The fact that they don't provide a company telephone number does create the impression that they can't be bothered with customer problems. I can say that I have been a SkypeOut customer and tried using their contact form to get help with a problem. I sent a help request but never received a reply to my problem report.

-- Al Bredenberg

hi
i am using skpe 1.3.054.
I can hear user voice in my contact list
BUt they can not hear my voice by my headphone
Also they can hear the other voice in my computer.For instance mp3,start windows music
what can i do for solve this problem?

There are some really good things about Skype to be sure. But aside from dropping calls, voice delays and crosstalk ... all of which are irritating ... my experience with Skype nothing short of disastrous.

In a nutshell - when a call is dropped (which happens well over 90% of the time) my system becomes totally non-responsive.

For YEARS I can't remember having to reboot my machine so many times over the course of an hour or less. My experience with Windows 3.0 was far more reliable than it has been with Skype.

The system on which Skype 1.3.0.57 is installed: MSI K8N-Neo 4 Platinum systemboard; NVIDIA PCI Express video; FX-55; 2Gb RAM; tons of drive space and a wonderful Plantronics USB headset.

I disabled every startup process & application except for the bare essentials ... especially & including Norton AV & firewall. Still Skype becomes wholly unstable during/after a call.

Except for an automated reply from Skype tech support over a week ago, I haven't heard a peep out of them.

Any ideas? Anyone, please?

I am gald to see that other people are having problems with skype. I find in most unsatisfactory for skype to skype calls. I have a usb dual phone and it works ok for skype to landlines but since i downloaded the video version of skype recently, i only got it to work on skype to skype for about 2 dasys and now it wont work at all. I have tried reporting the problem but got no feedback. I am now using yahoo messenger with noice and it is far superior with sound quality a lot better than skype and rarely drops the call. If anyone has any similare experience pleas email me.

I use Skype video fairly frequently and experience an occasional dropped call bt not too often. The sound quality seems fine to me but until we have CD quality VoIP sound there is always room for improvement.

I am one of those that have abandoned Skype and not treat them with discust and I detest their practices.

Skypeout does not work well.

At the same time Skype just notified me that they had "confiscated", read stolen, my Skypeout deposit as I have not used it in time.

At the same time I can not even contact them.

Get rid of Skype,

Bert

WELL THERE YOU GO THAT ANSWERD ALL MY QUESTIONS ABOUT WEATHER OR NOT TO SIGN UP I WIIL PASS LOOKS LIKE EBAY MADE A MISTAKE BUYING THIS LEMON I BET THE CREW HOW SOLD SKYPE TO EBAY FOR ALL THE MILLIONS ARE HAPPY

@Michael: Oh come on. The guy asks for comments from people that have problems, and a few problems show up... obviously.

That should be no reason to cast Skype aside without trying it...

I'm not related to skype, but I am using it with satisfaction, every version since 1.3 or so. I've spent about 30-40 euros on SkypeOut in the last 2 years, with 98% successful and satisfactory call quality. For a service that is cutting edge technology, dependent on pc hardware and internet, not to mention cheap, that's good enough quality for me.

That said, it does seem that it isn't always easy to get technical assistance from Skype.

- just wanted to bounce back some common sense, IMO

Definitely - Skype is a SKam! I am working abroad and decided to try Skype. The test call worked flawlessly. The second call i made worked passably. Since then I have not been able to make a single call - i have tried perhaps 40 times and the best I can do is about 2 or 3 words per minute. That's all I hear - about 2 or 3 words per minute.

Basically, I've got to accept the fact that
(1) VoIP is not yet a viable technology
and
(2) Skype is basically scamming money from people.

i await my refund.....so i pass the time with silence on the line rending public skype's crime

cheers ya'll,

-e

I have just uninstalled Skype after encountering a major problem with virtual memory on my PC running MS Windows 2000 Pro. I installed Skype 10 days ago and immediately started running low on virtual memory. I increased this to 700mb which is more than twice 1.5xRAM. Yesterday after working on the machine for an hour it crashed. When the machine eventually rebooted I went into the task manager and examined the pattern of memory use. Much to my amazement even though Skype was offline it had already taken up 100mb of page file memory and was constantly increasing. I have now unistalled Skype, reduced the virtual memory to 320mb and I have had no further problems. Has anyone else encountered this problem. If so, any sugestions as to how it can be resolved. Thanks. Amadeus

i have a problem in the skype

when i want to connect it says::

(( skype can not connect. you may be behind a firewall or experience problems connecting to the internet. please check your connection and try again ))

what to do to solve this problem???

using skype for the last 3 years including video with 99% success. based in usa and call fmaily all over the world (europe and asia).
so happy with it, we do not use long distance any more. used to pay up to $400 per month for all our calls (mainly my wifes). now we pay $30 for credit per month. our long distance here is free via skype.

sorry for all of you having issues. neve rhad to contact skype, and thats the way i like it.

mike.

I have same problem with Kitty.hr_07@csloxinfo.com
but now she verify and ok please send me the link same her.

Thanks

RE: Skype Problem
i have a problem in the skype

when i want to connect it says::

(( skype can not connect. you may be behind a firewall or experience problems connecting to the internet. please check your connection and try again ))

what to do to solve this problem???

Mere words cant do justice, to all the services Skype is providing at bare minimal costs. I have been using Skype for the last 3-4 years, and on an average spend around US $ 50 per month , making Skype out calls. You cant ask more than that, at such throw away rates.

Hi, just wondering if anyone have some more info on the skype problem that's going on? I saw the message on their website though.

we even have hard time connecting to http://support.skype.com. We're still down 8/17, 11am PST.

I have been using Skype for several years now and until recently say the last 8 months have been vary happy. Skype out works fine hardly ever an issue. Skype to Skype video is another thing all together. I have what should be the most current version 3.5.0.239 first video calls are consistently dropped which is very irritating and second with this latest version both parties cannot see each other playing with the video under options tool can result in one or the other seeing the person they are talking to but not both. When I see the party I am talking to I can see my own video preview but they can not see me and the opposite is true. I have the same problem of two different lap tops with two different operating systems Vista and XP so it is not a Vista problem. It also does not matter what connect to the net I am on. Is there a compatibility issue with a Logitech Fusion Camera? I have disabled all security software and this has no effect.

I have been a Skypeout customer for a long time. But since yesterday I could no longer sign in with skype. I need to make a lot of international calls everyday. I have got used to it, though they now even charge for getting through! They never tell the customers while they pay for it. I believe it is kind of cheating, taking advantage of the carelessness and trust on them. Now the worst, one can not connect and use it, while the credit has a deadline! And the worst worst: CAN I GET HELP FROM ANY BODY????!!!!

ALL I CAN DO IS: PRAY TO GOD AND CONDEMN SKYPE.

i using skype a most problem is hang my pc.i have a anti-virus if uninstall my anti-virus my pc is not hang please help.because my pc was not security alert for the unwanted of warms.

Skype issues? I seem to be going through a traumatic situation here. I get connected quite fine, and I hear clearly the person I called, but they hardly hear my voice clearly. Of course all connected calls (skypeout) gets paid for. A solution please

i'm having same problem i've seen reported in numerous places, endless spinning arrow/no connect, and can't get a response from their technical support people. running windoows xp on a Dell Latitude D810. nothing fancy. no mcaffee, all firewall services turned off, etc. etc.

don't know how this can be a successful business model the way it is being run currently.

my son't Macbook talks just fine with his friends Macbooks over skype. maybe skype owns stock in apple......