- Try to be in as quiet of a room as possible.
- Use a Headset. Do NOT use the computer’s built-in Mic/Speakers
- Position the mic to be above/below your lip level (check for no breathing sounds from mouth or nose)
- Check in the Audio Preferences and set your mic and headphone levels to be in the green
Not spiking to the Red, and not too quiet… just right! - Shut down all other application while in Skype
- Connect to the Internet via Wired Ethernet if possible – Wireless if you can’t do wired. 5GHz 802.11a would be a better choice that 2.4GHz 802.11b or 802.11g
- You can configure Skype to show Advanced Settings to check for VoIP details
- Roundtrip should be under 200ms
- BM (Bandwidth) is best >5000
- UDP Status (both) should be Good
- CPU should be <25% – this really helps
- Relays should be 0
- If it is 4 or more, you are probably behind NAT
- You might need to assign the Skype Port to pass thru via Router Settings
- Packet Loss – Zero is best – but try to keep this as low as possible