This is useful if you want to call someone in another country, or even make nonlocal calls in the same country that might normally incur high call charges because of the distance. This allows you to call a number from your landline or cell phone. Another feature of Skype is 'Skype to Go'.This lets the callee know who is calling. You could for instance pick your cell phone number. Skype can be configured so that when you ring someone on their cellphone or landline, a chosen number appears on the callee's caller ID unit or phone.

This makes Skype great for making international calls. costs 4.9c to set up and 2.3c per minute. The call charge is made up of a fixed setup cost and a per-minute cost. You can call a regular landline or cell phone number using Skype.There is no charge for voice or video calls between two computers: they are entirely free!.There are other VOIP programs such as Gizmo and Google Talk, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger but the most well-known is Skype. This is in contrast to calls over the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) that are timed and for which there is a charge. Since it is free to send data, (once you pay your broadband bill) Skype cashes in on this and allows calls between computers to be free. Basically, a VOIP program converts audio and video during a call into data and sends it over the Internet.

Skype is a VOIP software program that stands for Voice Over Internet Protocol.

Avoid unwanted calls from people who look up your username by turning on 'Only allow Skype calls from contacts to ring on this device'.

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