Re: Talking to friends

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I've had nothing but excellent call quality, dependability and service from
Skype in the two years I've used it.

Tom

"igotskillz" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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: On Oct 13, 12:38 pm, Bruce Chambers <bchamb...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: > Bill Ridgeway wrote:
: > > I hear it's possible to talk to friends over the Internet without call
: > > charges. Could someone please tell me what software is required for
this?
: >
: > > Thanks.
: >
: > > Bill
: >
:
: Skype is one of the worst services i have found, anywhere
: I had extremely poor call quality one day so i wrote them a letter
: asking for a refund.
:
: They blocked my account without giving me a reason then sent me an
: email suggesting i download the new version.
:
: I did that, account is still blocked.
:
: After about 5 emails to them i told them their service sucked stc.
:
: Skype is NOT a good idea.
:
: They treat customers poorly and quite frankly the call quality is
: horrible 1/2 of the time.
: > Google is your friend. Just a few of the many entries:
: >
: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_over_IP
: >
: > http://communication.howstuffworks.com/ip-telephony.htm
: >
: > http://www.skype.com/
: >
: > http://www.vonage.com/index.php?ic=1
: >
: > --
: >
: > Bruce Chambers
: >
: > Help us help
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: >
: > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
: > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~Benjamin Franklin
: >
: > Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. ~Bertrand
Russell
: >
: > The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has
: > killed a great many philosophers.
: > ~ Denis Diderot
:
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