A little Skype education

Skype is a little piece of software that lets you make free calls to anyone else on Skype, anywhere in the world. Also, until the end of the year you can also make free calls to landlines and mobiles in the US and Canada from Skype. And even though the calls are free, they are really excellent quality. If you and your friends, family or business contacts are using webcams, you can also make free video calls. You can even call landlines and mobile phones at really cheap per minute rates (and there’s no setup or subscription fee).

You can talk to anyone on Skype over the Internet for free, and you’ll always be able to do that. There are some other useful things you can do on Skype that aren’t free (but they’re pretty cheap, actually).

SkypeOut is a cheap way to call from Skype to landlines and mobile phones. You can also use SkypeOut to forward calls to your Skype to your home number or mobile phone.

SkypeIn is a number your friends can call from any phone and you pick up the call in Skype. You can get numbers in one or more of the places offered, and receive calls in Skype from anywhere in the world.

Skype Voicemail takes your calls when you’re busy or offline.

So, I use a program on my computer with the nifty little headset Ben bought me last year to talk to you guys. Without paying for anything, I can call any of you on your computers if you have Skype. With SkypeOut, a pay a little to call you guys on your landlines, so you don't need to worry about being near your computer or anything. With SkypeIn, *I* don't need to worry about being near my computer, 'cause I'd have voicemail, *and* you guys could call that number (for regular rates for you guys) whenever you wanted. Any opinions noooow? :)