What is Skype?

Estonia
July 24, 2008 7:27am CST
What is this Skype thing i have been hearing about? Sombody said that it's a chatting program, but i'm not sure.
6 responses
@coolcat123 (4387)
• India
24 Jul 08
Skype is a software which has many funtions.Its mainly used as a online telephone as it can be used for dialling anywhere in the world for cheap rates.You can recharge your account at skype through paypal as well as credit card and call anywhere in the world for cheap. Another feature of skype is its online chatting.It works similarly to all the leading messaging services like yahoo,msn,etc.You can chat with anyone for free. Skype has many other features which makes the software the best in this bussiness.Its one of the major communication service used online which has over a lakh users.
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• Estonia
24 Jul 08
Thank you for your response.
@zhaosonghan (1039)
• China
24 Jul 08
It is not just only a chatting program,and it can call as phone,it's a net phone,you can call anybody by skype,and you know,if you want to call,you must pay some money for it.
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• Estonia
24 Jul 08
Thank you for responding to my question.
• India
24 Jul 08
Hi Skype is a program that when you download it on to your computer allows you to call other people for free to land phones and mobiles all over the world.
• Philippines
25 Jul 08
Skype is a very nice chat program, it gives more faster video conferencing and the voice chat is definitely just like when your talking a telephone. I prefer Skype to my clients when they want to chat their loved ones abroad. It has also a very cute GUI.
@schabek (44)
• Poland
24 Jul 08
Yes its chat program u can use it for writting but also u can call to someone and use it like phone.
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• Estonia
24 Jul 08
Thank you for the response.
• India
24 Jul 08
Skype is an instant messenger software. It is used to chat. It is also used to make international calls at very low rates. You can make cheap calls from your computer all over the world. It used voice over internet protocol(voip) for making that. You can get clear calls at very low rates. Go to www.skype.com for more details
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