Skype, anyone?

[MomOfOneFunOne]

give me the low down. Reviews? Opinions? All appreciated.

[HollyDay]

e just started using it. We use it to talk with mil who lives overseas. It works well. The videocam is clear and the reception is excellent

[chiguirre]

We use it when dh travels and to talk to relatives overseas. It's easy to use and our video camaras work well. The kids like to see dad's hotel room. He always has to give us a virtual tour.

[Plaid Dad]

My dw uses it to talk with a friend of ours in another state. She hasn't had any trouble with it, and you can't beat the price!

[TwinMominTX]

and it has been great. My husband travels frequently and it has been great. He was most recently in Qatar and it was so much fun to talk to him, see him AND see pictures of the places he'd been.

We spent about $300 for cameras for our home computer and his laptop. I think he got fairly good ones .

We have high speed internet and I imagine it wouldn't be enjoyable to chat if you had a slower connection. Occassionally we've had to terminate the call because it was such poor quality. Generally when the call is then re-initiated the quality became better.

I can't tell anyone enough how great it has been for my girls to keep in touch with daddy...and, truth be told, he probably enjoys it more than they do!

[percytruffle]

Dh just started using it and really likes it. He plans to communicate with us and we with him easily when he is traveling. He has been holding teleconferences for work with Taiwan and Germany so far and it has worked great. He says the sound quality is good and Skype has some technology built in to improve sound quality in situations where it's needed. He paid a little more to go with the pro level so his pc has its own phone number. He also uses a high quality head set with it and the people on the other end have been happy with the sound quality as well.

[Susie in CA]

I have been using it for at least 2 years to talk to my mom who lives overseas. We all love it!

Susie