Last time I used teams, it kept kicking me out and crashing during calls.
I don’t even use Skype, but honestly, all these voice call platforms are laggy and are confusing to manage
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Skype Is Finally Shutting Down on May 5
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I don’t even use Skype, but honestly, all these voice call platforms are laggy and are confusing to manage
I used Vonage way back in the early home VOIP days and it worked fine. They have various home plans as well as business ones. I no longer use at as FaceTime/WhatsApp handles 99% of my international calling.
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Same - they should really allow cashing out (somehow)...
Only for the US - tricky for the rest of us.
I hate to break it to you this way, especially since this article said it’s shutting down on May 5th, but Skype is shutting down on May 5th. There is no “if” about it, lol.
It's been announced that those of us with credit will get a dedicated app (or website - not sure) where we can still make calls until the credit's gone. Something called the "Skype Dial Pad".
Skype would actually be even more awesome if they just made it a dial pad app for making phone calls and nothing more! But need the ability to top up somehow, of course.
Originally it was suppose to be open sourced to android and windows I believe but that plan never happened
it was about the user interface and the tech. Skype didn’t have the capability to allow up to a 1000 people at the same time. The tech wasn’t there because they developed it for a 1 on 1 while Zoom had been built specifically for meetings, webinars, etc. To anyone doing business you wouldn’t use Skype at all, you would a course to know how to set up a meeting.
I think that would have to compete with Nokia, for 7.2 billion usd in 2013. That got them no technology, a severely declining presence in the marketplace, and also had no plan going forward, other than to buy a big “name”. Marketeers often mistake high brand presence for high value.
Agreed. FaceTime also offers joining via a link, so you only need the instigator to use an Apple device, and it works pretty well for medium-sized groups of people. I haven’t needed Zoom for quite a while.
No what happened is that Apple was accused of patent infringement and had to redesign the entire architecture.
We use Skype to communicate with my 84 years old mother, who cannot easily switch to some other app - she does not know her way around the tablet.
Facebook/Messanger is therefore not an option. Maybe getting her on an old iPad and Facetime might...still, it will be a challenge. :-(
Facebook/Messanger is therefore not an option. Maybe getting her on an old iPad and Facetime might...still, it will be a challenge. :-(
Ah I see, yes I didn't consider the multiple user aspect, I sort of assumed that was always a feature in Skype, but I guess you're right, it never was!
Interesting question.
My institution was mostly using WebEx in the early phase of COVID and then it was between WebEx and Zoom, and finally Zoom dominates. Was Skype ever enterprise friendly? The advantage of WebEx back then was it is a Cisco product so it integrates well with our Cisco phone and Cisco Jabber. But Zoom at some point had much better features. I haven't used WebEx for several years now so don't know how their features compare to Zoom.
I really struggle to understand comments like this. People use it, are happy with it - why is it “about time” to kill it? Are you a Microsoft shareholder unhappy with them spending resources on it? Did Skype spit in your drink when you were young?
If you don't agree, that's fine with me. I just stated my opinion.
HobeSoundDarryl
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Skype has/had multi-person video chat capability for many years. People write things as if absolute fact when they maybe don't know what they are talking about.
I've used Skype for many years for business meetings. It's quite great for that (and cross platform), presenting information/slides, etc. I always liked it better than Zoom and very sad to see this great tool go.
I rarely call international numbers these days. I'd rather have my credit applied to my next 365 renewal. Several months ago, before the Skype sunset was announced, I asked MSFT whether that's an option, but they said no. Each product is in its own P&L silo, which doesn't allow applying credit from one to another.
HobeSoundDarryl
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As it says at that link to illustrate the point...
I never needed a meeting of more than maybe 8 or so and never paid for this capability. Long ago- before iDevices- I did pay the (I think I recall about) $60/yr to let my G4 Powerbook stand in as mobile phone (using buds) when traveling. I could call landlines, cell phones, etc that way. And others could call my Powerbook too. That was the only Skype fee I ever paid.
I never needed a meeting of more than maybe 8 or so and never paid for this capability. Long ago- before iDevices- I did pay the (I think I recall about) $60/yr to let my G4 Powerbook stand in as mobile phone (using buds) when traveling. I could call landlines, cell phones, etc that way. And others could call my Powerbook too. That was the only Skype fee I ever paid.
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