Free Us And Canda Calls Via Skype
05-16-2006, 08:08 AM
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Yep, free calls to land lines from your computer smile.gif. and it lasts till the end of the year ! heres the quote from techcrunch.com
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/15/skype...-us-and-canada/
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Skype is announcing that calls from Skype to a landline or mobile phone in the U.S. or Canada are now free, through the end of the year.
The Skype user must be in the U.S. or Canada at the time of the call (it doesn’t matter where your Skype account is set up), and the outbound call must be to a U.S. or Canadian POTS or mobile phone. Skype calls to U.S. numbers are currently priced at $0.02 per minute.
There are lots of other ways to make free calls in the U.S., but none that have no set monthly fee (Vonage has plans at $15/$25 per month, for example). This won’t help people overseas who are using Skype calling into the U.S., but it’s great to see calling fees disappear, one step at a time.
The Skype user must be in the U.S. or Canada at the time of the call (it doesn’t matter where your Skype account is set up), and the outbound call must be to a U.S. or Canadian POTS or mobile phone. Skype calls to U.S. numbers are currently priced at $0.02 per minute.
There are lots of other ways to make free calls in the U.S., but none that have no set monthly fee (Vonage has plans at $15/$25 per month, for example). This won’t help people overseas who are using Skype calling into the U.S., but it’s great to see calling fees disappear, one step at a time.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/05/15/skype...-us-and-canada/
05-16-2006, 08:41 AM
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M'eh....I already get Vonage for free so nana.gif
I've heard alot of horror stories about Skype though. Hopefully people have better results with it than other I know of.
I've heard alot of horror stories about Skype though. Hopefully people have better results with it than other I know of.
05-16-2006, 08:48 AM
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I use it to talk to people in several countries. Works great for something free, but I wouldn't pay alot more than a couple $ to use it in it's current state.
After alot of refining and further development, maybe it will substitute the conventional phone.
Not good news for my company - at&t, but I'm all for free communication.
After alot of refining and further development, maybe it will substitute the conventional phone.
Not good news for my company - at&t, but I'm all for free communication.