i'm about to go broadband :slayer:, 1 meg, yes i know just dipping a toe in the water. anyway, i've seen this skype thing around, and all the raving reviews etc, so is it all it's cracked up to be? is it a worthwhile purchase?
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What is it 
I haven't heard of that at all ?
I haven't heard of that at all ?
interested in this too as my new pda can run skype over wifi
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KoArAnG said:What is it
i'm not alone! woohoo, basically it a telephone thingy that connects thru your puter and allows you to make cheapy cheap calls, apparantly, anyone?
Right, I could so solid-fluid revision or answer you guys...
Skype is THE best voice program, I have tried 3-4 now. The features are numerous ,plug in a headset and pay nothing to get calls from PC to PC anywhere in the world for free. Excellent quality***. Upgrade to skype out (I believe the call cards you can buy are 10€), fantastic call quality for about 1p/min - brilliant if you talk to people in foreign places. Ok, 1p may not be amazing compared to some house phone deals but for people like me with no landline anymore, it's fantastic. In addition to that it makes no difference whether I call UK, US, Poland etc.
Finally there's skypeIN. Skype in costs about £1.50 or something per month. They will give you a physical phone number (like I have a manchester phone number picked from a list). When somebody calls it gets router to your computer, if your computer is off it can be re-routed to your mobile or voicemail.
***When I say voice quality is excellent, it is 90% of the time. However, on occasion I don't get equal (or better) to traditional telephone quality and there's a delay and sometimes broken up. In the last month this has NEVER occured on skypeOUT (i.e. paid for calls) but only on the PC-PC calls. I also have an awful connection so I believe this is the actual cause.
Anybody with a PC for communication should use it, I know I do twice as much as MSN these days.
Skype is THE best voice program, I have tried 3-4 now. The features are numerous ,plug in a headset and pay nothing to get calls from PC to PC anywhere in the world for free. Excellent quality***. Upgrade to skype out (I believe the call cards you can buy are 10€), fantastic call quality for about 1p/min - brilliant if you talk to people in foreign places. Ok, 1p may not be amazing compared to some house phone deals but for people like me with no landline anymore, it's fantastic. In addition to that it makes no difference whether I call UK, US, Poland etc.
Finally there's skypeIN. Skype in costs about £1.50 or something per month. They will give you a physical phone number (like I have a manchester phone number picked from a list). When somebody calls it gets router to your computer, if your computer is off it can be re-routed to your mobile or voicemail.
***When I say voice quality is excellent, it is 90% of the time. However, on occasion I don't get equal (or better) to traditional telephone quality and there's a delay and sometimes broken up. In the last month this has NEVER occured on skypeOUT (i.e. paid for calls) but only on the PC-PC calls. I also have an awful connection so I believe this is the actual cause.
Anybody with a PC for communication should use it, I know I do twice as much as MSN these days.
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Nice thread - I was actually thinking about this the other day, and have a SKYPE phone at home, and plug the other one into my office PC :chin:
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cheers, will def have a look once in at the new place, i've seen usb handsets for about £20
Cheers chaps, so it's voice over net then basically..
The x360 will have that stuff built in too
The x360 will have that stuff built in too
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Don't need a special USB handset or anything like that, a headset is just as good or better Turboned.
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you can dial through a keypad on the computer? even better!
Yep, I guess there's no point in me doign a screenshot but it tells you your balance, (Mine currently 3.80€). I just type in the number I want to call and it calls it like a normal phone, I then just press to hang up. It has everything you would expect like a phone book etc. If you phone the same number twice it asks if you want to give that number a name. It's very good software, sadly ebay have just bought it. Originally made by the bloke who made Kazaa.
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1 meg Pah!
My uber 8meg server wolfs that for broadband breakfast
You should have used skype then
AppleSei said:1 meg Pah!
My uber 8meg server wolfs that for broadband breakfast
8meg! pah i'll keep my 10 meg
AFAIK i still have 300k
be quicker getting stuff postedblack_cinq said:AFAIK i still have 300k
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AppleSei said:1 meg Pah!
My uber 8meg server wolfs that for broadband breakfast
thats why i said i'm only dipping a toe in for now..........
Handy device for Skype and normal BT all in one!
http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=3L27
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http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=3L27
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Yup, its what I use out here - with the Skypein number so people can still call me and not pay japan rates. I then forward all unanswered to my mobile.
Thinking of getting this - http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/skype/linksys-cit200-skype-phone-review.asp
It seems pretty cool
Thinking of getting this - http://voip-blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/skype/linksys-cit200-skype-phone-review.asp
It seems pretty cool
