Im a big fan of Skype. I get the occasional bad connection but then just reconnect. I use it routinely at work. I have an almost daily conference call with a remote worker in my lab that I call on a Skype USB speakerphone. I also call other people on that speakerphone and I have one of the Philips dual mode (Skype and landline) cordless phones in my office that I use a lot. Im very happy with it. When traveling internationally I forward my US cellular to my Skype in and forward that to my UK or United Mobile SIM. I recently renewed my Skype account. It is about $3 per month for unlimited US calls and it has very good rates in international calls. I like it also because it is software based. So I can use it at home or in my office without anything other than a headset (including a BT headset is I want).