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ScreamingMeemie

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36. I always look like crap on the video feed so I hate it.

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Thu Feb 7, 2013, 12:51 AM

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Do you know about Skype? [View all] quinnox Feb 2013 OP

We just started using it graywarrior Feb 2013 #1

The call quality is surprising jberryhill Feb 2013 #2

My friends are able to stay in touch Ilsa Feb 2013 #3

Do you buy a data plan or what? silverweb Feb 2013 #4

No, that is the weird thing quinnox Feb 2013 #7

That's weird. silverweb Feb 2013 #11

sorry I misunderstood your post quinnox Feb 2013 #14

Oh, I see! silverweb Feb 2013 #16

I think maybe it is that, but I'm not sure, because I installed the Skype through Google play store quinnox Feb 2013 #18

You'll find out. silverweb Feb 2013 #22

If you call computer to computer, there's no charge from Skype. However, SharonAnn Feb 2013 #28

I used it to call from Europe to hear and vice versa CreekDog Feb 2013 #39

You can use both ann--- Feb 2013 #9

Yes, I've got both. silverweb Feb 2013 #19

"One ring to bind them all". SharonAnn Feb 2013 #29

Uh-oh... silverweb Feb 2013 #30

Yup nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #5

People should be writing letters (and mailing checks) whenever possible FrodosPet Feb 2013 #46

I Skype with iPad, iMac, macbook, you can even show a home or share a vacation moment. NYC_SKP Feb 2013 #6

Been using Skype for years ann--- Feb 2013 #8

I was using skype thru Verizon sorefeet Feb 2013 #24

I use it when I'm abroad on research. a la izquierda Feb 2013 #10

I use gmails app to talk to my mom completely free in Texas Puzzledtraveller Feb 2013 #12

Keeps me sane on foreign postings Recursion Feb 2013 #13

Heck, all of my friends communicate via telepathy. DollarBillHines Feb 2013 #15

LOL silverweb Feb 2013 #20

Our Small Business uses it all the time. I'm not sure it's Secure... KoKo Feb 2013 #17

I was talking to my wife when she was in China ... kwassa Feb 2013 #21

Yes I think you are late XRubicon Feb 2013 #23

That was almost 2 years ago, they haven't wrecked it yet. Son of Gob Feb 2013 #31

Skype? Sure. Adam-Bomb Feb 2013 #25

Welcome to DU, Adam-Bomb! Heidi Feb 2013 #45

As a hospice nurse I have seen people actually skype mucifer Feb 2013 #26

its like a jetsons phone d_r Feb 2013 #27

I'll settle for a Hoverboard. Son of Gob Feb 2013 #32

Does Skype work better than FaceTime? Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #33

Skype is like the real-life Jetson phone. Jamaal510 Feb 2013 #34

Gmail offers free talk and video calls Shankapotomus Feb 2013 #35

Yeah, we use gmail, too. Sometimes Skype gets a little laggy DevonRex Feb 2013 #44

I always look like crap on the video feed so I hate it. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #36

Maybe my age is showing, but SheilaT Feb 2013 #37

Thom Hartmann uses skype for some interviews on his radio & TV shows. alp227 Feb 2013 #38

For about seven years now. Americans are about the last people on earth to discover this. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #40

Attended a wedding via Skype last month - lynne Feb 2013 #41

I use it for work, when they think I am working from home.. HipChick Feb 2013 #42

Yep. That's how I see one of my sons who lives overseas. We have family room DevonRex Feb 2013 #43