Oovoo

I video call my parents nearly every week with the kids. Skype was failing on us frequently and we just had too many problems with them. We've turned to Oovoo and would recommend it. You do get a hiccup now and again but no where near as bad as I had it with Skype. Plus you can have up to 6 callers at the same time in the same conversation for free. I like that. So now we get my sister in on our calls and the girls get to see my family more.

I recommend it. Have a look if you find Skype too buggy for you. www.oovoo.com

We've never really used Skype in the time we've been together - instead, we use Tango and what was Google Talk, now Hangouts. They can all be glitchy now and again, but it's really great to be able to see my sweetie every day. I don't know how I'd cope if we could only write to each other, like the old days!