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[Ozz]

Just started using this as a few of my clients use it.

Anyone else use it? How do you find it? Do you use the skypeIn aswell?

Anyone who wants to contact me can get me with username accountaxsolutions.

[Ozz]

Also do we need a Skpe thingy in the profile now?

[Crunchy]

I've used Skype now for over a year. Great I don't know what SkypeIn is but I do use SkypeOut. Loaded it up with $25 last year and have still got $6 left. Do not "out" for inland calls. But for Foreign call's it's sometimes 75% cheaper. I've called Brazil, India, China everywhere it's good. Even better if the client has Skype, then it's free. Conference calls are useful too.

I'm not sure if it would be a good idea for here though. There would be no posts, everyone would be Skypeing instead

[Ozz]

SkypeIn is where for 30 euros you get a number of your own plus voicemail and then people who only have BT etc can call you.

[Eamonn]

I've had Skype running for a while now, so has Flanks.

Started using the latest version of Yahoo Messenger as well since it has both VoIP and webcam whereas Skype doesn't do webcam stuff.

Be interesting to see what happens to Skype now that eBay own it.


(Skype ID: eamonn.townsend)

[chicken]

Don't think Skype will ever replace a forum where you get to communicate with a lot of people at the same time, especially ones that you don't know very well.

In it's early days, Skype encouraged users to find random people to talk to but never really took off (when was the last time you picked a completely random number to call?!)

The calls usually went along the lines of;
A: Hello there
B: Hello
A: So this Skype thing is really amazing isn't it?
B: Yes
............
A: Okay, bye!
B: Bye


Let's see if this works....

callto://chi_execution/

[chicken]

update - yes it does (as long as you are a skype user)!

[Eamonn]

A Skype link can be put into your sig.block using code like :

[ url=callto://yourname][ img ]http://goodies.skype.com/graphics/skypeme_btn_small_green.gif[/img][/url ]

[les996]

I've got it too... great for overseas calls...


mmm - did as it said - I think!

[Edited on 6-10-2005 by les996]

[Ozz]

Damn why didn't that skype buttom work like Eamonns? Les yours has done the same...