> As I understand it, there seem to be 2 ways to use skype, ekiga, Bosix, > etc and probably google. > skype to skype, and skype to telephone. > skype to skype is free of charge, that's the one I refer to. > > For skype to telephone you pay skype in advance by opening an account > and can make calls as you wish to the value of the account. I would > assume that would similarly apply to google. > Some of my associates who are in frequent international contact have > skype acounts. They have VOIP telephones and modems. Bigpond in > Australia disables VOIP in the Thompson Gateway modems. That is one of the things I don't understand. Google has not asked me for money to telephone. I live in San Antonio and I called my son in Chicago. I have no account with Google and as far as I can see the call was free. Can someone explain this? -- ======================================================================= Good day to deal with people in high places; particularly lonely stewardesses. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines