On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> 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? If you look at this chart, calls to US and Canada are free. http://www.google.com/chat/voice/compare.html -- 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
