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8 Responses to “Skype”

1. 1 Nicole J Aug 18th, 2007 at 11:33 pm

   Ed uses it. He says it’s a cheap way to talk to people and a good way to record podcast interviews.

2. 2 Robert Aug 19th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

   It’s currently down, so your guinea pig will just be nibbling on the carrots and pooping in the corner.

3. 3 Robert Aug 19th, 2007 at 2:29 pm

   Oops, I said that but now they say they’re back up. NVM. ;)

4. 4 foresmac Aug 20th, 2007 at 5:44 am

   I have it though I rarely use it. Wish I knew more ppl that used it on a regular basis.

5. 5 Chuck Aug 20th, 2007 at 4:17 pm

   I have it, got a Sony headset of decent quality for like $15 off Amazon, which makes me wish I had a headset for my “real” phone because it’s pretty darn convenient. Sound quality on Skype P2P-wise is great, and it’s truly the only way to go if you make international calls much. I’ve heard mixed things about their in / out phone service, plus it can’t beat the safety net that is a landline in the event of an emergency (here earthquakes, there tornadoes, etc.) But at least computer-to-computer, it’s stellar.

6. 6 The Cat Lady Aug 21st, 2007 at 10:38 am

   Hi Lauren,

   My fiance and I use Skype all the time, so much so that we just purchased a “phone” that hooks up to your modem so that you can use it around the house wireless-ly. Calls in (from landlines or cell phones, internationally or domestically) cost us nothing, and calls out cost cents a minute; I don’t find there to be a difference in quality between Skype-to-Skype “computer” calls and calls I make to landlines or cell phones.

   We use it primarily to buffer the cost of international dialing. It probably saves us hundreds of dollars a month, and, oh yeah, it works. I know it just had that much-publicized downtime, but truly, we’ve used it for well over a year without a hitch.

7. 7 ChrisR Aug 30th, 2007 at 11:07 pm

   Skype is great. I used it to talk to my family in Iowa when I went to a conference in Australia. I just had to pay for an internet connection in the place I was staying. It’s probably easier to talk to my two daughters with Skype than with a landline.

8. 8 AG Aug 31st, 2007 at 10:24 am

   Lauren, I tried Skype a couple of days ago. It seems to work pretty well. And if you’re trying to just make calls within the US, then unlimited calls nationwide per year is $30.

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