E.T. Skype home
It's just gotten easier and cheaper to phone home from almost anywhere in the world.
Skype, the internet telephone service that allows users to make phone calls over the internet to other Skype users free of charge, has just announced its new service: unlimited international calls to 34 nations for $9.95 per month. That includes calls made from your computer to land lines and mobile phones. And that's really cheap.
So if you're taking a round-the-world trip, say, and your grandmother isn't ready to learn how to use Skype, then you can call her at home from an internet cafe. No more phone cards and learning how to use the various public phone systems that seem to change with each country.
It might not be long before even E.T. can really phone home.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Apr 22nd 2008 @ 9:11AM
Shane said...
Great tip - I use Skype to call the US and Canada from Japan and it's really economical. I'll have to check out this service now. Thanks!
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Apr 27th 2008 @ 5:57PM
Joanie Calder said...
I'm teaching in South Korea and look at Gadling each day. This article changed my life! While already on Skype, I signed up for this new program and talked to everyone back in the States and a close friend in Spain this weekend! It is truly a bargain and so easy to use!
One thing that wasn't mentioned is that you can select 3 phone numbers (from a small, but growing list of countries) so that others can call you as well. This program "goes both ways!"
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