Thursday, November 25, 2004

Skype me!

I used Skype when it first came out, and wasn't impressed particularly, but having read some rave reviews of it recently, I downloaded it again yesterday and actually (can you believe it?) bought 10 EUROS of credit to use the SkypeOut service (so you can phone any number, not just contact other skype users online)....well I'm impressed, having used (briefly) VOIP services before, I know how bad they can be, but phoning Becky on the land line, although the sound quality isn't as clear as a normal phone, there's no delay or echoing (and no disconnections so far), which was the fault with these services before Skype. And it's cheap: 1.5 EUROS per minute to call virtually anywhere in the world, that's about a penny a minute and (this is where it gets interesting) NO LINE RENTAL. In this country we pay "line rental" of about £9.99 a month (with NTL anyways) before any call charges, so my intention is to ditch the land line altogether. I've read about other people considering it too...the only problem is that at present there's no SkypeIn, people can't ring you, but apparently this is coming by July next year at the latest. I'm a Skype convert. Now I can order a Pizza...or Ten...from that New York restaurant without fear of them finding me or getting a huge phone bill... ;-) I joke of course. BTW our username is w i t h j a m o n (with no spaces), if you fancy a chat.

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