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[Uncle Turk]

Hello everyone. I have been doing my research in the hopes of moving to SK in the near future. I tried finding info on using Skype to cut costs of staying in contact with people back home. Anyone use Skype out here? Anything special you need to do? I am assuming Skype to Skype is free, but what about Skype to landlines in the US? Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[E_athlete]

skype to skype is free

skype to land line means going to the skype website and paying a monthly or yearly fee for specific countries. It's incredibly cheap and if you have a smart phone you can call landlines via your cell phone (your cell phone calls skype, skype calls the land line). You will have to contact skype headquarters for this.

[ciccone_youth]

Using Skype to call a landline overseas is super cheap! When I got back to Canada I'd Skype my um, boyfriend back in Seoul, and we'd talk for hours and it barely cost anything. A Skype relationship cannot last, though

[sugarloaf82]

I use Skype to make all my calls back home to the States, as well as to friends abroad in other countries. It costs 2-3 cents a minute to the US. Once a month or so I usually just add $10 credit to my account and that lasts for close to a month- but I don't call home a lot.

[VanIslander]

skype was totally free back in 2003 and i used it often

when they started asking for money in '04 i stopped using it

[warmachinenkorea]

You can buy a # for around $30 bucks a year so people can call you. My wife and I bough a US # so people at home can call us and a Korean # so people in Korea can call us. Also, we bought a world plan so we can call people in Korea and back home. The world plan allows youto cal US land lines and cells but only land lines in Korea. Cells require skype credit.I think we spent around $120 for a year. We like it but we keep gettin asked about buying a cell phone.

[travelingfool]

You can also have people call your local number in the states and have it forwarded to your cell phone in Korea for about 7 cents a minute.

Does anyone know of any alternatives to Skype?

[benji1422]

[Sector7G]

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[richardlang]

[waseige1]

There are a few manufacturers that make a "Skype Phone". There are two types. The first (I don't like) plugs into a USB port and your computer must be on.

The second!!!!!!!! I have one. It has the Skype software loaded on it and you don't need a computer. You do need an internet connection (ie. a router with an open ethernet port).

My phone (which looks totally like a real phone), sits on my desk. I have paid for the US number and I paid the unlimited US/Canada plan for a year.

Total cost is about $70 for the service for the year. Of course if you want to buy the phone, that is extra. I got mine on Ebay before leaving for about $60.

My total cost was $130 and I have a US phone here in Korea for a year with unlimited use to the US.

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[simIAN]

I paid a one time fee of about 100 CAN and I can call to any landline in the world for free for a year using skype. It does not work on cellular numbers however, although cellular numbers work in some instances for free, such as all of Nova Scotia.

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