Skype Reviews

To the Point — — Skype is a little piece of software that lets you talk over the internet to anyone in the world for free. — — VoIP which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol is the best thing since sliced bread - or organic food in my case. We can now make free calls over the Internet. I was introduced to Skype by my daughter and son-in-law who have a camera. When we were visiting them they used their camera and Skype and his brother used the same and we were able to talk to their 2 year old daughter and see her and they could see us. I had to have it. A Closer… read full review »

My brother is working overseas and wanted a good way to keep in touch with friends and family for free. He turned us on to Skype (skype.com), which seems to fit that bill nicely. It has both free and for-pay services so you can choose what you want to use and whether you want to pay for it. If your Internet connection is good, definitely give it a try... at least the free parts. —  The free services include chat (like AOL IM) and live voice (like Google Talk). Both can be used used one-on-one or as a group. If the person you're calling is not online, their voicemail… read full review »

I had heard the word Skype about 6 months ago from a friend of mine.  Knowing my friend's geek like tendencies I sort of filed it away as a curiousity but thought "probably over my head."  Then on my birthday I opened up my present from my husband.  Inside was a brand new laptop with a number of bells and whistles including a wireless card, built in video cam and microphone.  — Within a week of taking my new baby out on test drives through the information super highway, I remembered the term Skype.  I quickly pointed my browser in that direction and the… read full review »

There have been times when I've used Skype when I was disconnected several times.  But, I really believe it was the location of the party on the other end.  I don't think it works as well out in the desert.  And I also think that your internet connection and speed have an awful lot to do with it.  When I first downloaded Skype it was free, and that was wonderful!  Now, however, you do have to pay for it.  It's pretty cheap, especially over the phone companies.  I downloaded this to be able to talk to my grandsons and my daughter, and am pretty happy with it… read full review »

My boyfriend lives in Europe, and I live in the United States.  When he goes home for the summer we use Skype to talk a lot.  I think Skype is an amazing way of keeping in contact with relatives or others who do not live near you.  I like the fact that it costs nothing to talk to someone that lives on a different continent.  If I had to use a phone card, it would cost me hundreds of dollars to talk for the same amount of time.  I could also talk to him via web cam through Skype, although it was harder for me to hear him that way.  The only bad think… read full review »

Skype is wonderfull communication tool. When you are out traveling to other countrys its is a life saver for communicating with family and friends. It has many features such as, web calling pc to pc,sending data files and pictures and multiple user chat which is great for buisness conferencing. I have to say this becomes your new best friend when your traveling abroad. You can sign up (for a extra fee) to use pc to land line calling for very low rate troughout the world and use of voicemail while you are out. This is the next generation of communication so sign up and join the many users… read full review »

Skype is perfect for anyone going to other country's where its hard to find a phone and if you do it costs an arm and a leg to use it, foreign phones also tend to be grainy and have a lot of lag. Also when your loved ones who are in the military are overseas for long periods of time its nice to be able to see them. My dad has served in the military for over 25 years and is gone a lot so when this first came out we started using it immediately and i have also used it quite a bit to talk to my girlfriend who goes to college halfway across the… read full review »

you know what... dialing a phone from skype, just like dialing a call from your house... that's just easy.. and no worry on the cost, charge, bill, and more over.. all your family can hear y our vocie if you just open your speaker and have your mic to all your love... what's so nice.. overall, you can't complaint with MSN or yahoo.. as skype provide more feature and have your face show up on the camera to your love 1 while you are travelling to other… read full review »

I have used it for some time for free in even US local too. It is fun and reliable and gives clear sound. It is used by thousands of people around th world. I wonder some times how skyp gets benefit of this free service. I also wonder is it trial version? But I love it. I would like to have this service for all the times. I recommend they keep less prices if they make, with the equipmements they do have right now. —… read full review »

You can talk to people free on this thing!  Toll free numbers are free (in just about every country supported) and that means calling cards are free to access.  You can connect to anyplace in the world for next to nothing.  I started on skype out of curiosity (and a $1700+ cell phone bill) and it has literally saved me thousands lol.  It's definately worth checking… read full review »

Skype is an excellent gateway to people with different cultures and lifestyles. An excellent platform to make new friends worldwide and know about their surroundings, likes, viewpoints etc. We get to share our joys and sorrows with them. Also with internet telephony, it is an excellent tool to call our friends and relatives who reside in different parts of the world. —… read full review »

Skype is a great service when trying to contact friends and business assciates internationally. — It is very easy to set up.  The online chats are easy to use.  Phone services to call standard phones are cost competitive. — It is amazing how clear the sound quality is especially when you see that there are 8 million people on at the same time that you are. —… read full review »

Ever since I heard of Skype (upti years ago) and signed up for it I have been able to talk to all my relatives mainly in Africa and Middle-East for free. Also with the web cam. features it accepts you can also see the person when you speak to them. Never had any problems with it. I would recommend it to… read full review »

I joined this and it was alittle confusing to get started then the billing was hard to understand — as i used it it got alot easier but i still never did get the long distance understood so i quit using it I would like to try it again sometime in the future if it offered to me at no cost —… read full review »

I seriously love this service. It's easier than having to wait for email and more efficient than having to call someone. Besides, it's free. I just bought the Skype Altec Lansing headset from WalMart for $15 and it even records well if you're doing a group… read full review »