Make Cheap (Or Free) Calls With Skype

Scenario: Your phone bills are WAY too expensive
Solution: Cut-out the telecom companies and place calls via the Web




As somebody who has a bad habit of bestowing nicknames on everyone he meets, I try and restrain myself to only indulging in creative christening when there's a grain of truth in the actual name. Take "The Hurricane" and "Tropical Storm" for example - two friends of mine who earned their tags by the relentless way they'd burn through my girlfriend's cell phone minutes every month.

A quick conversation would turn into a two hour marathon, and suddenly we'd be looking at a 3 figure cell phone bill for the month. Who knew a discussion about the intricacies of the Gossip Girl plot could be so expensive?

We used to only carry cell-phones for emergencies or "critical" calls, but now we use them all the time for everything - and it soon adds up. But we don't have to be held hostage by the AT&Ts of this world.


Skype is a service that allows anybody to make phone calls using their Internet connection to anywhere in the world for free (or for very cheap). Calls to other Skype users cost nothing, whereas calls to regular landlines or cell phones are very, very inexpensive. Skype's been around for a while but it's one of those applications that I think is really undervalued. The call quality is great, the service is very reliable and more importantly for around 10 bucks a month you can spend hundreds of hours on the phone with anyone, anywhere and at any time. There are no extra fees, no extra taxes and no strings - it really is that simple.


As you can probably tell I'm a huge fan of this service and I use it regularly to make all my international and long-distance calls. While I love my iPhone, I use it primarily for connecting online and try and make as many calls as possible through Skype.

Check out the video above for a quick run-through of some of Skype's features - and if you haven't tried it yet it's well worth a look.