Skype.com

I have been using Skype for about a month now and I am very satisfied and very easy to use. I would definately recommend this service to anyone.
It cost about $ 3/​month if you want to be able to call any land or mobile line. If you would like your own phone number, it cost an extra $ 5/​month. So $ 8 a month is a hell of a freakin deal for phone service.

Free voice and video conferencing? Unlimited national calls? Cheap international calling? Sounds like a pleasant discovery to me!
I downloaded Skype from their website, it’s free and it’s available for both PC and Mac platforms. Most desktops require a headset and a web cam for an optimal use of the program. Mac users (and many laptop PCs) have it easier as the build in cameras and mikes work just great.
Pros:
a) This programs allows you to make computer to computer, and computer to phone calls, as well as video conferencing
b) Computer to computer, video conferencing and local calls are free
Cons:
a) Skype is not suitable for emergency calls (old-​fashioned 911 calling via landline is highly recommended)
b) It doesn’t support more than two video cameras at a time (although up to nine people can be conferencing)
c) White lies have no room in videoconferencing; your interlocutor is watching you… ;-)
For more info, check their website and/​or take a look at this article in the Wikipedia, not the ultimate scientific oracle, but good enough for a general idea (…but this comment belongs in another review, doesn’t it?)

TOTALLY AWESOME.
It’s free, the voice quality is great. I mean GREAT. No laggy/​echoey bullshit.
Perfect for you broke asses who are in long distant relationships! Talk all you want for free!
If only everyone uses this just as much as AIM…

Awesome, Awesome, Awesome.
Awesome.
Note to self: keep in mind that the webcam is on and that reading a magazine while Skyping about «important» issues might come across the wrong way. Hey, it’s not like we were negociating a cease fire in the first place, and I had many things to do that morning.

Looking for free worldwide phone calling service? tired of paying $ 3/​minute when you’re in Buenos Aires? Well, the most brilliant, too good to be true service has arrived folks! Thanks to genius minds we now all have access to the best free communication service ever. I just got off a free phone call to China. Fantastic. Once you have downloaded the software (free) and created a profile (free) you can talk with other Skype contacts (again, free). Must go now… my new boyfriend in Rio is Skype calling me…:)…uh…one teensie warning… people will start stalking you in a worldwide fashion if you’re not careful. cheers.

Ok, this review may sound complicated (and v geeky) but I have to share… Skype software is in it’s infancy, but I forsee it catching on. It’s a FREE GLOBAL TELEPHONY PROGRAM. This means it allows users to TALK (real voices) with others all over the world. Not IM, but talking, hearing, laughing, etc. It all works through your computer’s speakers & headsets, and the quality is superb. I just talked for an hour with my friend in Argentina while sitting at the computer… all for free!
My crystal ball shows no more phone bills… that would mean no more Catherine Zeta, or can-​you-​hear-​me-​now Verizon commercials, yay!
(available on mac & pc)