Low quality call

Hi.
I am in Canada, on a low-speed upload connection (1 Mbps). That's how it is, all providers offer pretty much the same speed. I use skype to call my parents in Romania, with a huge upload speed (40 Mbps). For several months we have this problem: they don't understand my voice at all, they describe they hear some "noisy vibrations" which cover completely what I say.
I am sure it is a problem with skype, and with the newer versions, I talked in the past with my parents without any glitch. I also know it's not something related to the microphone/drivers/Windows errors, as once I took my laptop to a place where the upload speed was 30 Mbps and my parents heard me perfectly.
Any ideas on what I could try?
Thanks!

costelus wrote:
Now that was very helpful indeed, thank you!
(It was expected that, once taken over by Microsoft, the quality of the calls on skype must drop).
Ah- there's the rub!! I used Skype pre-Microsoft and post-M-soft. I CAN NO LONGER UNDERSTAND MY CALLERS!!!! I can *hear* them fine- the volume is fine, but the bandwidth allocations have narrowed so, that the consonants such as "S"and "F" are no longer discernible. The caller I speak with is unintelligible! Thus making the call WORTHLESS. I have considered deleting my Skype usage and account and going with another carrier, using equipment called an "ATA" (analog telephone adapter) through ObiTalk and using a global carrier (NOT skype). I do have high speed data internet- matters not whether I am using a desktop, smartphone, anything- even on another's account- the voice quality is MISERABLE and UNUSABLE now. SKPYE IS AWFUL. I am actually wondering if Microsoft WANTS skype to fail- as in, a conspiracy theory that Gates hates Skype SO much that he wants it to just "die". Soo disappointed with Skype now.

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