skypeout

[KLin]

Well I just downloaded the latest version of Skype. They've enabled SkypeOut, the ability to call any phone you want. So I bought 10 euro bucks ($12USD) just to play with it. It sounds very good from what I can tell.

Plus the rate for anywhere in the lower 48 states is 1.2 cents per minutes. Alaska and hawaii are 2 cents per minute. Not a bad deal if you ask me

 

[mflacy]

I read about this in Time. I'm going to test it out. Regular skype works great and Skypeout is much better than my current long distance rate.

 

[abaez]

Does anyone know how AT&T is going to charge for VOIP when you can just use something like Skype to call another Skype user? I mean the other person needs to have skype, but if it's someone you know and talk to often and they have a computer.. why would you pay when you can use skype? (Not talking about skypeout which seems like a good deal.)

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: abaez
Does anyone know how AT&T is going to charge for VOIP when you can just use something like Skype to call another Skype user? I mean the other person needs to have skype, but if it's someone you know and talk to often and they have a computer.. why would you pay when you can use skype? (Not talking about skypeout which seems like a good deal.)

they wouldn't be able to. That would be like the FCC charging 5 cents for every email that is sent. A lot of companies are going to VOIP for their voice communications. The company I work for is headed in that direction.