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Skype Offering SkypeOut Service for Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the get-em-hooked dept.

Skudd writes "In an effort to boost new customer acquisition, Skype has begun offering its 'SkypeOut' service for free. The free service is slated to last until December 31, 2006." From the article: "While the SkypeOut service will allow free calling to regular phones, the company will continue to charge people to get calls using a service it calls SkypeIn, which costs about $38 for an unlimited 12-month subscription. Consumers can get the service for three months for about $12.80."

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  1. Looking Forward To... by SlashdotOgre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm looking forward to calling my current land line provider, AT&T, and tell them I'm switching because of their choice to hand over phone records to the NSA. I'm sure VoIP won't be much more secure, but I hope if enough people do this they get the message.

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  2. New partnership? Something else? by Sosarian · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Did Skype suddenly form a new partnership with someone to handle these calls?

    Or is this some sort of grab for customers so that they can have more P2P nodes?

    Just some initial thoughts.

  3. Re:Not For Everyone by asavage · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Based on the last location poll, only around 50% are from North America. As that includes Canadians and Mexicans, there are more non-Americans then Americans. It is of course run by Americans and they can do whatever they want.