<p>Yes, you can. I always get “call refused” when S is skyping his girl friend. (A new verb!)</p>
<p>But always the gentleman, he then starts a chat with “May we chat?” so he talks to us at the same time, though I have to admit it does take him a while to get back to me. LOL.</p>
<p>We IM all the time, but it was fun to “talk.” Her father isn’t happy as he usually will be at work when she can talk. I did buy him a headset so that he can call when he isn’t busy. Daddy misses his baby girl!</p>
<p>Thanks for all the feedback. It was most helpful. I haven’t heard from her yet today to see if she was able to get the microphone. The time difference makes it hard to connect.</p>
<p>We’ve been using skype since my daughter went to china last year. She bought an “in” number and calls me on the phone. I call her back with the number which is a local Pennsylvania one, and we talk with me on the phone and her on her laptop. She has a macbook with the camera and mic built in.</p>
<p>We tried the webcam on our computer but it didn’t work so well. We’re not sure whose end was messing up but the phone thing is flawless. We got another laptop for us for Christmas and are going to try the webcam again.</p>
<p>My manager told me a very funny story. She came in from Lon to pay us a visit and had her Skype set up in her hotel room. She used it to chat with her “significant other” using a video camera one night, then she went out with us for a bonding session. She went back to her hotel room and passed out on her bed. Her boyfriend actually saw her come into the room, fell asleeep and started snoring. He turned it off when she started snoring. She was mortified, but I told her that she was lucky she was by herself.</p>
<p>Got my first skype call very early this morning. Her computer to our home phone. I’m looking forward to a long computer to computer call this weekend.</p>