Live by the Skype - Die by the Skype

Over the last few months, I have fully embraced Skype. I have been using it for years, but largely just for chat and the occasional phone call. But a couple months back when my primary phone (cell phone- a treo 700 with Verizon) became completely unreliable, I started using Skype heavily until I could switch back to T-Mobile. During that time I came to like Skype a great deal more, especially the video call capability. However, it has also been a little problematic. I sometimes lose sound