Superb Eamonn

We have been using Skype for over a year, we use in and out and Skype to Skype and now have dual phones.

Its reduced our phone bill dramatically and better still have cancelled a couple of lines as most of our calls are now made on Skype.

We also use Plusnet for our ISP and they include a fax number in the monthly charge so we have dumped two dedicated fax lines as well.

The Skype in we give to people who dont have Skype to phone us on when we are abroad, they pay the usual cost of a call to London and we pay the annual charge of 30 Euros, but we dont pay £1.50 min for people to phone our mobiles.

Yes I use plusnet with the fax number. Works well.

Plusnet for the fax for me too - works a treat!!!

Stopped using Skype as during low periods of use your PC and broadband connection get used as a supernode, so CPU spikes to 100% and your broadband connection fills up. Not good if you're on a quota, and you can't stop the client acting as a supernode....

Some universities and corporates have started to ban it's use because of the effect it can have.

I've switched to VoipBusters (www.voipbusters.com) , which you can dial out any landline number from as well as the same features as Skype.

Competition in broadband (across Europe) means that data transfer quotas will be a thing of the past. The bandwidth demands of Skype is pretty low anyway - certainly less than the downloading requirements of your average uni student!

Skype has been banned in several countries but this can only be enforced by the ISP putting a block on Skype's webpage. If you have access to the software elsewhere (email or mirror site) then you can get around it.

I used to work at a "large corporate" where the systems were locked down as tightly as practical but that didn't stop me from using it.....ahem....purely for research purposes.....ahem.

The power of Skype comes from the network effect - the more people that use it, the more valuable it becomes until it becomes ubiquitous and takes over the world.......mwah ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaa............


have to agree with you on the CPU comment (although never seen it go to 100%)

[Edited on 6-10-2005 by chicken]

Where's your "Skype Me" icon in the...what ever it's called then:D

not only was i going to add the Skype me thingy I wanted to add it to the signature on my e mail, but I havent found how to do it, any tips ?

I put {url=callto://steven.mep}{img}http://goodies.skype.com/graphics/skypeme_btn_small_green.gif{/img}{/url}

in my signature box and pressed edit profile but nowt happened, where have I goofed:(

ymfb

just put steven.mep in the section of your control panel, it will then be alongside your u2u - as mine!!!

les;)