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Skype

10_66
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Can someone please tell me how I would use/connect to Skype. Somone I know has gone abroad for a month and they have Skype (which I don't have). They said calls are free this way, otherwise they'll probably end up having to use their mobile instead. Is it worth getting connected to Skype for this amount of time, as I probably wouldn't usually use it?

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  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    just download and install

    http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/get-skype/

    use for the month and remove, no harm down
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  • Kido
    Kido Posts: 473 Forumite
    I use Skype all the time as my brother's in Vietnam and my boyfriend's in Germany. Saves me a small fortune.

    You will have to know your friends username but once you do it's very easy to set up.
  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    Kido wrote: »
    I use Skype all the time as my brother's in Vietnam and my boyfriend's in Germany. Saves me a small fortune.

    You will have to know your friends username but once you do it's very easy to set up.

    agreed. it's great/ shame it's been bought by bloody MS !:mad:
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

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  • scottishblondie
    scottishblondie Posts: 2,495 Forumite
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    It's totally free for Skype to Skype calls, so yes it is worth getting. Takes 2 minutes to set up. I use it to talk to my parents when they are on holiday (on the continent for months at a time!!). They nip to Macdonalds, have an ice cream and use the free wifi to call me :)
  • davester
    davester Posts: 4,079 Forumite
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    Get skype anyway anyone that spends time in front of the computer can have it on and talk to friends family for free saving money that way.
    Survey earnings total 2009 £417, 2010 £875, 2011 £574
  • Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I been considering skype. Apart from downloading skype, do I need some sort of phone linked to my computer to be able to make calls. I'd appreciate some advise.
  • cgk1
    cgk1 Posts: 1,300 Forumite
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    edited 22 August at 4:08PM
    [quote=[Deleted User];43670302]Don't mean to hijack this thread, but I been considering skype. Apart from downloading skype, do I need some sort of phone linked to my computer to be able to make calls. I'd appreciate some advise.[/QUOTE]

    No just a microphone of some sort.
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