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Free SkypeOut dialing hack
from VoIP Blog
In my recent post on a free 411 directory assistance service I stated that in theory you could use SkypeOut to dial 800-FREE411 and then have 800-FREE411 connect your call free of charge, but you’d still use up your SkypeOut minutes. I wrote:
Too bad Skype doesn’t charge less per minute for (toll free) 800 numbers - if they did then you could save money by always dialing though Free411.com’s service. Of course, that wouldn’t be very nice to Free411.com since they pay for the call. (when you dial their 800 number and they connect the call)
I thought about checking Skype’s website to see if they did indeed discount 800 numbers, but I was too busy to check and I figured one of my blog readers would “catch me” if I was wrong. Well, Rick Hultz, a prolific commenter on my blog, did just that.
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