Originally posted by: BUSTaMOD
Got up and running real fast. Bought this
phone from Walmart for $24.99. I can call cell phones and land lines.
That looks like a good find. How much trouble is it to setup? Just install the extra software and plug in with USB? Have you tried it with skype yet? Does it seem to work pretty well with it? I'm definately interested in grabbing one for that price, even if it isn't wireless. Heck I can use it on my laptop if I need too since I have wireless in my home.
Originally posted by: russw
Wasn't this basically a free "service"?
Free PC to PC. Skype has always been free that way and you could also use MSN or AIM voice chats, or other alternatives. Heck you could even use in game chat over mics like in CS.
Now its free PC to phones. That was never free as far as I know.
Basically now you can totally eliminate your long distance bill from your landlines, and no need for VOIP.
In fact, if you have a little Axia (I think thats the name) or similar pocket PC, you can use it on a wirless campus or wireless workplace to use the PPC version of skype to do free long distance in those enviroments or any enviroments where you can get wireless access. Heck you could drive around town with it and look for an open wireless location and do long distance calls that way lol.
There's also a way that you could hook up a cell phone to a computer using skype and cut out even some of those charges.
So basically you can almost totally eliminate all long distance charges and potentially a big chunk of cell phone minutes/charges using this.