I know people have been using Skype for a long time. I am a newbie to it and I cant say enough about it. I have doing a lot of travel to Canada where my cell does not work. I was looking into cell phone plans for CA but they were very pricey. I decided to give Skype a try. Last time I used something like this was with Yahoo many years ago and the voice always was delayed or broken up. I have to say I am stunned but how good Skype is. It actually sounds better than my cell at times. Very clear and no delay at all. I can even hear by dogs barking in the background when I was talking to my mother. My dogs were running around the house trying to find out where I was because they could hear my voice so clearly. This is a great way to talk to people out of town or out of the country FREE! If you have a web cam you can see the person too.
Skype is a free internet phone service. To use it you need to go to their web site and create an account. Then have the other party create an account too. If both people have an account it is completely free. Just need to have internet access. Once you have an account you download the software to your machine. Set up takes less than a minute. Once the software is loaded you can then search for people by their name or Skype user ID. You can add people to your address book. Once they are in there you click on their name and click call. That is it. The other person sees you are calling and clicks answer. They you can talk just like you were on a phone. If you have a web cam you will be able to see each other too. Beats long distance phone charges and you get video! Great way to keep in touch with the kids/grandkids.
As for business this is working great for me. I can still call my clients even when I am in the oil fields of Alberta! If the other person does not have a Skype account you can still call them. You will just be charged a very low fee to call a non-Skype line.
I highly suggest checking it out – http://skype.com/
Tags: skype, Technology
