I sometimes use Skype, but only when Facetime won’t work. I really hate the
functionality of the programme; you can tell that it’s (now) MS.
Chris
> On 4 Dec 14, at 06:18, Hughes <timhughes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I use Skype all the time for long international calls to countries like South
> Africa ,Zimbabwe, Australia etc. and "sometimes" then I notice delays, but
> most often they are quite useable. I also use viber a bit too and had some
> low quality while traveling in Peru recently in remote places over shared
> hotel wifi. Amazing it works at all!
> South Africa and worse zimbabwe at certains times of day is quite slow as
> they have limited pipes,but so was my landline, probably went via satellite?
> Sometimes you can hear your own echo and that gives you a very good idea of
> roundtrip delay.
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