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From now on, up to the end of 2006. SkypeOut calls made from US & Canada to US or Canada land line or cell phones are free. You read right! In order to make free calls you had to have two Skype accounts using their computer. You also had to pay a small fee to make calls outside the Skype network. But in a mind blowing move, Skype owned by eBay gives more free calls! Now through my initial testing of the feature one call I made to a friend was even clearer that using my regular phone. I called her with Skype and at the same time used my regular phone. She stated no one would notice the difference since the Skype call was loud and clear. However it seems the first few minutes are not at optimal quality.

It seems some IPs that start by 7 don’t have access to the feature yet. I guess it’s that easy to filter users that are not logged in Canadian or US territory. My Bell Sympatico access starts by a seven and SkypeOut is not working yet. However my Vidéotron access starts by a 6 and it’s with it I’ve made my calls. You can check what is your IP address by looking at the top right of the DNS Stuff webpage.
Anyway feel free to add me to your list, I usually prefer typing my ideas but I’m willing to make new exceptions!

Get Skype and call me for free.

Previous posts on the subject:

• The place where I belong
• VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol)

UPDATE: IP issue seems to have been solved within a few hours. Now it works fine! For Bell Sympatico users and many more IPs starting by 7.