Comments | toriru4ever: internet pc phones

toriru4ever

internet pc phones

May 23, 2011 23:53

If anyone has imput on what's the best plan/program to use for pc-phones (mainly calling overseas) please chime in. I've been using skype to chat with my father but it's 0.02/min by land-line phone and 0.30/min calling his cell -__ ( Read more... )

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originalkitsune May 24 2011, 05:43:05 UTC

isn't skype free if it's computer to computer?

originalkitsune May 24 2011, 05:45:04 UTC

oh there's already definitive link between using cell phones and increase in seizures in epileptics. That is why i text! Much safer.

toriru4ever May 25 2011, 01:52:55 UTC

i need to tell my mom about texting that will cut back on her calling lol
I don't like chatting on cell either I usually keep in on speaker.

februaryfour May 25 2011, 01:05:00 UTC

Skype has the best voice quality, honestly. No one else even comes close. Why does your father get mad about it? My family just accepts that when it says "unknown number" it's usually me. You _could_ get a Skypeout number, but I don't see how it's worth it. Maybe text your father before you call, so he knows it's you?

Google Voice is a good stopgap, but they still charge you if you want to talk to someone who isn't in the USA, and the call quality is a LOT worse compared to Skype.

(ETA: If your father has a decent PC connection, maybe look into Skype with each other?)

toriru4ever May 25 2011, 01:59:17 UTC

skype has good voice quality (undoubtedly :)
my father apparently gets a lot of calls from annoying telemarketers and random money-mooching long-lost relatives so he gets paranoid when he sees unknown numbner. I can't text him cuz it's long-distance. he lives in Italy and time-zone thing kinda makes coordinating skyping on computer inconvenient. I usually send him an email saying roughly when I'll call him (then forget about it lol and call him when I can ><)

will look into getting a skype number and pass him the bill grrrr

februaryfour May 25 2011, 02:24:53 UTC

*hugs*