skype....good or bad ... is it really free...anyone got it.

lyn-n-ken · Senior Member

skype....good or bad ... is it really free...anyone got it.

Landfall · Guru

It is free and works very well.

You can upgrade the service for a fee of course, but we find the "free" basic service more than adequate.

Dusty

Landfall · Guru

Hi,

The skype video call is free, no hidden charges.

You can upgrade the basic service for a fee, but we find the basic service more than adequate.

Dusty (by coincidence, also Lyn & Ken) smile

lyn-n-ken · Senior Member

hi
thank you dusty (lyn or ken)
great names arnt they, nice to meet you.
lyn

petengail · Guru

The one time we took a laptop away with us, we used Skype and it was very good.

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

Not entirely free, it uses some of your MB download, as does yahoo, but not a lot unless you stay talking to somebody for hours. biggrin

blaze · Guru

We use skype nearly every day to communicate with our daughter and now on the road will communicate with son at home. Sometimes a little laggy if the connection is poor but a godsend for families that are apart
cheers
blaze

Hylda&Jon · Guru

As others have stated, Skype to Skype video is free & works great though it can use up your download meg's if you chat too long. We have found the quality is a bit better than MSN & the video screen can be made bigger too.

We also use skype for our normal phone. For about $60 a year you we have unlimited calls to home phones in Aus. We wouldn't want to use our mobile for the hour long calls we make to family.

Also overseas calls are very cheap, Hylda rings S Africa and from memory it was well under $10

We put $30 credit into skype to cover the odd overseas call & any calls to mobile or 1300/131 which arn't free. (though we normally use our mobile for those ones.

Cheers
Jon

Happywanderer · The Master

I have skype, it is free but does use up a lot of your MBs. I have cut back on using it for that reason. Was getting to my quota to fast.
But would use it if needed while travelling, will be so handy.

milo · Guru

I love skype, wish my dad was on line , then i could call him for free...

glassies · Guru

i never had skype and didnt realy need it i guess but now i have it on my laptop due to getting a message from a brother who now lives in thailand and i had
not seen for 20 years now ,so was great i sat and saw his thai daughter 11 years old and his thai wife gay she is gorgeous ,so yep i reckon skype is a goer.

Helena · Guru

Ditto to all the above I have skype and use it for overseas calls find it is really good. Helena.

DellieMay · Senior Member

I had Skype, but was sick of being offered Russion Brides!!! No joke. Dero does'nt need need another wife. It's a no from us.
Cheers Dellie

_wombat_ · Master (of Mischief)

DellieMay wrote:

I had Skype, but was sick of being offered Russion Brides!!! No joke. Dero does'nt need need another wife. It's a no from us.
Cheers Dellie

How do I sign up for a Russion Bride? biggrin

Happywanderer · The Master

How on earth do you get offered russian brides. Its like a phone call but you are registered and so are the people you want to talk to and you are connected, sort of like messenger on hotmail.
So I thought only the people you have a connection with can get through to you.

lyn-n-ken · Senior Member

hi
thanks to everyone for your replys . will be getting onto skype.
will be a way of talking to my daughter (30) who likes to talk for around an hour.
and will organize the boys (33, 28) as well though they only talk about 5 minutes , blokes are like that.all sounds safe and good.
thanks again
lyn

Happywanderer · The Master

Its only a matter of registering, just like into hotmail or into here. That easy.