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Skype
Service overview
Skype is a free communications program from the inventors of the peer-to-peer filesharing program KaZaA. Skype allows you to talk to anyone in the world using your internetInternet connection, speakersspeakers, and a microphone (or combo headset).
Installing Skype is quite easyeasy, and all you need to do is follow five simple steps to make calls:
Making Callsoutside calls
If you’d like to make calls to landline or cell phone numbers all around the worldworld, theySkype also havehas a paid program called Skypeout. At the time of this articlepresent there are no set up feessetup or subscription feesfees, but theySkype dodoes charge for calls dependdepending on your location and where you are calling. EssentialllyEssentiallly, you set up a credit system and when you make a callcall, the funds are deducted from your account.
Who’s ‘On-Line’?"online"?
With 254 million people already downloading Skype worldwideworldwide, it’s quite possible you or someone you know on-line is already using Skype’s VOIPVoIP service. TheyOn averageaverage, about 5 million people are using Skype every minute.
Features Worthworth Mentioningmentioning
Sound quality is one area
Skype thatemphasizes Skypethe claimsimportance theyof findsound important.quality. As they explain on their site, with normal telephones you can only hear sounds from 300 Hz to 3 kHz. With Skype’s VOIPVoIP service, sounds come in much clearerclearer, so any communication sounds much more natural and crisp. Also,The Skype asservice provides voicemailvoicemail, so you don’t miss anyone’s phone messages. In addition to hightened sound quality and an ‘answering machine’, Skype can also be usedfunction as an instant messaginginstant-messaging program like AIMAIM, or MSNMSN, or Yahoo Messenger.
UserCustomer Thoughtsreviews
Cnet.com, a leader in reviewing all things technical,
CNET.com rates Skype atan 8.0 out of 10. Many usersuser comments reflectmatch this rating as well.
TheyComments claimproclaim thisthe Skype VOIPVoIP service isto be cheap and easy for theto users.use. Calls to other Skye users are clear and speedy. However, when using the landline featurefeature, some people did experience problems communicating with the person they were calling from their PC. Other users also claimed to experience problems with trying to set up an account for the paid services for world wide outside calls.services. The same users also said theSkype customer service wasfailed moreto aboutprovide standardtargeted answersinformation thenfor getting to the bottom of theirspecific particulartechnical problem.issues Therelated problemto withaccount handlingmanagement. acountsThe seemsproblem toapparently lielies more with the company taking the funds, Moneybookers, than with Skype themselves.Skype.
Still, since this is the company that Skype is working with, many users find Skype accountable as well for the problems. The bulk of the reviews,consumer however,reviews foundsuggested that Skype’s free service is superb when it comes to PC to PCPC-to-PC connection,connections and some to landline numbers,some beingPC-to-landline superb.connections.
The Bottombottom Lineline
For people thatwho aren’t extremely tech savvytech-savvy but still want to try a VOIPVoIP program,service, Skype looks likeis an excellent choice. UsersCurrent customers also claim that the money they save talking PCPC-to-PC to PC or even PC to landlinePC-to-landline is worth a few ‘glitches’"glitches" here and there,there. once in awhile. To paraphrase what one reviewer said,reviewer, for the price of free you can’t beat it.
See also:
Service overview
Skype is a free communications program from the inventors of the peer-to-peer filesharing program KaZaA. Skype allows you to talk to anyone in the world using your internetInternet connection, speakersspeakers, and a microphone (or combo headset).
Installing Skype is quite easyeasy, and all you need to do is follow five simple steps to make calls:
- Download the program from skype.com
- Register for the service
- Install the program toon youyour computer
- Plug in your headset, speakersspeakers, or USB phone
- Start calling your friends
Making Callsoutside calls
If you’d like to make calls to landline or cell phone numbers all around the worldworld, theySkype also havehas a paid program called Skypeout. At the time of this articlepresent there are no set up feessetup or subscription feesfees, but theySkype dodoes charge for calls dependdepending on your location and where you are calling. EssentialllyEssentiallly, you set up a credit system and when you make a callcall, the funds are deducted from your account.
Who’s ‘On-Line’?"online"?
With 254 million people already downloading Skype worldwideworldwide, it’s quite possible you or someone you know on-line is already using Skype’s VOIPVoIP service. TheyOn averageaverage, about 5 million people are using Skype every minute.
Features Worthworth Mentioningmentioning
Sound quality is one area
Skype thatemphasizes Skypethe claimsimportance theyof findsound important.quality. As they explain on their site, with normal telephones you can only hear sounds from 300 Hz to 3 kHz. With Skype’s VOIPVoIP service, sounds come in much clearerclearer, so any communication sounds much more natural and crisp. Also,The Skype asservice provides voicemailvoicemail, so you don’t miss anyone’s phone messages. In addition to hightened sound quality and an ‘answering machine’, Skype can also be usedfunction as an instant messaginginstant-messaging program like AIMAIM, or MSNMSN, or Yahoo Messenger.
UserCustomer Thoughtsreviews
Cnet.com, a leader in reviewing all things technical,
CNET.com rates Skype atan 8.0 out of 10. Many usersuser comments reflectmatch this rating as well.
TheyComments claimproclaim thisthe Skype VOIPVoIP service isto be cheap and easy for theto users.use. Calls to other Skye users are clear and speedy. However, when using the landline featurefeature, some people did experience problems communicating with the person they were calling from their PC. Other users also claimed to experience problems with trying to set up an account for the paid services for world wide outside calls.services. The same users also said theSkype customer service wasfailed moreto aboutprovide standardtargeted answersinformation thenfor getting to the bottom of theirspecific particulartechnical problem.issues Therelated problemto withaccount handlingmanagement. acountsThe seemsproblem toapparently lielies more with the company taking the funds, Moneybookers, than with Skype themselves.Skype.
Still, since this is the company that Skype is working with, many users find Skype accountable as well for the problems. The bulk of the reviews,consumer however,reviews foundsuggested that Skype’s free service is superb when it comes to PC to PCPC-to-PC connection,connections and some to landline numbers,some beingPC-to-landline superb.connections.
The Bottombottom Lineline
For people thatwho aren’t extremely tech savvytech-savvy but still want to try a VOIPVoIP program,service, Skype looks likeis an excellent choice. UsersCurrent customers also claim that the money they save talking PCPC-to-PC to PC or even PC to landlinePC-to-landline is worth a few ‘glitches’"glitches" here and there,there. once in awhile. To paraphrase what one reviewer said,reviewer, for the price of free you can’t beat it.
See also:
