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Skype Lets You Make Free Phone Calls Online
By: Jim Edwards
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.
Author Bio
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