Skype

by **Buliwyf** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:00 pm

free voice chat and IM built in.

http://www.skype.com/download/

and their forums

http://www.skype.com/community/forums.html

great voice quality

by **SkiloDog2000** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:02 pm

run by the same people that distribute kazaa isnt it

by **Buliwyf** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 8:30 pm

no idea, but it is nothing illegal

by **Tommy Boy** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 11:27 pm

i have used it for months and it is awesome...amazing quality and the connections are always very strong. We even use it at work sometimes....seriously!

by **Irish** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:23 am

Get TS does the same thing.

by **Dutchy (nl)** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 1:57 am

I've used it for over a year now. First releases were bad, but with this newer version (v1.1) they made a good step forward. The quality of the connection is good, almost like you are one the phone. I haven't tried the SkypeOut option thoug. There is just one "problem" copared to Teamspeak: You are only connected to one other user.

by **MoJo** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:42 am

Skype rules, it has phone quality audio and really quick and easy to get into!

MoJo

by **SavageParrot** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 5:58 am

Originally posted by Irish
Get TS does the same thing.

Well not quite. Ts isn't available on a mac

by **SkiloDog2000** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 8:53 am

Originally posted by SavageParrot
Well not quite. Ts isn't available on a mac

your not good enough for ts.
anyway ts3(if it ever comes out) will be compatible with a mac

by **SavageParrot** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 9:59 am

Emphasis on the 'if'

by **SHWoff** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 4:06 pm

Skype is a peer-to-peer VoIP client developed by KaZaa in 2003.

Here is a link to a pdf of a good analysis of the Skype protocol (it's a little techy...):

Skype

by **Tommy Boy** » Sat Jan 22, 2005 11:59 pm

i wish that more people used Skype, but it is getting better.

by **residue** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 12:25 am

for anyone on the fence, skype is worth trying. it remains to be seen how they will try to monetize but it appears to be free for now.

voice quality - very good, though conference connections are iffy.
skype out (ability to make calls to pots lines) - tends to be spotty so far. i don't know how competitive their rates are compared to the phone company.
file transfers - unbelievably slow, especially since this came from the same folks that created kazaa.
text chat - useful but won't replace aim, yahoo, etc. yet

basically, it's good if you need to make voice calls to people with internet connections but not reliable enough to replace a phone and not robust enough to replace the standard internet messenger clients.

by **Buliwyf** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:08 am

Originally posted by Irish
Get TS does the same thing.

ts does not do instant messaging and does not have video conferencing like skype will

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