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Skype Launches New Unlimited Plan

April 21st, 2008 (8:32am) Jason Harris 3 Comments

Skype LogoSkype, the Internet telephony darling, has announced a very inexpensive unlimited plan today.  For $9.95 a month, callers from the U.S. will be able to dial landlines in 34 countries including most of Europe, Canada, and Asian countries.  The only caveat – these calls must be to landlines.  Mobile phone calling under this plan is available to Canada, China, and Hong Kong, where presumably mobile termination rates are cheap enough to be feasible under this plan.

Additionally, unlimited domestic calls to the U.S. are included in this new $9.95/month plan. The plan introduced today is somewhat similar to one offered to U.S. and Canada customers which included unlimited calling in those countries for $29.95/year.

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