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Shakey,

I believe it is US and Canada only and is only until the end of the year. http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4315/127

SkypeOut now free within North America
By Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 16 May 2006
Skype has made SkypeOut calls to all US and Canadian landline and mobile numbers free until the end of the year for Skype customers located in those countries.
Skype expects the move to expand its customer base in these markets and "solidify Skype's position as the Internet's voice communication tool of choice".

The move will not be replicated in other countries and in many countries would be completely unsustainable. Charges for terminating calls on mobile network are around twenty cents per minute in many countries and charges to terminate calls on fixed networks, while lower are far from insignificant.

Last week Skype released a new beta version of its software that adds more features and functionality to Skype's voice and video calling options, including: SMS; simplified dialing; payments in Skype; Outlook contact integration; call quality management; simplified registration; shared contact groups; and improved conference calling.

On May 1, after just more than two and a half years in operation, Skype achieved 100 million registered users worldwide.



Personally I don't think eBay is concerned with Globetel yet at all. For now they are just writing software and piggy backing on existing wiring and hardware. The Strat would help their business as would Globetel's VoIP as described by Huff in interview before going to AMEX.