- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: February 08, 2008
- Total Downloads: 4,552,928
- Downloads last week: 20,639
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1075 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Skype is well regarded for offering stable, free VOIP to other Skype users and affordable calling from a PC to a phone, be it a landline or a cell phone. The most recent upgrade makes getting in touch with friends and family--and even complete strangers--much, much easier.
Functionality still varies depending on your Internet connection and what else you're doing with it while using Skype, but they are making some efforts to improve that. When you finish a Skype call, a Web page opens and asks you about the conversation's sound quality. The clean layout combines familiar chat client functions with a dialing interface, so that calling a phone is as simple as entering the desired number and hitting the dial button.
Improvements include conference calling with as many as nine people, video calling, and a browser plug-in that turns phone numbers on Web pages into links that automatically dial via Skype when clicked. There are also Skypecasts, throwbacks to the party-line multiperson telephone conversations from the mid-20th century.
Overall, we think Skype is a strong contender in the Internet Telephony category, and anyone who's interested in talking for free should give it a try. For international callers who have computers, this program is a no-brainer solution for long-distance bills.
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Publisher's description
From Skype :Skype is software that enables you to make free calls anywhere in the world. Skype uses innovative P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you with other users. It offers several features, including SkypeOut calling from Skype to regular and mobile phones worldwide, conference calling, and secure file transferring. Skype calls have better sound quality than your regular phone and are highly secure, with end-to-end encryption. Improves video quality for video calls. Version 3.6.0.248 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version 3.6.0.248 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Skype 3.6.0.248
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1075 votes
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Version: Skype 3.6.0.248
Pros: Used to enjoy it and spoke to my son (in the military) on a regular basis.
Cons: Wake up Skype! The age of Vista and 64 bit computing is here. What a shame you choose not to make it available to Vista 32 bit and 64 bit users.
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Version: Skype 3.6.0.248
Pros: Sound quality is generally very clear. Always seems to work Skype to skype. A lot of features like dialing out to landlines, voice mail and paying by PayPal.
Cons: Skype-Out is erratic, when I first used it 2 years ago I never had as many voice drop outs as I do now. Video takes up most of my computer processing sometimes.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6.0.248
"Excelent PC tool for connecting people"
Pros: Easy to use, nice software for calling people everywhere on the Earth.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6.0.248
Pros: I['m using it to call landline phones - the rates are great for long calls. for short calls - the connection fee can be steep
Cons: why did you hide the connection fee??
does not supply a landline number for your account in every country.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Skype 3.6.0.248
"Does what it says on the tin........:)"
Pros: Been using Skype for over a year now....excellent program......will be hard to beat.
MSN IM can't touch it for quality or reliability.
Cons: No cons that I've found yet.
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