Skype – Still Loving It
I know I’ve blogged about it before, but I’m just LOVING this Skype service. Personally, I’m only using it for Skype to Skype calling, but my friend Dave has turned it into his primary phone line when he’s on the road (which is all the time).
What is Skype? Skype is a Voice Over IP application that acts like a telephone. Using my headset, I can talk to other Skype users without worrying about long distance rates or using my cellphone minutes. They also have options for having your own telephone number, so people can call you by phone and you answer through your broadband connection. One great feature of this is that you can use Skype from your hotel room when you’re on the road. Dave uses his with his notebook PC, and has access to his phone line everywhere he goes. He’s reduced his cellphone minutes to 200 per month, and saves big bucks. He has both the SkypeIn function (the phone number) and SkypeOut (call phone numbers for 2 cents per minute).
If you haven’t tried VoIP yet, it’s a great way to go. As I say, I’m not using SkypeOut or SkypeIn yet, and I’m loving it. If you’re interested in trying it out for free, with the PC-to-PC option only, like I am, click here to try Skype.
Skype me by clicking this link once you’ve installed Skype.
Just after typing this, I spent over half an hour talking with Danny Chen, a young man in China who is practicing his English. We had an enjoyable conversation, and I picked up some new Mandarin words to use.
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