Yahoo To Launch VOIP Service

Yahoo will launch a VOIP service soon…the “Phone Out” service will let people dial regular phone numbers using their computers or receive calls from conventional phones. Pricing: lower than Skype: regular and mobile phones for one cent per minute in the U.S. and two cents a minute to about 30 other countries, including calls to Argentina, Australia, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and Korea.

Newsweek: For $3 a month or $30 a year, Yahoo will also give users a personal phone number for their PCs, which will let them receive calls from regular phones on their computer. They can pick their area code, so U.S. users with relatives in London, for example, could choose a London phone number and allow their relatives to enjoy local rates when they call. (My Lingo broadband [hone offers the same functionality…)

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