PalTalk

Pros: Relatively easy to use, newbie friendly, self explanatory
Cons: Everything

Paltalk, Paltalk, Palktalk. Well, there are so many things that I can say about the program that I am going to require a bit of space. But, before I go on with my diatribe of negativity in my review here, I guess I’ll start with the pros. Paltalk is ...

Pros: easy download
Cons: everything else

I have been trying different chat and telephony programs for awhile now and I kept coming back to the Paltalk product page and thinking, "hey this looks pretty good, let's try it", I did and I am very disappointed.

First, I...

Pros: Voice, Video and more
Cons: basic level ads can be annoying

Paltalk 7.0 What is Paltalk? Paltalk is more then a chat program, more then an instant messenger application. Paltalk is both and more. Paltalk is a chat community in which the user may communicate with others in a variety of ways including user created ...

Pros: Different rooms geared towards your interests, video chat and voice chat as well as regular old chatting
Cons: can be confusing at first

When I first became interested in the Internet it was for one reason and one reason only, I wanted to chat. I tried many different chat rooms but could never find one that I really enjoyed. I ended up sticking with Excite because it was easy to access it...

Pros: FREE long distance calling!!!
Cons: None that I can think of.

Yes, I realize that there are many chat/messaging services out there. However, this just happens to be the one I use.

PalTalk...is just exactly what it sounds like. Talking to your pals. No more typing!! And, I can keep in touch with my...

Pros: Small download, Easy Installation & Setup.
Cons: Shocking Support, Eats Memory, Pop-up Ads,

In my line of work, PalTalk is one of the most valuable communication tools available. The ability to not just text chat, but to speak in realtime, is something that PalTalk appears to have spent a lot of time perfecting.

SOFTWARE...

Pros: Free, easy to use, loud and clear
Cons: A few interruptions, no group discussions

When i heard this "PalTalk" i thought..."O, just another one of those crappy Netphone deals". But finally...one day...i got desperate to call my family...i had no money whatsoever. But thank God, i still had internet. So i searched...

Pros: Multi-mode Chat Client, Good Audio Quality, Good Video Quality, Rooms Are Age Rated
Cons: Ad Banners Degrade Slower Connections, Channel Moderator Restrictions Stiff

I've been a regular on Paltalk for several months now, and have been a Channel Moderator for just about as long. Unlike IRC, when someone is causing a problem in a room, you can't just boot them, you have strict guidelines to follow before taking this...

Pros: ease of use ! Large community
Cons: Little or no Data Security , or customer support.

“The #1 Multimedia Community on the NET!" This is what PalTalk sells them selves as. This maybe is true I have not checked nor do I care to. What I have to say has to do with basic Security issues and customer service. PalTalk has a problem with...

Pros: Audio chat with your friends is a great advantage.
Cons: A great amount of down time and "lag".

Paltalk began as a great program with very basic text and graphics, but it had free audio chat. It was slow, but everyone dealt with it, as it was a new program. In time, paltalk got better. It sped up, the audio became clearer and colored text became...

Pros: Free Voice Chat/ Video/ Great People/Easy Download/Easy To Use
Cons: Popup Ads/Cuts Out When Video Is Used/Bad Lag

Paltalk is a Voice Chat where you can meet a lot of great people. After downloading you should click on SetUp. There you can Edit your user info. You can choose which room by clicking on Groups.A window will open to categories..There are alot of good...

Pros: It's an OK voice/text chat platform, a little better than than the groups.yahoo.com chat.
Cons: goes down a lot, no customer service, transcripts disappear, ads continue after payment

I do still use paltalk, but I'm shopping for something better. Paltalk personnel have the worst attitude I've ever seen toward their customers. I and many others have paid the fee to eliminate advertising, but they still interrupt the chat sessions...

Pros: It's free, sort of.
Cons: Incessant ads, meant to annoy. Servers up and down. Plenty bugs.

Having used a number of voice chat facilities over the past several
years, Paltalk is unfortunately the best remaining one. Most of the
others have disappeared for one reason or another.

When it works Paltalk is a useful service...

Pros: Its free,
Cons: No backup for non payers, Too slow because of cam rooms, keeps breaking down.

At first it seemed that paltalk was the answer to a dream. They had the whole world at their fingertips. There was no competition out there. All other progs that tried to do what Paltalk do have fallen by the wayside. But it seems that dreams can easily...

Pros: PalTalk is still somewhat free. Audio is OK, and video is quite good.
Cons: Terrible customer service. Good video is high priced. Audio echoes a lot.

I have been with PalTalk for several years, and have in general liked it. has many good rooms and nice people. However, i have seen some progressive deterioration as it got bigger and more commercial.
Specific areas include the continued cost...