Anyone use Skype for across the pond video calls?

[Stigian 1,234]

Morning all, I'm working on an idea for a kinda unique video involving two people with .................................................................................. time..    Trying not to give the game away here.  

I'm not sure if my idea will work (working on it) but one thing it will need is reliable (and free) communication across the pond..

 

I know Skype to Skype calls are free (well apart from using up internet bandwidth), but how good/reliable is it over large distances?

 

Is there a better alternative to Skype?

 

 

Ta muchly in advance

[JimD 3,347]

Morning Stigian, yes skype works well across the pond. I video call a fellow in Norway and one in Australia. You can video call with one other person for free. If you need more than that it will cost you. There is another one called oovoo that is free for up to ten people I think. I've only used it once but it seemed to work ok too. Good luck with your project.

[meadowfield 2,754]

Skype works fine, that was my cheap way of keeping in touch with the missus when I worked in LA

[stevasaurus 23,281]

Great talking with you Ian...

[chesbaycruiser 83]

When my son was in Italy last summer, we talked numerous times and in our experience, it worked great!  For the record, I'm "Chesbaycruiser" on there too!

[Lars 526]

Hey Ian

Skype and oovoo works great

ill use both alot because my brother is deaf..

here you have a link to oovoo if u want to look at it

http://www.oovoo.com/home.aspx

Edited March 2, 2013 by Knusern

[Stigian 1,234]

Morning all, thanks for all the cool replies..

 

I gave Skype a whirl yesterday and had quite a long video chat with Stevasaurus. Great chatting with you Steve

It worked very well until 5pm when my nice kind internet provider flick a switch and slow the internet down, at which point the both video and audio got a little jumpy..   Nowt to do with Skype, just my internet after 5!

 

I've had a look about the net at ooVoo, and so far I've not found a bad word against it... So I will have to give it a whirl as well..

[roundcubefifteen 0]

i'm using google duo, its a good alternative of skype shareit vidmate

Edited October 10, 2020 by roundcubefifteen

[tom2p 2,394]

use Skype on a fairly frequent basis with co-workers from India 

 

works well 

 

however - recently have been using Microsoft Teams more often