Skype Offering SkypeOut Service for Free

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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Free IN & OUT calls by NSA Communications

[Anonymous Coward]

President Bush asked the Congress to pass a bill with a 1.3 billion dollar supplement to fund a landline\wireless\VoIP phone, email, SMS service.

Users of the free service only need to click on an agreement that they acknowledge that the NSA may record, etc. all forms of communication for training, etc. purposes.

President Bush said, the new initiative will bring unprecedented freedom not only for Americans, but for the entire world. "It's shame that so many people around the globe can not enjoy the benefits of modern technology", Mr. Bush said. His government is determined to change this and sign up every human beings.

The service will be called Speach for Free, it is already endorsed and sponsored by the World Bank, Microsoft, RIAA, even the Chinese, North Korean, Iranian governments have shown strong interest.

Re:Looking Forward To...

[BewireNomali]

The networks, the towers..... DON'T run on batteries.

ta30

[Anonymous Coward]

down3rard spiral. In won't vote in

Re:Not For Everyone

[Firehed]

or somebody in LA can call me for free

As mentioned in TFS (and, I'd imagine, TFA), the SkypeIn service isn't free. I'm assuming they have a Vonage-esque model where in-network calls are free, so unless it's another Skype user calling, it's not free for you or the caller. In fact, seeing that you're in Montreal, I'd expect some decent long-distance fees on the caller's end.