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An inexpensive solution to high
phone bills.
Update
It
has been over a year since we have reviewed Skype. The information here
might be outdated, the pricing might be incorrect, but it should still
prove helpful. If anything Skype has become better. It may never completely
replace the telephone but it is fun. The cost vary from free to
inexpensive. Well worth investigating. We use Skype for many of our
business calls and have noticed a savings in our phone cost.
We
hope to do an updated page on Skype in the near future.
What is Skype?
Skype is a computer program that lets you make free
calls to other Skype users, anywhere in the world.
You make the calls from computer to computer, the
quality is like being in the room with the person. You use your computer
speakers and a microphone, but the quality is better with a head set.
If you can't get used to the head set you can buy a
Skype Phone.
It just works - and it works well
The quality of the call is great. It
is like being in the same room.
It is easy to use
It doesn't cost anything
Click
Here To Learn about and download Skype
Extras available
Skype
Out
If you sign up for Skype Out you can use your
computer to make calls to regular phones, both landline and mobile. You
use your computer, but you ring your friends on their telephone. Perfect
for keeping in touch with your non-computer friends back home. The rates
are attractive, bound to save you money. To use Skype Out you simply
open an account with Skype with as little as $16.00.
So far we have used 84 cents this
gave us:
1 SMS to the U.S.
3 Local calls
1 Local SMS
1 overseas call to the US
Caution: as good as
Skype is it can not replace your standard telephone. It can not be used to
make 000 calls, and you would have no phone should your computer crash.
You must keep your standard phone. Just give it a rest on the expensive
calls.
Skype In
Do you have heaps of relatives in a
different state. Buy a Skype In number. You purchase a number in a
telephone exchange near your friends. Your friends simply ring that
number, you answer the call on your computer. Their cost is the cost of a
local call. Skype Out numbers available in many overseas countries
including the UK and the USA.
We would like to take credit for
discovering Skype, but we were told about it by a number of our customers.
They love it We love it. I think you will too.
Click
Here To Learn about and download Skype
Downside:
The rates on the website for paid services are quoted in
British Pounds.
In a nutshell
Free Calls computer to computer
Cheap calls from your computer to an
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