Skype today announced that all US and Canadian-based Skype customers can now make free SkypeOut™ calls to traditional landline and mobile phones in the US and Canada. Previously, Skype users in both countries were required to pay for Skype calls from their PCs to traditional telephones. Free SkypeOut calls to the US or Canada will be available to US and Canadian-based Skype users until the end of the year.
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So what is new about this???
Voipbuster and all the Finarea/Betamax clones (Voipstunt Voipcheap etc. etc.) have offered “free” countries for a long time and have been attracting a lot of users with this kind of promotion. The U.S. is no more among their free destinations but it certainly used to be.
I don’t find it at all surprising that Skype is now offering free calling. SIP protocol based cheap calling companies have recently surpassed Skype in attracting new customers not only because of the cheaper rates but also because of all the other advantages that a more widely supported open standard has to offer.
Free incoming numbers free local gateways peering among different providers choosing least cost routing and especially easily available analog telephony adapters to receive calls when the computer is turned off are just a few examples of the many things you don’t get with Skype.
since it’s just until the end of the year it could be viewed as a huge promotional thing. this seems like a good tactic for those who are uncertain of using their computers instead of traditional telephone service. you know people are a lot more comfortable using a telephone than using a mic or headset so this very long promo time is good for ppl who want to try it out at their leisure. and since this is still not a replacement for mobile phones i’m not sure that there’s a big risk to other providers. The other providers merely need to get into the market this way to compete with prices.
no catch I tried it earlier. Called my friend my aunt and my grandpa.
what’s the catch?? do you have to sign over your computer to them or do you have to be an eBay shareholder…
Also if this is true what will Verizon At&t ect do?
Wow. So that means if I had skype I could call anyone I wanted in the US or Canada for free whether they had a traditional phone or broadband?
Thats pretty cool shame I don’t live in either of them.