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Yahoo! Messenger Gets Phone Service

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the another-way-for-telemarketers-to-annoy-you dept.

prostoalex writes to tell us that Yahoo! has launched a new phone service attached to their Messenger service. From the article: "The calls have to be initiated from a PC, but can be made to traditional landline phones and cellphones. Yahoo customers can receive calls from those phones, as well. Yahoo will charge 2 cents a minute for domestic calls, on top of the monthly $2.99 fee. Per-minute charges to 180 other countries will vary. It won't charge to receive calls."

2 of 92 comments (clear)

  1. free as in beer & speech by flogic42 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Screw $0.02/minute, Ventrilo is free and much less likely to be wiretapped!

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  2. It's always hackable by wurp · · Score: 3, Informative

    and *not* hackable!
    It's always hackable. Your grandma can hack caller id on a regular phone. Your standards are higher for the brand new technology?