Free US, Canada Skype calls
p2p news / p2pnet: The VoIP market is expanding fast and in a bid to lure consumers away from services such as Vonage and iPhox or Alcatel, until the end of the year, eBay’s Skype is offering free calls within Canada and the US.
PC-to-PC calls were already free but users had to pay for calls to land-line or mobiles.
However, Skype will still charge for numbers dialed from any phone to Skype users, says reports.
And, “Caution!” – warns a p2pnet reader below. “Many users from IP address 7x.x.x.x are unable to use the service for free.
“Skype users might want to look up their IP address and city first. http://www.ip2location.com.”
May 16th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Caution! Many users from IP address 7x.x.x.x are unable to use the service for free.
Skype users might want to lookup their IP address and city first.
http://www.ip2location.com
May 16th, 2006 at 7:49 pm
Sure, thats great, but what about all the people who’ve bought credit to use SkypeOut? When I make a call I’m still seeing my balance go down!
May 17th, 2006 at 9:34 am
one assumes the requisite adware and spyware will also be included for free? that’s a wonderful deal. sign me up. NOT!
i have a voip phone through my cable company and don’t need to use a computer. i know there are also some phones that can be had for skype use. but why bother? i already pay less than 2 cents/minute calling from europe to usa.
and i don’t have adware or spware included in my service.
if you have a cable company, look into their offers.
May 22nd, 2006 at 8:59 pm
There is no spyware or adware in Skype. Period.