Skype

And you choose to publish this rant on the very day Microsoft the makers of Skype announce their new CEO. Clickbait much?

Many good points here but the timing is very suspect.

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Skype is valuable in business, It permits individuals to work from the home, it has numerous accommodating highlights including bunch video considering that saves a great deal of movement time and cash for the organizations, organizations can speak with associates, and it assists the organizations with conveying bunch gatherings from better places.
Easy to use.
Easy maintenance.
Easy to connect to another person.

Very convenient internet program that can make calls for free. A lot of review here and in reviewsofwebsites.com tells good and positive things about skype. Its very helpful to those people who have families abroad, they can connect using skype voice calls or video calls.

I have the Samsung Epic Galaxy 4G and it works just fine on my phone. You just gotta remember that just like with any phone you're using a program and if you're in a bad area with spotty reception it's going to be laggy just like anything else would be.

Chat works fantastic, Calling does what its supposed to do albeit a little laggy sometimes with the newer updates. Much better than my experiences with Tango or Oovoo!

Skype is a great instant messenger to keep in contact with friends. It has better video quality then other instant messengers, e.g. Yahoo and MSN. The problem with Skype however is that in recent times it keeps going down and can be down for up to hours.

Skype used to the the standard system for calling and it was great at that. Video came along and the service started to be worse. Now as they moved away a P2P network, the calls don't have the same quality. If it wasn't because it's free and easy to use, I think we'd have ditched Skype a long time ago!

Skype is such a cornerstone of online communication nowadays that it's almost entirely useless to write a review for it. Everyone knows about it. That is why it's completely buffling that for the last several months Skype completely neglected the ever-worsening problem with its mobile app for Android. Put it simply - it doesn't work. Constantly crashing mid action, drops calls, and randomly shuts down. Worst of all, the issue is not being publically adressed by the company on the forums. Whatsapp's announced video calling feature can't get here soon enough.

Signed up for Skype and used it for a few months and it worked well. The nightmare began when I tried to cancel my subscription. You may find this hard to believe but first I had to create an account to close an account. HUH? Anyway, after several attempts over several days I was finally able to chat with customer service. I explained that I wanted to cancel my subscription and guess what... SHE COULDN'T DO IT! She was however, able to direct me to a previously unknown page. I completed the process and now the coup de grace. On a virtually instantaneous internet service with electronic account maintenance it will take 30 DAYS! I guess they just want to get one more monthly payment? UPDATE: I waited the required month and would you believe I was still unable to figure out how to cancel the service. Solution: Cancelled auto-pay with my bank. To Skype I say "Nanny, Nanny Noo Noo!

Personally I really like skype but sometimes its really slow or I cant here what the person on the other end is saying. Sometimes it just cuts off the person but on rare occurrences does skype have issues.

Just like anything else Microsoft buys, when Microsoft buys it, it turns into absolute crap real quick. If you're gonna use this malware/spyware, I suspect using it on a mac so your chances of getting infected are much more slim.

Skype, you were doing just fine until you partnered up with Microsoft. Now my Skype account that I signed up with through facebook several years ago, no longer works and all my conversations with friends are gone because you require a Microsoft email to sign up. I had to sign up for one just to use Skype.
You're supposed to broaden your platform not narrow it down.

Aside from that, it gets 2 stars instead of 1 just because I been using it for years to keep in touch with family members and loved ones. Skype is a better alternative for this than Facebook because you're just talking to people. Not venting out all your life's problems in a public post. Skype works well with all that.

But now it's time to do away with you, Skype. This is goodbye.

I wish I could give a higher rating, but I feel after every release, Skype is getting worse and worse. Granted I use it, and it's great for what I need, but when you start bloating it with ads everywhere, and limiting GUI options and the interface, it becomes very frustrating. The PC version is ok, but the OSX version is horrid. Skype 2.0 was the golden version. Once they went 5.0, it started getting bad.

I remember in the begining...
These Skype ONLY webcams...
Boi oh boi did i get ripped of by Skype Hype
I never liked it and or the idea of it.
Now though, i can accept the idea,
But again. It won't offer canadian numbers
And is an app only call thing. So wifi needed.
Textnow does the same for free. And offers Service providing for around 20~40$ so...
Just sad they also are not in canada yet id pick it up over my landline
But skype to me. Remains just an overhyped brand like facebook.
It was indeed the one that launched the whole crave so ill give it credit to that

I got my new Kindle HD 7" yesterday. I downloaded the SKYPE app. This was the main reason that I upgraded from the original Kindle Fire. I did a Skype session this afternoon with my daughter-in-law and grandbaby this afternoon. Worked wonderful! I had no problems whatsoever getting it working. I already had a Skype account that I used on my desktop computer.

When I want to get in touch with my family and friends, I use Skype. I have it in my laptop and phone. The service is excellent. When I went on a Eurotrip with friends, I use it to call my mom and dad. Simply the best.

Great site, we couldn't do this ten years ago!

I remember a story a friend of mine once told me - he attended a semiar on web developement and the company wanted investment do develope new websites.

He came away from that and said to me 'talking over computers, that will never take off!'

How little he knew!

I have a bunch of friends in australia and new zealand that i keep in touch with voice-wise via skype. It saves a ton of loney and is pretty reliable. I wish the pay plans were simply freee but i cant reaalllly expect that. My only real complaint is that the signal goes out once in a while.

From my experience, Hangout sucks. I work remotely with a team of three other people, and one person with a relatively new MacBook Air constantly has issues with getting his camera working with it. Plus there is its annoying habit of deciding when to mute or unmute you, which wouldn't be so bad if there was a way to switch it back without being focused in the Hangout window.

In fact, we have gotten so fed up with Hangouts that we are moving TO Skype. One person is going to get a premium account, which will allow us to duplicate most of what we use Hangouts for.

I~m using the Skype mobile version for a long time already and completely satisfied with it no matter at work or home conversations. A good app for various needs.

I Love Skype, Skype has the best video call conference quality. I've been using Skype for many years and now I'm really happy with what they have to offer.

I totally love Skype and I have no problems with it. I enjoy the video calls and I would love to use Skype as my VoIP communications however, I will just use it for free before subscribing their services for now.

I sometimes have serious lag when I talk to my friends in Malaysia.
As for the video option, can't really say anything, since I don't even own a webcam.

Thank you for inventing skype. The skype and social networks helped me finding relatives which I hadn't seen before in my life. And most of all it's free :)

Skype is still a very solid international phone calling provider, it was one of the first to start video conference rooms, but is slower than newest version of chat rooms is still good