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