Comments on: Skype: Why you should at least learn to use it http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/09/skype-why-you-should-at-least-learn-to-use-it/ Amy Gahran's news and musings on how we communicate in the online age. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 By: Peter Parkes (Skype) http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/09/skype-why-you-should-at-least-learn-to-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1224955 Peter Parkes (Skype) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:02:47 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2212#comment-1224955 Thanks for such a comprehensive review – and I’m glad you’re a fan. There’s some more <a href="http://www.skype.com/help/guides/callquality/" rel="nofollow">advice about call quality</a> on the Skype website which readers might find useful. I’m always happy to help out, too, so if a problem seems particularly stubborn then give me a shout. Thanks for such a comprehensive review – and I’m glad you’re a fan. There’s some more advice about call quality on the Skype website which readers might find useful. I’m always happy to help out, too, so if a problem seems particularly stubborn then give me a shout.

]]> By: Digidave http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/09/skype-why-you-should-at-least-learn-to-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1224945 Digidave Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:21:49 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2212#comment-1224945 So so so so so true!! I don't know how much I've saved via skype. It is also nice because if you want - you can record the conversations using different (semi-cheap) plugins. So so so so so true!!

I don’t know how much I’ve saved via skype. It is also nice because if you want – you can record the conversations using different (semi-cheap) plugins.

]]> By: Dan Pacheco http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/09/skype-why-you-should-at-least-learn-to-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1224937 Dan Pacheco Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:49:39 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2212#comment-1224937 If you use both the iPhone and have SkypeOut credits, check out the free "Fring" app. It lets you use those SkypeOut credits to make calls from your iPhone without using ATT minutes as long as you have Wifi. It works on the iPod Touch, too. Unfortunately Fring won't work over the iPhone's 3G network for those times when you're not within wifi reach. That darned ATT ... If you use both the iPhone and have SkypeOut credits, check out the free “Fring” app. It lets you use those SkypeOut credits to make calls from your iPhone without using ATT minutes as long as you have Wifi. It works on the iPod Touch, too.

Unfortunately Fring won’t work over the iPhone’s 3G network for those times when you’re not within wifi reach. That darned ATT …

]]> By: Amy Gahran http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/09/skype-why-you-should-at-least-learn-to-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1224917 Amy Gahran Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:53:49 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2212#comment-1224917 Thanks, Lumpy. Great resources! - Amy Thanks, Lumpy. Great resources!

- Amy

]]> By: Lumpy http://www.contentious.com/2008/12/09/skype-why-you-should-at-least-learn-to-use-it/comment-page-1/#comment-1224916 Lumpy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:44:32 +0000 http://www.contentious.com/?p=2212#comment-1224916 You, as usual, are very much on target. I have been using VOIP for years now. I thought I might quickly mention a few I have tried. I use forwarding and my voip so much that I have killed my monthly plan for a cell phone and gone with prepaid minutes. (I have used about 20 minutes since October.) - Skype - You hit the nail on the head huge userbase. I started paying for the unlimited US and Canada Skype out service the begining of this year. I love it. - Gizmo - Very much like Skype. I pay for the Gizmo in service. I like one thing it has to offer over Skype which is a built in recorder. Ventrilo and Teamspeak are both multi-user VOIP programs. You need a server program AND a client program to use them. In the past, I have used TeamSpeak to record podcast with up to 3 participants. In my opinion, Ventrilo seems to have better audio quality. The down side of all these services is that I now have about a half dozen phone numbers. Fortunately, I was tipped off about Grand Central when there were still invites. Grand Central functions as a voice mail and a filter call forwarder. (In other words, you only need one number to contact Lumpy.) If Google ever opens it up again it is something else we should all learn to use. You, as usual, are very much on target.

I have been using VOIP for years now. I thought I might quickly mention a few I have tried. I use forwarding and my voip so much that I have killed my monthly plan for a cell phone and gone with prepaid minutes. (I have used about 20 minutes since October.)

- Skype – You hit the nail on the head huge userbase. I started paying for the unlimited US and Canada Skype out service the begining of this year. I love it.

- Gizmo – Very much like Skype. I pay for the Gizmo in service. I like one thing it has to offer over Skype which is a built in recorder.

Ventrilo and Teamspeak are both multi-user VOIP programs. You need a server program AND a client program to use them. In the past, I have used TeamSpeak to record podcast with up to 3 participants. In my opinion, Ventrilo seems to have better audio quality.

The down side of all these services is that I now have about a half dozen phone numbers. Fortunately, I was tipped off about Grand Central when there were still invites. Grand Central functions as a voice mail and a filter call forwarder. (In other words, you only need one number to contact Lumpy.) If Google ever opens it up again it is something else we should all learn to use.

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