I’ve decided to stop using MSN Messenger, as well as every other IM client out there. I now use Skype exclusively. It’s small, fast, versatile and gives me everything I want. I get free calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world for free (and with near-CD voice quality), I can make calls to phones nearly anywhere in the world for roughly 2c/minute, and I can accept calls to my Skype account. I even have voicemail.
I love Skype.
Group chats. Conference calls. Sending of files. And it works across the firewall.
I haven’t turned on MSN in over a month, and I have no plans to start now.
My Skype id is jeremy_wright. Feel free to download Skype, add me to your lists and find out what real communication using a PC is all about 
#1 by Patrick - April 18th, 2005 at 11:57
You made me download it, in that case!
I think I might have accidentally called you… still new… just disregard… lol
#2 by Dennis Pallett - April 18th, 2005 at 12:01
You can’t have multiple conversations at the same time with Skype though, which is an advantage IM does have.
#3 by Ianiv Schweber - April 18th, 2005 at 12:08
But you can have a voice conversation and multiple chat windows open at the same time. Multiple conversations.
#4 by Dennis Pallett - April 18th, 2005 at 12:16
Oh, I wasn’t aware Skype also included an chat window. Thought it was voice only. My bad!
#5 by Jeremy Wright - April 18th, 2005 at 12:18
Yep, Skype is Voice, IM and File Transfer, as well as inbound and outbound voice to PBX and voicemail.
Not a bad package.
#6 by Patrick - April 18th, 2005 at 12:58
I think I called you accidentally… lol
#7 by Mike Bourne - April 18th, 2005 at 19:16
I disagree with the CD-quality voice comment. I’ve been using Skype for a couple weeks now, and sometimes voices just cut off, people can’t here each other, etc. This seems to only be a problem in 5 way confrence calls though.
#8 by Ianiv - April 18th, 2005 at 20:29
That’s probably a bandwidth problem.
#9 by Heatsink - April 18th, 2005 at 22:03
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“The reason I’m going to move to Skype is for based largely on Jeremy Wright’s decision to move exclusively to Skype, Yes, exclusively - meaning no MSN, AIM or anything else. Jeremy has found that Skype offers everything that the other IM clients offer, plus the added advantage of talking to other Skype users for free”