I’ve tried Ventrilo (only for windows) and TeamSpeak (the advanced interface and actually having to connect to a particular server make it a bit tricky for newbies.) They’re both nice, but Skype seems even nicer.

Skype is a company that provides their client software for free, and without any malware even! This will allow you to connect with other users who have the Skype client software on their computer for free! The added bonus of this system is, if you want to drop some scrilla, you can call out to PSTN lines ($0.017 /min in US and a few other places), get your own phone number and take incoming phone calls (from PSTN), and/or use a voicemail service.

Anyway, the client application is very clean and easy to use. I would recommend it to anyone who needs the voIP services, or just wants to experiment with some cool things to do with your new fast wireless T1 connection you’ve got even though you live out in the middle of nowhere. Oh wait, that’s me. Nevermind…

Skype Me! I’m threadphone.