Your intrepid reporter Skypes home using his laptop and a stray WiFi signal by a canal in Venice. Now I make video calls home as often as I want-and it doesn't cost me a single penny. I used to spend hundreds of dollars a year on international calling plans and phone cards, which, for a monthly fee of around $10, would allow me to call home for 5¢ per minute (plus a $5 connection fee on each call).
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Use Skype to call home for free (if "home" has a computer otherwise, again: only 2.3¢ per minute to call a landline) (I find I have to top it off with $10 only every 6–8 months or so-and I call abroad a lot for my work.)Īnother idea: get a local cellphone and have your friends and family back home use Skype to call you (though that will bump you up to the fees for calling a mobile phone, which range from 8¢ to 27¢ per minute, plus a 8.9¢ connection fee).
#IS SKYPE FREE INTERNATIONALLY INSTALL#
You just download the software, install it, open an account and put a little bit of money into it via PayPal or a credit card, and you're off. This varies by country for example, for Italy it's $1.19/month for 120 min., $3.99 for 400 min.
I suggest using a service like Skype to call anywhere in the world from your computer for as little as 2.3¢ per minute. Skype: Call for free Using Skype to make free (or cheap) phone calls on vacation