Skype to start charging in 07

BrokenVisage

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Jan 29, 2005
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Didn't see this coming, just like I didn't see NetZero gravitating away from the whole "Free Internet Forever" deal.
 

Atheus

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Jun 7, 2005
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What would you be paying for again?... It doesn't go through a server does it? It's a direct connection between computers...
 

FoBoT

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Originally posted by: Atheus
What would you be paying for again?... It doesn't go through a server does it? It's a direct connection between computers...

not Skype to Skype, this is for Skype Out where you are calling from a Computer/Skype software TO a POTS or Cell phone number
 
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Are there any devices that plug directly into a router and allow the use of a Skype phone without turning on your computer?
 

blackdogdeek

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Mar 14, 2003
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wasn't this known? i thought i remembered reading on their site some time over the summer that they weren't charging for skype out for the rest of this year.
 

Otaking

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Originally posted by: FoBoT
$14.95 for a year of US Skype out is still a hot deal
Seconded.. :Q I may sign up for this, although I'm consdering SkypeIn as well.
 

Miramonti

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Aug 26, 2000
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Originally posted by: FoBoT
$14.95 for a year of US Skype out is still a hot deal

Very hot. In fact when Ebay bought skype they said it was free only thru the remainder of 2006, and then I expected it to go back to $.02 a minute. $15 a year is insane. :thumbsup:

No reason to sign up for it yet tho, since the $15 1yr price is good until 1/31/07.