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[Tonny]

skype-just for messages and chat. you can call other persons but connection is very bad. its just for calling your next door neighbour on lunch, or asking a friend for a homework from math.

msn- it has a louds of options. you cane phone, chat, even have a video conversation. chat is very good. when you phone you hear a slow motion words.
video conversation-> that is good if you want to talk using your hands and legs but if you are trying to speak you will be disapointed. it is soo slow. you can go on bathroom and back and you will see that lips are moving but the voice is late. of course, i am talking about countrie2countrie phoning, soo i dont know is this true.

what do you think?

[pawitp]

I newer got Video or Voice conversation going with MSN, it just doesn't work for me! With skype, I have a little bit of delay but atleast I can use it. No matter how good the code in MSN is, if you(I) can't use it, it's no good.

Google Talk is a new alternative! You sign in with your GMAIL Account (Like the way you sign in MSN with your MSN(Hotmail) account). I quality is good and you can connect to the network with ANY Jabber combatible Client(Without Voice). Also, I haven't (Yet) notice any ..long.. delay with GTALK

[Inspiron]

Skype is not just for messages and chat. In fact Skype is made for voice calls over the internet using Kazaa p2p protocol method. And also, Skype is by far the best provider for free voice calls over the internet. If you are just calling your neighbour next door and the responds of the signals are bad, it's most probably be your internet connection. Also note that Skype uses your internet bandwidth to transmit voice signals, your usage of the internet bandwidth especially downloading or uploading files while using Skype will definately affect the voice quality.

MSN is rather, I would say, quite bad in terms of transmission other than text. Text-messaging would probably be better for MSN. If you try to send a 1MB file to the same person using MSN, and then using another data transmission program, etc IRC DCC, MSN would most probably end up last or connection terminated without even tranmiting the entire 1MB file. Voice wise, it's still alright but not for quality-hungry people. I would rather say MSN voice is often laggy and the connection is bad.

TO summarise, Skype wins in terms of communication, be it data transfers or voice calls.

[alperuzi]

Connection is bad? Skype's connection is the best I've ever seen. Firewall, router, switch it can bypass pretty much everything. And the voice quality is by far superior to any other means, its much better than a standard telephone for sure. Ebay recently acquired the company actually, they have no competition when it comes to VoIP.

MSN's voice chat is the worst I can say, even Google Talk which is in beta does a better job at connecting and voice quality. MSN is just there for text messaging. I have truthfully never used any other features except that and webcam, hopefully the webcam feature of Skype will be complete soon so that I won't have to use MSN for that either.

[Inspiron]

Hey, just to add on, Skype actually has an addon for voice conferencing..
Check it out here... http://www.video4skype.com/

So we can now discard MSN for the voice, webcam and data transmission. Use it solely for text messaging.

[alicabektas]

MSN is very good for chat , but bad for conversation

Skype is very good for corversation


Im is superior Sype

[Lozbo]

I live in Mexico and my girlfriend went to England, and i found the cheapest way of calling her was skype (she did not have a pc there, so the phone call was from my pc to a public phone somewhere in london).

And as of chat, i dont have many friends plugged around skype and the ones i have in skype have messenger, so we usually chat trough ms software.

By the way, MSN means Microsoft Network, its usually mistaken with MSN Messenger, hehe sorry about my pedantism.

[Dragonfly]

Skype and MSN specialization are somewhat different so it is hard to compare and contrast. In internet phone skype is the pioneer and they have the edge over msn as well as any other internet phones. Yahoo is also coming up with the same idea which Skype pioneered first.

For online chat I preferred msn while for internet phone like PC to PC call which is free I really like Skype. Its so clear. I've been making calls from Asia to Canada, Japan and United States using skype PC to PC calls.

[Florisjuh]

I think Skype is a much better program for voice communication then MSN, altrough I just ask my friends to get on TeamSpeak

[shigajet]

I've just installed Skype, so I'll try it out and see if it works. I've read (and heard through word-of-mouth) how great it was. Before that, there's MSN Messenger (and Windows Messenger that came with the machine). They work alright, but nothing special.

[Gadget Maniac]

Well, skype is better for calls as it saves a lot of money. MSN has a problem with its voice chat. But is an alround messenger. So I am with msn messeger.

[knowlege pool]

Hi There

MSN is no match to skype for the quality and calrity of voice over internet. I have personally used both versions. The difference between the both is remarkable and noticable.

I recommend SKYPE

Knowlege Pool

[Dart-kun]

Whats Skype? I've never heard it before.

So, I Guess I'll say MSN since it's never failed me before.

[pbrugge]

Well skype is a Voip (Voice Over IP) program wich you can use to call to mobile, landline phones or just pc-pc calls. It also includes a chatwindow like we know from msn. It is a cheap and easy sollution to make calles all over the world

I prefure Voicebuster atm since some landline calles are free

[Amezis]

Since I don't have a mic, I'll go for MSN.

But if I'd had a mic, and if my friends actually used Skype, I'll use that too... I remember I tried skype when it was in Beta... Or maybe it was alpha... Well it's a while ago...

[rodlew]

If i had to compare MSN and Skype, it would be a clear victory to MSN. Why? You ask me? Well, MSN has ALOT more features than Skype, is more fun to use, addable emotions, sounds, backgrounds and winks, and has much better life spam, meaning the features on Skype get boring after a while.

Even though Skype can send files and folders faster than MSN, that is only one priority.

MSN is unarguably the biggest online messaging service EVER.

Also MSN unlike Skype, has add-ons, like MSN Plus, which makes the program even more exciting that it already is.

One of the things that impress me about MSN is the speed and the quality. You must remember how much people actually use MSN to contact theyre family and friends. Despite all that, MSN still runs smoothly at all times.

Skype hasn't had any new features for a VERY long time. This is maybe why not many people use Skype.

Even though Skype at the moment has better contacting tools, MSN will keep progressing until it takes over.

The minority of people who use MSN is overwhelming.

Long live, possibly one of the greatest program inventions of all time!

[seanooi]

My opinion is, if you would want free internet call, go for skype. I've been using skype for quite some time now and the voice is just nice, although a few seconds delay because my girlfriend is in asia and i'm here in the US. But other than that, i can hear her loud and clear.

But if you're only planning to type text, MSN would be a better choice.

[couture threat]

Tonny, on Sep 19 2005, 04:10 AM, said:

skype-just for messages and chat. you can call other persons but connection is very bad. its just for calling your next door neighbour on lunch, or asking a friend for a homework from math.

msn- it has a louds of options. you cane phone, chat, even have a video conversation. chat is very good. when you phone you hear a slow motion words.
video conversation-> that is good if you want to talk using your hands and legs but if you are trying to speak you will be disapointed. it is soo slow. you can go on bathroom and back and you will see that lips are moving but the voice is late. of course, i am talking about countrie2countrie phoning, soo i dont know is this true.

what do you think?

I LOVE MSN. MSN is country to country too, but like...with skype it's so horrible. Every thing is low class and slow. It's just like you said, not for everyday things. MSN video convo is kind of slow though. I have a webcam and it's always freezing on me. =/ Same with the voice.

[T100]

Skype has a VoIP component which makes much profit to its producer. Their charge over VoIP is not that attractive. Both Skype and MSN have video conferencing. Skype’s voice chat and conferencing look more stable to me. Perhaps Skype is not using the old H263 audio codec which really sucks. I don’t really realize Skype has become so popular these days despite there are plenty of similar programs on the market. Being cross-perform is perhaps one of the reasons. Perhaps people are only asking for something simple and fool-proof. However, it is not at all impressive to me, who grow up in the age of ICQ and had long given it up before it became popular and later, unpopular.

[rawhammer]

skype is the best there is no dout a bout it

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[Cool_Freaker]

Skype is much better in my opinion. The layout and interface is much clearer, and as a result, I believe the new MSN 8.0 (I got a beta invite from a friend), has somewhat copied it - it now definitely has some resemblence to Skype. Obviously voice calls are far better in Skype, and there aren't those freaking ads which MSN manages to fit everywhere!!!

The problem with Skype is I don't know as many people that use it, and I've been using MSN for at least 5 years now, so I've got some really old contacts on it Also, some of the MSN customisation things are nice, like emoticons, backgrounds etc, but overall, I believe they're fairly minor compared to the gripes I have with the rest of the service.

[realthor]

TRUE, SKYPE HASN'T ANY REAL COMPETITION RIGHT NOW AND IT'S BEST FOR VOIP. MSN MESSENGER DOESN'T EVEN COMPARE WITH IT.

[iGuest]

MSN more than good enough for video / voice chat
Skype Vs. Msn

I use MSN all the time for video and voice chat and it works fine. Tried Skype as well and its probably just a little bit better.

But not worth the hassle to download, configure and get all my mates to switch from MSN which comes pre-installed with their laptop.

As with all other pre-installed Windows applications like browser, msn, media player, etc, alternative apps has to be TONS better for me to replace them and not just a LITTLE better like Skype or Firefox.

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[Nomad]

skype. choose that for the actual calling and all. if youre just looking for messenger capabilities go with meebo.com no downloading there...

[sanjiv]

i use both
skype for voice chatting and sometimes text and msn for text and sending files