PalTalk

Pros: PalTalk offers free global conference calling
Cons: The service goes down occasionally, and, recently, PalTalk has been having problems with sound.

PalTalk brings together people from around the world to chat - audibly and visually - with each other - for free. For a small fee, the video can be transformed into live motion.

PalTalk is a wonderful service. I am a paying member, but even free members get tremendous benefits simply not available on competing service, such as CUWorld. I would recommend it to anyone looking to have free (audio and video) conference calls with the global community.

Pros: pros: very good program indeed if it stays up.
Cons: pal helpers I have reviewed are not helpful at all. They need better helpers badly.

I am saddened to see that such a company as pal-talk would constantly drop almost everyday which I am sure it has to be a personnel problem. To many people sticking their fingers in where they do not belong can make for an everyday pal-talk problem. I also have viewed many pal help rooms and to think that the personnel *red-hats* gives what you would so call help, doesn't give help at all but more or less renders the problem that the pal members are having instead of trying to find a correct solution to the members problem at hand. I have observed many members trying to help other members as well in those rooms that have the correct answer to the problem but yet the *red-hats* refuses to let them help even tho the *red-hats* do not even know a solution to the problem either. I hate to think how many peoples computer systems that pal-talk had a hand in messing up. Especially with their banners that I am very sure has to lag many peoples systems.

Pros: Everything I have seen here has been well worth the visit.
Cons: There are still minor bugs, but they depend on your system.

Chat rooms you can trust. The room ops seem to take their task to heart. Karaoke here, is filled with talent, and those not so talented, can be assured that they will be treated well and not laughed at. Very enjoyable place to spend ones time..

Echo_one.. Larry

Pros: Good steady audio. Great swlwction of rooms.
Cons: Server problems , and hangups

I have used varrious chat programms since 1992 .. Started with ICQ.. Have a 6 digit number...so old ! ... Then MSN , Yahoo, Firetalk...and a few others. I was introduced to Paltalk in Februrary 2001.... It , I found was fantastic. Had all the features that one would need . The video, though was not good , until I purchased a subscription to the service .... Then video was great .

The audio quality is excellent...and the rooms are well run. The moderators are really good ,and do not put up with any BS ....

It is a great meeting place for all walks of life.

I personally recommend Paltalk to anyone.

Pros: The very easy-to-use interface and fast response time.
Cons: That this site might become overcrowded, is my greatest fear.

I am Andy, convener of SCTV Homework program.I have had a very rewarding experience using PalTalk to assist with the live link-up area of our website. Our students have expressed how easy it has been for them to interact with everyone else in the group.
My personal experience with PalTalk has been exceptional. I was particularly intrigued with the "press-to-talk" feature within groups.This definitely complements the Webcam as well as Instant Messaging features... all on the same page!
I would recommend this product to anyone who might be new to chat rooms or might be looking for a professional way to set up and host their special group... And I have certainly been doing just that!

Pros: great quality vid and sound
Cons: too many extras that I don't need

I really enjoy using the paltalk messanger, although when I started on paltalk it was much cheaper and I personally don't think that the upgrades are worth the large raise in the price. I am currently using just the free version. I used to have the pay version but with the new upgrades, which I don't use much, it got too expensive. As a loyal paltalk user who was there at the beginning, I feel a little jiped that they got so expensive just because they got popular. I don't feel that they took care of their loyal customers. I would probably pay for 3 vid windows, but I don't need 6. If there were a plan for that I might resubscribe.

Pros: Lots of people to chat with.
Cons: Lack of Security handing your credit card. Poor Customer support. Volunteer Red-Admins who don't care.

Be careful if you decide to pay for PalTalk with your credit card. I had a brand new card that had never been used for any purchases yet, and I paid $50 dollars for the PalTalk Plus 6, for 1 year subscription, and a month later I get my credit card statement and it has $50 for PalTalk on it and $476.63 for some Norris Systems company that I had never even heard of before, and certainly did not order anything from. I contacted this company and they said they have been getting a lot of fraudulent purchases lately. They said they would remove it from my bill, though I haven't seen it refunded as of yet. They also warned me about using my credit card online, and the only place I ever used it was the "Secure Paltalk Website".
So I have written this review to give everyone else a fair warning about paltalk and their lack of security when handling your credit card numbers. I hope this helps someone so they won't have to go through all the stress this has put me through!

Pros: ability to chat with friends on video and audio
Cons: loaded with spyware, bad technical support, easy to hack other users accounts

This is a brief review of the Paltalk chat program. I have been using the Paltalk program for some months now and have discovered a LOT of faults with it. www.download.com has only given Paltalk a review of less than 50% on their site. Paltalk is considered about the web to be the easiest program to hack and to obtain other users identities. The human factor regarding the help rooms and admind's is extremely poor. It's commonly know that if you know the right person on Paltalk then you can simply be banned for no reason at all. It's also commonly know that Paltalk has no interest in their customers and that Paltalk does spy on their clients via spy ware. Spysweeper from Webroot.com detects the WHOLE Paltalk program as spyware.

Pros: Everything about it is great. So I can just limit it to 15 words.
Cons: There aren't any.....

My experience using PalTalk has been an experience that I will never be able to forget. When I downloaded Paltalk, I thought that it would be just like all of the other messenger programs and chatrooms. Boy, was I wrong. There is no other messenger or chatroom that can even come close to being all that PalTalk is. The music and the encouraging words which I had the opportunity to be blessed with while on Paltalk, was more than enough for me to give it a thumbs up. I will recommend this program to everyone that I come in contact with.

Pros: Exceptional Support, Easy to install and begin using, Best "FREE" program I have found
Cons: Cost to upgrade to a more 'secure' room feature service.

With the downfall of the Yahoo Messenger user rooms, this is a life saver for our online Support Group. The support facilities of PalTalk are exceptional, best I have ever seen ANYWHERE! The PalTalk client itself is very stable, unlike the problems experienced on Yahoo Messenger. The basic 'free' membership is great for most users. The only downfall I see is the cost for the upgrade in order to make the room 'private', it is a bit high, especially for a small non-profit support group such as ours, other than that it's a great program.

Pros: I hope that you take my notes in consideration
Cons: please repair these problems

good day. I would like to thank you about your nice program paltalk messenger but I m sorry to tell you that I will remove it from my pc . It has caused many problems to my pc simplest one is that the desktop items flashes on and off when I start the pc in addition to many other complex ones that obliged me to format and reinstall windows .I hope that you take my notes in consideration and repair these problems then we my consider using it again

Pros: Many topics, good way to meet friends, relatives, etc..
Cons: Overpriced outside the US, can only pay by check, many racist Arabs on-line

I have been using Paltalk for a long time. There software needs a lot of help but the idea and concept are OK. They encourage world wide chat but if you're outside the US your in bad luck. There is a low price for the US with a free magazine subscription but double that and only payable by check if you're outside the US you have to pay almost double and you can only pay by check?!? Who still uses checks? I'm a US citizen paying with US funds but get penalized for my location.

Pros: thank you so very much this is gh0st recon1
Cons: i think the blue nic prom should be done 2 times a mouth

i love paltalk this is a great program i enjoy coming on paltalk and i enjoy helping in the help lobbys i love helping people get the computers set up to work with paltalk so they can go out and have fun and chat do the thing that people have going on in there rooms i still think that paltalk is better than icq msn and yahoo thank you jason katz for this program and i will work hard as i can when i am in the lobbys to help other to enjoy paltalk thank you gh0st recon1 thank you earnest

Pros: Small download, Easy Installation & Setup.
Cons: can be confusing at first

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.

Pros: Voice chat enables you to have real time conversations with your friends.
Cons: Lots of arbitrary rules, loads of sex chats, and very unfit for minors.

Coming to PalTalk was a real wake-up call for me. Being a US citizen, I was used to fairly free speech and the right to voice my opinions. Not so on this service! If you make a room name that a PalTalk admin personally dislikes, they close it down. They even can ban you from using the service, not for personal offenses or slander or vulgarity, but for offending some arbitrary administrator. Even if you are not breaking any PalTalk rules, you can lose your account if someone decides they dislike you.

Besides that, most of the rooms on PalTalk are sexually explicit and adult in nature. If you like huge rooms full of people talking about sex, and sending naked images of themselves to you, then this is the program for you. But be warned: don't let your kids on here!!!!

It's nice to be able to go in a private room and actually have a voice chat with a friend or two. It can save you on long distance calls. After all, it's free. But besides that, I think PalTalk is a wash.