On 17/06/2005, at 9:12 AM, KEVIN Lock wrote:
KEVIN Lock wrote:
Onno,
Please tell me how I am paying for computer to computer Skype calls.
Kev
At 12:11 AM +0930 17/6/05, Onno Benschop wrote:
You get given money to make phone calls?
Seriously though, your Internet phone call *is* costing money,
just that you're paying for it in another way.
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Onno Benschop
Sigh, do I *really* need to join the dots here?
Nice touch! You are a charmer.
We have been connected to the internet for some 16+ years, the last
4 years via broadband. I heard about Skype about a year ago and
certainly didn't buy this gear to make phone calls.
Skype, computer to computer, is free. Admittedly I did purchase a
$12.00 headphone set from Tandy.
Most times the reception is far superior to regular phone calls.
Skype Out (computer to phone) is still cheap at around three cents
a minute to the US for example. Personally I find Skype Out has a
small delay, but that may be because of our Mac.
The rest of your explanation is for people who do in fact reside in
an empty room and use a phone card.
Kev
And the fact that a phone card will always be an expense, whereas a
computer can be written off tax-wise or actually used to re-coup the
money spent on purchasing it (likewise with the internet connection
and other peripherals). With clever accounting, you *can* actually
make your Skype calls free ;-)
This argument reminds me of telling little kids Santa doesn't exist.
Why shatter the illusion if the kids stay happy?
Seeya
Rod!
