WHOS ON SKYPE

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

just got into the skype thing, so who is on here does the skype thing as well, i gather when ya do video call it chews the download. cheers samo

[joey Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close joey]

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that was quick samo...

yep as you know im there 8)

[bgreeni Member Find all posts View Profile Close bgreeni]

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Is great for talking with family overseas. I would be broke if my wife had to use the normal phone for all her calls to family & friends in Russia, as well as my daughter in UK.

[samo Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close samo]

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fancy seeing you here joey lol :wink: .cheers samo

[FlyingBushPig Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close FlyingBushPig]

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Yup, used Skype for years, in fact we don't own a normal phone anymore..we pay $60 for a years subscription to have a normal phone number and it allows us unlimited local or national calls, nothing more to pay.
We also have mobiles though. You can't dial any 1300 numbers on Skype but we have a wireless phone handset and a 6Gb download/month. If we leave the net & Skype on through the day and switch it off at night (leave mobiles on) we get to 5Gb. Works well for us. People calling us just pay their normal rates.

[Daz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Daz]

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We only use it for video link ups, not ph calls etc. Havent explored it that far yet.

I think an hours skype video call to the BiLaw in Canada uses about 600mb.

Im always amazed at how many people are on line. Currently 14,847,300 people on-line.

[two+four Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close two+four]

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we use it to call relatives in other states and over seas.

Neil

[LenGXV6 Member Find all posts View Profile Close LenGXV6]

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Count me in, I use it to talk to friends in the UK, NZ and US.

[karrathaprado2 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close karrathaprado2]

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We use for call the USA...but we find the video call better using Windows live. We have tried both. Use Skype for making phone calls. $60 a year is what I pay and gladly. The better half spends about 4 to 5 hours a week talking to family and friends in the USA. We love it here and plan to stay for a long while. :lol:

[pearlie Member Find all posts View Profile Close pearlie]

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me too...

I'm just using it to talk to landlines. Skype to Skype cost nothing, but calling a non Skype landline number costs about 2.7 cents per minute. Calls to mobile numbers costs around 11.8 cents per minute so not that cheap. I have a 'MyHour' with Telstra so that gets flogged..

Skype uses up big megabytes using the video call but if you just call without the video, very little usage. I have thoroughly investigated this as I have a 1gig limit on a mobile broadband modem. Was always going over when combined usage with internet. I don't have a home :cry: so can't get broadband like most people do with bundling their phone and computer usage. That's why I am after the cheapest possible calls.

You can use Skype when you are connected with a 33.6 Kbps modem or faster. However, when you are using a modem for other types of internet traffic, such as web surfing, file sharing or email you may get disruptions so turn everything off in the background and don't fiddle!!

Dial up is becoming a thing of the past but some folk don't have access to a broad enough band. Anyway, I chat constantly with my friend in Rocky who has dial up and it cost nothing. She is still coming to terms with talking to her computer :shock: instead of into a phone..

Apparently they are bringing out Skype phones that don't require your computer to be on!! Have to investigate that one more fully.

Cheers

[Alan Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Alan]

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I have a program called Fring on my Nokia mobile. It allows me to use the mobile as a Skype phone. It connects through my wireless router (you need a phone with wifi to be able to do this)

[JamesC Member Find all posts View Profile Close JamesC]

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This is cool! Just had a video chat with Joey up in PNG, I rate this!