by Chelly » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:18 am
figured I'd bring up an old thread rather than start a new one.
A couple of days ago I needed to call my bank in North America from here in Nica - something I could do from my cell phone if I wanted to pay exorbitant fees, or could rent a cheap international call i.e. an internet cafe. For various reasons, I couldn't do either at the time, and finally, just for the hell of it, I typed the 800 number on the back of my bank card into Skype. I have no Skype minutes, never have, but it worked like a charm. I had no idea you could call 800 numbers for free from Skype, especially from outside of country. I didn't even enter a country code or anything, just the 1-8## and it went right through.
I don't know how far this extends, but I suggest some of you try it out and report back. I've never seen it listed as a feature so let us know.