Battleangel

What’s Skype?

Skype is the next phenomenon from the people who brought you KaZaA. Just like KaZaA, Skype uses P2P (peer-to-peer) technology to connect you to other users – not to share files this time, but to talk and chat with your friends.

The technology is extremely advanced - but super simple to use… You’ll be making free phone calls to your friends in no time!

- Works with all firewall, NAT and routers – nothing to configure!
- Friends list shows you when your Skype friends are online and ready to talk or chat
- Your calls are encrypted “end-to-end” for superior privacy

At least it’s worth checking out. I’ve always been a fan of Roger Wilco but I have to admit that this is much easier to set up. Unfortunately I haven’t been able to try it out yet because I just don’t seem to have any friends to call One possible downside is that at least on my system, the program sucks up 20MB RAM without having even received a call.

You can always Skype Me! I doubt I will have the program running 24/7 though. At least not until it’s out of beta and slimmed down a bit. Maybe someone could do a “Skype Lite” or something. Or a plugin for Miranda.