Skype Lets You Make Free Phone Calls Online (article)

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Skype Lets You Make Free Phone Calls Online

– by Jim Edwards

© Jim Edwards – All Rights reserved
http://www.thenetreporter.com
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Everywhere you turn phone companies offer 3 or 5-cent long
distance phone calls, or even unlimited long distance for a
flat fee monthly.

Now you can make reliable calls using the Internet for
anywhere from 0 to 2.3-cents per minute.

Welcome to Skype, the Internet telephony company that has
set the traditional telephone world on its ear.

Recently purchased by Ebay for 2.6 billion dollars, Skype
stands ready to revolutionize worldwide voice communication
simply because they enable you to carry on crystal clear
voice communication with anyone else in the world with a
either a phone or Internet connection.

What’s the catch you ask?

Well, to make phone calls, you need a computer, a
microphone, speakers, a modem, an Internet connection and
the free Skype software you can download from www.skype.com

To make a free phone call, you need someone on the receiving
end with a computer, Internet connection, and the Skype
software installed.

To make a call from your computer to a land-based phone
virtually anywhere in the world, you must pre-pay for
calling minutes in blocks of 10 Euros (approximately $12
U.S.).

One block of calling minutes gets you about 500 minutes of
calling time, or a little over 8 hours of talking time.

Skype uses a technology called IP telephony.

IP telephony first appeared commercially back in the lat
1990′s with services like Dialpad.com, which initially
offered phone calls from computers to land-based phones in
exchange for watching online advertising.

This model soon failed, but the thought of making ultra-
cheap phone calls through a computer did not.

And, as the recent mega sale of Skype reveals, a market now
exists that can put Internet telephony to work on a grand
scale, or at least large enough to make eBay pony up with a
lot of cash and stock to give it a try.

Once you install the software, you log onto the service and
can make phone calls to other Skype users through their
computers at no charge.

You can set up a call list, much like an instant messaging
“buddy list” so with a couple clicks of the mouse you can
ring your friends up for a chat.

Or, if you pre-pay for calling minutes, you can enter in the
country code and phone number of your pals, click a button,
and their phone or cell phone will ring.

Skype also allows you to hold conference calls with up to 4
other people at the same time, making it easy to hold group
meetings.

Skype includes a group chat feature which allows you to hold
a group chat session with up to 48 other people at the same
time… excellent for “webinars” or even planning that next
family reunion.

Skype also allows you to transfer files to and from other
users, perfect for sharing photos, music and short video
clips with your pals.

Tip: Get a good headset microphone.

It makes using the service more enjoyable and also
eliminates the echo created by your own speakers feeding
back into your PC’s microphone.

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