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October 20, 2013 at 7:46 pm #36438
roberthenry888
ParticipantMy Skype is so bad I can’t even use it to make a voice call. What do you use? Even if it’s not video.
October 21, 2013 at 9:46 am #36453Callum
ParticipantGoogle Hangouts work great. Simple IM, good video that rarely gets dropped, free group video, plus if you have a gmail, you already have it.
October 21, 2013 at 10:15 am #36454roberthenry888
ParticipantNice one. I’ll try it later.
October 21, 2013 at 11:45 am #36458Alexander
Participantmobile app: (Apple’s facetime, iMessage),Line, viber, whatsapp, wechat, qq, voxer……..bunch of apps on app store
pc: (if you got a Mac)facetime,qq……maybe there are more
October 21, 2013 at 12:08 pm #36460Brendan
ModeratorI stopped using Skype over a year ago. Yet another web based service China apparently deems necessary to be fucked with.
October 21, 2013 at 12:10 pm #36461roberthenry888
ParticipantI stopped using Skype over a year ago. Yet another web based service China apparently deems necessary to be fucked with.
So what do you use now then?
October 21, 2013 at 12:15 pm #36462roberthenry888
Participantmobile app: (Apple’s facetime, iMessage),Line, viber, whatsapp, wechat, qq, voxer……..bunch of apps on app store pc: (if you got a Mac)facetime,qq……maybe there are more
Do you use any of these? I’m trying Facetime with a friend later, but not everyone has an apple product. I looked at Viber, wechat, and wahtsapp last night but I need something I can use on my Macbook pro and these are phone apps right? Does qq have video chat?
October 21, 2013 at 12:25 pm #36463Brendan
ModeratorDoes qq have video chat?
QQ does now have a webcam function.
October 21, 2013 at 1:11 pm #36464Alexander
Participant<div class=”d4p-bbt-quote-title”>Alexander wrote:</div>
mobile app: (Apple’s facetime, iMessage),Line, viber, whatsapp, wechat, qq, voxer……..bunch of apps on app store pc: (if you got a Mac)facetime,qq……maybe there are moreDo you use any of these? I’m trying Facetime with a friend later, but not everyone has an apple product. I looked at Viber, wechat, and wahtsapp last night but I need something I can use on my Macbook pro and these are phone apps right? Does qq have video chat?
I think you want a video chat app, qq will work, and it works on windows , android , mac iOS. Most of the other appsare juts IM app with voice mail function or like a walkie talkie .
October 26, 2013 at 1:11 pm #36597BB McFate
ParticipantFor those of you from the US with a US-based VPN, a nice little bonus is that you can use Gmail’s “call phones” feature to make a call for free to any phone number in the US. Quality is fine, unless the internet is particularly slow that day.
October 27, 2013 at 2:22 am #36606Chris Ziich
ModeratorI have no problem with Skype (since i got 20M internets). It’s not skype’s problem, it’s the internet connection speed.
October 27, 2013 at 3:15 am #36608niklas
ParticipantI’m using Viber to call others who also use it. Viber got apps for the big mobile platforms, and yesterday I found that they nowadays also have a desktop client. http://viber.com
For calling landline and mobile phones I use Nonoh – http://nonoh.net
I agree with Chris – seems like Skype works quite fine, as long as you’re on a decent connection. Wifi connections are often soo bad here for some reason. Might be worth trying setting the wifi access point to using a different channel if you’re experiencing problems.
October 27, 2013 at 4:24 am #36609Charlie
KeymasterI’m using Viber to call others who also use it. Viber got apps for the big mobile platforms, and yesterday I found that they nowadays also have a desktop client.
I use this also, Viber is fantastic, the only downside is the other party must have it installed also.
March 6, 2018 at 7:29 pm #54533PrasantaShee
ParticipantTry using alternatives like webex, gomeetnow, gotomeeting, R-HUB web video conferencing servers etc. They work well.
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