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Skype offers 2 cents per minute calls to any phone with SkypeOut

Posted on December 21, 2006 | 1 comment | Filed in Uncategorized 
 

Looking for a way to save money on phone bills? Skype offers a phone service called SkypeOut that allows you to use Skype to phone any landline phone or cell phone. And for calls within the US, it’s only 2 cents per minute. You can see a chart with SkypeOut rates here.

I have a Plantronics USB Gaming/Mutimedia Headset that I just plug into my computer. The sound quality is great.

And what’s nice is it’s a pay as you go system. I tried a call to a friend with a landline and also to a friend with a cell phone and found the quality to be very good (much better than Vonage. I found that Vonage frequently gave me drop outs and static on the line!).

The only downside is that on the caller ID, my friends said it was either blank or had a really wierd number on it. It would be nice to have the caller ID say your number or name so people don’t think it’s a telemarketer call or something.

When I compared SkypeOut (2 cents per min) to my Cingular cell phone plan (which was 5 cents per min), I saw that I could save some serious cash by using Skype instead.

Do any of you use SkypeOut? I’m curious what how SkypeOut is working for you.

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  1. Philippa Kennealy on December 22nd, 2006 3:28 pm

    Hi Kristi

    As a relocated South African with family and a client in South Africa, as well as family in the UK, I have been using SkypeOut for quite some time. I am consistently amazed by the low prices (I can talk to my coaching client in SA for 60 minutes and the call costs $5) and the high quality. So I have cut my costs dramatically by using an unlimited long-distance calling plan (like one that Verizon offers) and Skype when the other person is hooked up with their computer (free calls!!) or SkypeOut if I need to call a landline!

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