SkypeOut Now Free for U.S. and Canada
Today, Skype announced that calls made to landline or mobile phones in the U.S. or Canada (from within the same) will be absolutely free until December 31, 2006. Calls will be delivered via SkypeOut, which had a nominal per-minute fee for landline and mobile calling until today.
I love Skype and this helps affirm why. When Ebay scooped up this VoIP service a few moons ago, I worried that Skype would fall into the big Internet business trap and become just another ad-laden, behemoth app. But, *knock on wood*, things have continued to move in the right direction for Skype.
If you still haven’t checked out Skype, you must. For those of us already down with it, happy calling. :)
Skype Announces Free Landline and Mobile Calls
[tags]skype, voip, free, phone[/tags]
Zack
2006-05-16 0922hrs
I am total Skype fanboy. It’s a great product, and like you, I was concerned with their acquisition by eBay. However, so far, it appears my concerns were completely misplaced.
You certainly can’t beat the price! :)
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Dustin
2006-05-21 1137hrs
Rock on! I now love Skype even more. Thanks for the tip, D.
David
2006-05-22 0701hrs
Zack: I love stuff that doesn’t cost me anything, provides a life-enriching service and doesn’t have ads. I hate stuff that costs money, drains life and has ads (TV and Internet service.) :)
Dustin: Welcome to the davidblog party. I manage to give about one good tip per year. See you again in ‘07? :)