I'm not associated with this company, but I've had Skype Pro for 3 months now and I love it. If you leave your computer on all day as I do, it doesn't matter that the phone comes through the computer. They are running a promotion that I just signed up for, 1 year of unlimited (within the US) phone service for $23.60. That's less than one month of AT&T basic with no long distance. The promotion expires tomorrow, but the monthly subscription is only 2.95.
I did go ahead and pay to have a phone number 1 year is $30.
I just had to pass this on.
I did go ahead and pay to have a phone number 1 year is $30.
I just had to pass this on.
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 8:23 AMI'm not familiar with Skype Amy. Are you plugged into an ordinary phone? Or do you use your computer's microphone? -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 8:40 AMI bought a $14 headset at Walmart so I can have a little privacy. There are USB connected phones, but I'm too cheap for that. If your computer has a microphone and speakers, then you're set. -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 11:56 AMWhat about if I share my internet connection with other folks? Does that matter? -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 12:21 PMI don't think it does. Unless you're afraid they'll call Australia and talk all day. -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 12:31 PMNo, that wouldn't be good!
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 1:26 PMIf you have a bunch of international calls to make, we use Vonage. We pay $30 a month, we use our own phone and we can call any other country (and USA) for free unlimited.
We found out that if you connect to a cel phone, you get an extra charge.
You need to have internet already.
Kids call their daddy in Brazil every day and talk for hours. We pay $30. -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Thu, June 5, 2008 - 1:46 PMSkype unlimited world is 9.95 per month to 34 countries. But you're right, Brazil isn't on the list. -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Fri, June 6, 2008 - 3:43 AMI also looked into Vonage, but again, living in the apartment building and sharing the connection, I'm unsure how that would work. -
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Re: Saving money on the phone bill
Sun, June 22, 2008 - 8:52 AMYou can have a secure login, I would think, so you shouldn't have people horning in.
Skype is also free between Skype users, including video calls. I'm looking into video partying..uh.. conferencing with Skype. www.skype.com/prices/
Vonage isn't in my area, but I don't talk on the phone all that much anyway. We use a dial in number for long distance calls on our regular phone and still don't pay more than $20 a month. We don't have caller id or call waiting or voicemail, so that cuts down the cost.
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