Do you use Skype more than your Telephone?

@Tetchie (2932)
Australia
May 4, 2007 6:00am CST
Thank goodness for Skype, I can stay in contact with friends everywhere at no cost. Do you use it?
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@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
4 May 07
Till a few months ago, i did use skype more then the phone. I have alote of friends that live in different countries, and as you know skype is a very cheap in connecting with them on the phone. I n my country, calls abroad cost alote of money. But now, mot of them returned to israel, and i see them aloe. I also work and study and the best way to reach me is through the phone, because most of the day i can not react through the computer. I do think that skpe is a great thing, if you have an access to the computer every day.
@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
5 May 07
Maybe in the future it will be the way to go. Imagine if you are trying to avoid your parents, they have a computer and you do to. They'd be sending skype messages - why don't you come for dinner? We never see you, what have you been doing? Are you looking after yourself?
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@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
5 May 07
Well they are already using the phone. LOl. I live in the same house with them in a seperate unit, and they do not stop calling me, asking me those questions, crazy, ah? :)
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
5 May 07
Oh no....... too close! I have taught my parents well, they know better!
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@bluewings (3857)
5 May 07
I have used skype in the past and loved the voice clarity.For international calls ,I find the clarity even better than the phone as there is no echo or time-lag.I have been thinking about using it again,but just didn't get started.
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
5 May 07
It does have very good clarity I agree. Sometimes you can get a bad line, but you can hang up and ring again and it often fixes the problem. Nice to see you bluewings.
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@bluewings (3857)
5 May 07
Nice to see you too,Tetchie:-) I have had a very bad internet over the past few days(5 days).It's showing some manners today,lol.I am trying my best to put it to good use,lol.
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@Anniedup (3651)
• Richards Bay, South Africa
4 May 07
I installed it! lol Like so may things lately, that I postpone because of MyLot, but then I must add, I'm still waiting for my daughter, and she is so busy lately, I think it will take awhile. When we were on holiday at my sister in-law, we all used it to contact my husband's relatives in the Netherlands, and we chatted for hours, and that for nothing. Quite an amazing tool!
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
5 May 07
Hello friend. I went besserk last night. Had to stop with the questions otherwise I'd have too many emails today!
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@mummymo (23706)
5 May 07
Hi Tetchie - I don't actually use skype but with my telephone/broadband package I can phone locally, nationally and even some international countries free of charge anyway! xxxx
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
6 May 07
Finally a telecommunications company that gives you value for money!!
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@randy88 (683)
• Indonesia
4 May 07
I didn't have it can you tell me how to get it?
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
4 May 07
Hi randy88, it's a free download - www.skype.com Follow their instructions. Then get your friends to do the same. You need a skype name. You can type chat or use headphones. Anywhere in the world costs you nothing. A bit slow with dialup then so is everything. You can add webcam also. You can also do conference calls so get a few friends on at the same time and go for it. Have fun.
@joice86 (1078)
• Philippines
4 May 07
Yes, i do use use skype to talk with my mom overseas...So now, my mom telephone bill will go down already..Thanks to skype...
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
5 May 07
Yeah, and now you will skype your friends in the Phillipines!
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@joice86 (1078)
• Philippines
6 May 07
Yes, i will with my special someone...lol...joke only, but i will use skype with my siblings....to communicate with them.
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@magica (3707)
• Bulgaria
4 May 07
I use QIP/ the russian version of ICQ/. I had SKYPE and deinstalled it.Even it`s popular and cheaper for people who like to talk a lot:-P
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@Profetu (1253)
• Romania
18 May 07
At first i was using Yahoo as my primary "talking abroad device"...but the sound was horrible and it wasn't very reliable.Skype here isn't very accepted and popular...don't know why...maybe many people are used to Yahoo Messenger...and are a little lazy to change. And of course ...thank God that it's a "no cost" service , they should to that more often with other programs also.
@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
18 May 07
And No spam! yipee yahoo!
@breepeace (3014)
• Canada
7 May 07
My boyfriend is obsessed with Skype. He's talked almost all of his friends and family into installing it on their computers so he can call them for free when he's out of town. My computer is rebuilt and I don't have a microphone, plus I have a great long distance plan and roommates that need to have long distance on a regular phone, so it's not practical for me, but it is a good idea.
@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
7 May 07
I've even had a game of Chinese Checkers with one of my Sydney friends over skype. We obviously have nothing better to do! LOL.
@Adamdog (254)
• United States
18 May 07
Yes, I love using skype, I could connect with my friends so easily, talk with family from all over the world at no cost at all!! It is a greatly thought out program that is reguralrly updated and is massivly used by a lot of people! That is my opinion about skype :) Cheers!
@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
18 May 07
Cheers Adamdog. I think it's great and it's the best way for me to keep in touch with friends too.