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What is Skype?

Skype is a VOIP service. (Voice Over Internet Protocol) It is the #1 VOIP phone system in the worldwith more than 30 million users.

This convenient and economical service lets you call people on their computers for FREE all over the world as long as that person has Skype installed on their computer. FREE DOWNLOAD HERE. Registering, installing, and setting up an account is simple with it's user-friendly interface.

Once you have an account, all you need is a good set of headphones with a microphone, and you're setto send and receive FREE calls on your computer using your high speed Internet connection (DSL or cable, for instance) to make phone calls which allows you to bypass the costs of long distancephone calls on a traditional land line.

Features and Benefits:

Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to anyone else, anywhere in the world.

Call ordinary phones and mobiles at pretty cheap rates per minute with "Skype Out"

See who you are talking to with video calls. (Webcam required)

Share/transfer files between Skype users.

Send SMS messages to friends on the move.

Set up call forwarding to your landline number so you never miss another call.

Group chat with up to 100 people or conference call with up to nine others.

Search the web with the Google Toolbar (optional install).

video and chat conferencing

Create SkypeCasts for group facilitations

phone number available for people to call you on. (This isn't free, but it's cheap ($4 or less per month).

It comes with voice mail, caller ID, call forwarding, conference calling, and call history with alerts for new calls and new voice mails.

You can choose to send a voice mail without letting another Skyper's number ring if you don't have time to talk.

Note: Be sure to maintain a basic traditional land line phone for power outages and 911 emergency calling. Skype is not meant to replace your regular landline service. Skype can sometimes drop a call for no apparent reason and on occasion the call quality canbe poor but overall it is a convenient and economical service worth using.

System requirements for optimum service

PC running Windows 2000 or XP. (Windows 2000 users require DirectX 9.0 for video calls).

Internet connection (broadband is best, GPRS is not supported for voice calls, and results may vary on a satellite connection).

Speakers and microphone - built-in or separate.

To make video calls, your computer should have at least a 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and of course a webcam.

It's also recommended that you have at least a 400 MHz processor, 128 MB RAM and 50 MB free disk space on your hard drive.