Free SkypeOut!

by Erin Banister

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Today, Henry Gomez General Manager of [tag]Skype[/tag] North America announced that until the end of the year, all [tag]Skype Out[/tag] calls to landlines and cell phones in the US and Canada are free!

Skype is one of the easiest to use [tag]internet telephony[/tag] - it works much like an instant messaging client, it runs silently in your task bar. When you get a call, it gives you a simple interface for receiving the call, all you have to do is have speakers and mic (which is difficult) or a good [tag]headset [/tag](I personally recommend the Plantronics Headset).

As noted on the Share Skype Blog:

Yes. It is really very, very free. There’s no prepayment, no minimum use, no subscription, no monthly fee, no nothing. You just download and install Skype and then you start calling. Both the caller and the number called must be in either the US or Canada. There are no strings attached.

The only condition is that we have said free SkypeOut within the US and Canada is guaranteed to last until the end of this year — that is, until December 31, 2006. We’re not quite sure yet what we will do after that. Maybe we extend the free period, maybe not. You’ll hear more about this towards the end of the year.

Skype is easy to use, and while in the past people had complained about connectivity issues, I’ve been using it fairly regularly (at least once a day) for the past three months, and have had only one issue.

So start Skyping out today - absolutely free!

~E

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  1. 2 Responses to “Free SkypeOut!”

  2. By Nolan Dehner on Jul 8, 2006 | Reply

    Your announcement is great but when you say US and Canada does that mean continental US? What about Puerto Rico and Hawaii. Can I reach their landlines and cell phones them on Skypeout?? I have adaughter in Vieques Island, near Puerto Rico and a son in Hawaii

  3. By Spooky on Sep 3, 2006 | Reply

    Its on the Internet Nolan… If they can get to the Internet they can use Skype to anywhere in the world. However, your daughter at Vieques PR may be a problem if she is in US military as they block all non-certified outside links to Internet. But you could call her personall cellphone or personal landline from your SkypeOut regardless.

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