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Originally Posted by Ronbo
If you call another Skype user, yes...
Calling outside of the "network" requires PSTN access (public switched telephone network), so no it's not nothing to run.
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Which is why Skype has never been free to call landlines (or accept calls from landlines) - we had to pay some token balance to bring one user into our conference calls.
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I'm also not sure how these guys are skirting all the tolls and taxes imposed on a phone number. (E-911 alone is $1.25/mo.)
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Because although they provide what is nominally the same service, the method and transport puts it outside the dense regulatory and tax arena generally known as tariffs. Tariff rules are so tightly written that sending a voice call over a data connection is simply not addressed, therefore does not exist.
This will all change in the near future.