SkypeOut calls to Greece improved heavily.

A few months ago I opened a Skype account and added some SkypeOut credits just to test the service. I was interested in the voice quality of the SkypeOut service ( calls to landlines and cell phones ) for Greek lines since I have no real interest on International calls. My first impressions were quite bad since I would encounter some heavy lagging and my voice would sound as if it was processed through a time distortion filter and it came out sloooow. My connection was a 384Kb ADSL one and although it seemed adequate enough for the job the final result was bad.

Last week my SkypeOut credit was about to expire and I thought of using them up and give the service a second chance. I was completely blown away. The quality of the calls had sky-rocketed, there was no lagging ( except some mild lagging on a cell phone ) and the overall experience made a 180 degrees turn. I have to mention though that my current connection is a 1Mb ADSL one and that might have contributed too. In any case I can now recommend using Skype for your International calls to Greece and for your local needs as long as you have a fast connection.