Comments on: Skype offers free calling to phones in U.S., Canada

Customers can make free calls to regular and mobile phones until the end of 2006, as the company tries to boost usage.

[Roman12]

Great Idea!

Wow, I've just tried it out. I've made a long distance call for free! This is amazing. I'm going to use this at every opportunity, hah, they got me.

One thing that sort of worries me... Most great free things get abused, I just hope it doesn't happen with this...

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[Stating]

Pre-Emptive Strike On Yahoo, MSN, Google

The Big Three are all tinkering with paid VOIP offerings so this will cause them a major headache. How will Yahoo be able to charge $0.02 a minute domestic when Skype is free and their call quality is better to boot? I just used Skype today to talk to a relative out-of-state for 90 minutes for free. I already have a paid Skype account, and my account balance remained unchanged after I hung up the call.

Skype's new free plan gets really interesting when hardware and software vendors begin to leverage the Skype API to create new vertical apps. They will be able to offer value-add computer-phone services with $0 communications cost for the next 6 months.

[zboot]

Not Just Yahoo or Google - Tmobile, Sprint, ETC

This is fantastic - I already spend most of my waking hours within arms reach of some computer, either my personal laptop or desktop at work (in front of which sits my laptop anyway). I make most of my cell phone calls within that reach of my computers. It would be a grand experiment to see what the cost savings are to switch to a pay as you go plan and use Skype as my main phone. I'm lucky to have broadband access just about everywhere I go. .

[libertyforall1776]

Not really free!

In order to actually use the free offer, you have to first spend 10
Euros, it seems from their website to first enable SkypeOut... :(

[maxwis]

Not True

It is free. Just sign-up for a free Skype account and install the software. Log in to the Skype client and go to the Dial tab and punch in your phone number: +1 area code phone num. Yes, you will see a "Skypeout is not active" message in the Dial tab, just ignore it.

[sirkism]

it's free.. for the us and canada

It's free only in the US and Canada until the end of the year. I don't think it's free in the UK. Sorry :(

off the website
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Free calling within the US and Canada.
But remember, you can make free calls within the US and Canada to both landlines and mobile phones until the end of the year. It?s really easy; there are no contract fees, no line rentals. All you need is Skype and a phone number you want to call.
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[sirkism]

it's free.. for the us and canada

It's free only in the US and Canada until the end of the year. I don't think it's free in the UK. Sorry :(

off the website
[quote]
Free calling within the US and Canada.
But remember, you can make free calls within the US and Canada to both landlines and mobile phones until the end of the year. It?s really easy; there are no contract fees, no line rentals. All you need is Skype and a phone number you want to call.
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[sirkism]

it's free.. for the us and canada

It's free only in the US and Canada until the end of the year. I don't think it's free in the UK. Sorry :(

off the website
[quote]
Free calling within the US and Canada.
But remember, you can make free calls within the US and Canada to both landlines and mobile phones until the end of the year. It?s really easy; there are no contract fees, no line rentals. All you need is Skype and a phone number you want to call.
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[mfrimu]

Poor sound quality forced Skype to offer the service for free

As a regular user of Skype, I found that the sound quality in Canada and the US is mediocre at times, with 50% chance of getting a 'good connection' to a regular phone line. This is limited to North America, as all my calls to Europe and Asia have exemplary sound. This probably forced skype to offer the service for free at least for a while while the negociate with the Phone Companies for better service.

[htawhtoo]

Dialing number

I have problem dialing. Can someone help me out dialing a US number?
Thanks.