SkypeIn
SkypeIn allows Skype users to receive calls on their computers dialed by regular phone subscribers to regular phone numbers. Beta released March 10, 2005, SkypeIn permits users to subscribe to numbers in UK, USA, France, Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. Cost is 30 Euro for a 12-month subscription, or 10 Euro for a three month subscription. I have found this to be rather useful as I am trying to keep a UK presence whilst living between Spain and France. I tried it for 3 months and I have just renewed my subscription for another year. However I would warn people that this appears to be the worst way to use skype.
- skype to skype - usually always excellent, sometimes suffers from echo if the users hardware isn't up to scratch.
- skype to landline phones - very good I have found, this is known as SkypeOut
- landline phones to skype - sometimes suffers from dalek like distortion , I don't often use skype like this, but find it useful as an answering service.