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TechnoratiSkype will charge for SkypeOut calls as of the start of 2007. It’s a shame that they decided to charge for it now, since I liked not having a long distance plan, but it was fairly obvious that it was going to happen. Even so, their rate of $30/year is still cheaper than [...]
Entries Tagged as 'VoIP'
trading in skype for a new gizmo
December 13th, 2006 · 6 Comments
i’m so glad i didn’t get a long-distance plan
July 21st, 2006 · 1 Comment
A while back, I was pleased when I heard Skype was allowing free Skype-to-landline calls to/from Canada and the US. However, the stipulation is that it will be free until December 31, 2006. After that, it’s any body’s guess what eBay (who own Skype) will do; continue this bit o’ loveliness or not. [...]
Tags: Computers · Gizmo · Internet · Skype · VoIP
reach out and touch someone
May 16th, 2006 · 1 Comment
Last night I read on Digg that Skype is allowing SkypeOut calls to/from Canada and the US for free…at least until December 31, 2006 for now. Read more about it here:
http://share.skype.com/sites/en/2006/05/free_calls_to_all_landlines_an.html
Apparently there’s a problem in that if your IP address is within the range of 70.x.x.x to 79.x.x.x, this might not work. I’m [...]