Making phone calls these days has becoming relatively cheaper when compared to a decade ago. There are more alternative methods of making phone calls now. The traditional land line phone, cellular phone, and now VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). The most prevalent VOIP provider, Skype, has established itself reliable and efficient service provider. With attractive and a wide variety of cellular plans and land phone plans, combining two or more of these services can drastically reduce the cost of making calls within US and to international destinations.

Skype provides a year of unlimited calls to You.S. and Canada for $29.95. Broadband access is prevalent and wi-fi access can be found just around the corner therefore this pretty much satisfies the needs of a large number of people looking for ways to reduce the cost of making calls. Requirements to use skype to make calls on the go include a smartphone (*list of available smartphones and mobile devices that support Skype) that can run the Skype mobile application. Cheap and used smartphones are all around and some are also available without plans for example on ebay or amazon or from friends that are trying to get rid of their old phones. This option provides a great advantage compared to using a pay-as-you go plan that are very expensive. This can definitely be a substitute for a pay-as-you-go service plan.

To make free international calls from the United States look at yak4ever. They provide a local exchange service to make free calls to other countries. With free night and weekend minutes for cellphones or flat rate land phone service, yak4ever can be used to make absolutely free calls to countries in Europe, South America. Asia, and Australia. With a combination of Skype and yak4ever, cost of making calls locally and to other countries can now be reduced.

If you are located in Ireland, allfreecallsie or in the United Kingdom allfreecallsuk look at the links listed below based on your location. They provide access numbers for making free international calls and a list of countries that you can call.

With allfreecallsuk you can also become an agent to generate an income.

Other services exists that provide relatively cheap and free calls. The sites mentioned here are probably the best and easiest in my opinion. The three sites for the regions mentioned are maintained by pat phelan.

http://yak4ever.com
http://skype.com
http://www.allfreecalls.co.uk/
http://www.allfreecalls.ie
http://blog.roam4free.ie/

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