimited phone calls from there home. Well it is not unloimited but 10,000 minutes woould never get used up. Most all of the guys in my company use it. Because of our internet speed it will cut off once in a while, but state side it works awesome. I highly recommend it. David Banaka

11-07-2009, 04:40 PM	#8
shawn k Steelhead Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 132	Re: skype?? anyone use it? I use google voice and I am really impressed with it. You can pre-program all of your phone # 's. When somebody calls your google # all of you phones ring till you pick one up. Free long distance in the us and cheap international calls.

11-07-2009, 08:32 PM	#9
Fast Water King Salmon Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: S.W. Washington Posts: 9,900	Re: skype?? anyone use it? Skype is good. I use the free version. Bought a 20 dollar head set. (important, IMO) __________________ Mark Lower Columbia CCA Join CCA RFA Ifish Member #2421 For in the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught. - Baba Dioum

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