Skype Reviews

I first learned about Skype right before I left to study abroad in China during the summer of 2007. Despite the fact that I had lived overseas before, my mom was worried. When I hurt my ankle two days before my flight, she became extremely worried. Like any mother, she wanted frequent status updates.

The price of the number of cell phone calls it would have taken to appease her anxiety would have been astronomical. Fortunately, I had discovered Skype before my trip and set my mother up with a Skype account and a webcam.

Calls over the Internet are completely free, and calling landlines from my...

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 will pick up. Everyone has to...

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 Skype website came into view.  As I...

I have an international yearly subscription via skype, the price is very reasonable compared to most other VOIP offers (less than $15 per month with unlimited international call) I can use my ipod touch as a phone to make the phone calls, the call quality is great. For over 6 months I mostly don't have any problem. However, it's very hard to get support if there's a problem, as there's no customer service by phone call. That can be frustrating.

For an additional fee (somewhere between $5 to $10 per month), you can have a phone number, I skip it because I have a cell phone so mostly I just use the...

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 about Skype is that sometimes it didn't...

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.

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.