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 for free with your friends.
The technology is extremely advanced - but super simple to use... You’ll be making perfect quality free phone calls to your friends in no time! Just tell them to get Skype as well, if they don’t already have it.
Why is Skype better than Net2Phone, ICQ, AIM, MSN, etc.?
Because it works! Most Voice-over-IP applications don’t work from behind
firewalls and NAT (Network Address Translation) devices. Nearly all broadband
users are behind a NAT or firewall and so they cannot use VoIP applications.
Skype is not a typical VoIP application - it's P2P Telephony! Because of its
advanced design, Skype works behind nearly any firewall and NAT!
High Call Completion Rate
No other Internet telephony system has a call completion rate as high as that of
Skype.
Superior Sound Quality
Current Voice over IP and chat applications just don’t measure up. Skype has
created proprietary software and partnered with the best acoustic scientists
in the business to deliver sound quality superior to even your fixed telephone
line!
Extremely Easy to Use
Current Voice-over-IP applications are difficult to configure and it seems the
provider assumes its users are experts in engineering. With Skype there is no
difficult configuration of hardware or software. You shouldn’t have to work
to use our software, software should work for you!
Totally Secure Communications
Your calls are encrypted “end-to-end” and are thus totally secure.