Skype?

[santucci218]

I downloaded it at the recommendation of a friend and am not exactly sure how to use it all! Can you just chat with random people? How?

 

[blueskid]

set your status to "skype me" and random people will start to talk to you

 

[CBRStingray]

I don't really like skype that much. I tried using it with a friend of mine who is overseas and the call quality was no good.

Plus, you can do video and voice calls with MSN messenger anyway.

But that's beside the point. You add contacts like you would in any other messaging/chat program. You can add them by their email address or their skype username. Alternatively, you can call actual phone numbers in your country for free, but overseas calls cost money.

 

[santucci218]

ooh, wait, any call within the US is free!?

 

[CBRStingray]

No, my mistake. That was old information I was looking at. It's no longer free to call landlines in the US. Sorry.

 

[santucci218]

you fat idiot.

 

[CBRStingray]

 

[santucci218]

set your status to "skype me" and random people will start to talk to you

I dont see that as an option. all i see is online, away offline and such.

 

[Linas]

if you set it to skype me expect a bunch of bots to message you about their "dating" sites.

 

[santucci218]

if you set it to skype me expect a bunch of bots to message you about their "dating" sites.

thats what I want! How do i do that?

 

[Valerus]

paulie, you never learn, do you

 

[Linas]

see your skype icon in the tray? assuming your using windows, right click the icon, go to change status, and then skypeme!.

 

[santucci218]

yep, that option isnt there... what is there is as follows

Online
Away
Do Not Disturb
Invisible
Offline
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Setup Call Forwarding

 

[armywalaby]

The first thing you should do is add me.

 

[santucci218]

okay, so my buddy was fartin around on my computer and called his cell phone with skype from my computer a few days ago. yet i didnt have to pay anything...whats with that?

 

[armywalaby]

If he has a skypeout number, he could have used that.

 

[popinfresh]

Yeah, it used to be free for calls didn't it?
I use it to webchat with my girl in Canada, but really you can just use msn messenger or something. I downloaded it expecting free calls, or at least cheap. It does have cheap international calls, but really, when I can call Canada for .5 cents a minute off a calling card from my actual phone, and not my laptop like skype I chose calling card.

 

[mothmonsterman]

I've only set it up for small video conferencing sessions for meetings and such.

 

[Blackmag+c]

skypeme?

 

[Deacon_Blues]

I never really got into msn, but I have skype on most of the time. With the pre-paid system they offer, you can get very cheap calls to landlines, also abroad. Last time I called someone abroad using skype (to a landline in Germany) it cost me 2 cents a minute. That's cheap. It's also good for chatting and sending files, and the sound quality is better than over the phone.