[saganite]

Although I use Skype to call my wife's cell phone from Europe and Asia I wasn't aware that cell phones could use Skype to call out. Interesting.

[Publius6961]

Although I use Skype to call my wife's cell phone from Europe and Asia I wasn't aware that cell phones could use Skype to call out. Interesting.

Only since telephones started having the capability to access the internet, a growing trend.

Talk about unintended consequences!
Countries like Costa Rica, where the government has a stranglehold on telephone service and rates, a call to or from the US is 5 times the cost to call singapore or India...

[MeanWestTexan]

"Although I use Skype to call my wife's cell phone from Europe and Asia I wasn't aware that cell phones could use Skype to call out. Interesting."

My office has a VOIP system. Used my laptop to call home from a Starbucks in Israel -- no charge. It was great.