Thanks Paulo,

I also had a lot of help from Metswedi - including a couple of very useful phone calls skype to skype and skype to landline. It seems that most of my trouble lies in the fact I have a dial up connection - once I get my ADSL in November things might get better.

I've installed the programme on my desktop which operates Win XP and also on my laptop with Win 98. Performance is similar with either PC but I'll try tomorrow am when there should be less server traffic to see if it makes any difference.

So far with things as they are I've had very variable results. One call will be very clear and the next impossible.

If I can get it sussed out it will reduce my overseas phone bill by 90 - 95% so it's worth persevering with......

How do you get to Mozambique - fly or drive?