Poor audio and video quality in Skype calls may be caused by the relays (other computers on the Skype network) that your communication traffic passes through before reaching your conversation partner. Relays add latency to your connection and can cause choppy audio and pixelated video. This post demonstrates how to configure Skype and your home… Read More »
Skype is free software which allows you to make free long-distance computer-to-computer voice calls. You can also sign up for their premium service which allows you to make calls from your computer to land lines and cell phones. Skype is a great alternative to paid long distance providers – when it works properly! I recently… Read More »
A few days ago, a friend of mine asked me to upgrade their Windows ME laptop to Windows XP so that they could use Skype. Although I do believe that Windows XP is a better operating system than Windows ME, their laptop only had 128MB of RAM, which is not quite enough for XP, in… Read More »