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Have been looking at Skype telephone handsets (prices from £10 upto £70) with the view to setting an account up for the cheap international calls (£0.02 per minute)
Spotted on a web site that you could use a Bluetooth headset and Bluetooth USB dongle with the software so set it all up as I had the bits gathering dust having never used either headset nor dongle & whoooho it works a treat.
For those who don't know about Skype it's now owned by eBay and works via Broadband internet connection, it uses the internet connection to telephone other Skype users FREE & if you buy credit using SkypeOut you can call landlines/mobiles as you would using a normal landline/mobile with the big advantage of only £0.02 per minute (so if you call mobiles a lot on your landline it will save you a fortune)
As I said I only set it up last night (this is in preperation for our move to NZ) I bought £5.00 of credit using paypal (£5.85 with vat) so I can call landlines (big advantage over messenger you can telephone someone who isn't logged on to a PC at any time) I also bought 3 months worth of SkypeIn which allows people to call me while I'm sat in front of the laptop, this comes with free voice mail (if I happen to be out & about) this was £7.00 for 3 months with limited choice of telephone number (020 8123 5737 my new number)
Have now found out you don't even need the headset or handset as it will work with the speakers & mic on the laptop........pretty cool.
So if you get any frighteningly big telephone bills or have teenagers who are constantly calling there mates mobiles this may be a good cheap alternative.
The program sits in your task bar & pops up if you get a call, with the option to answer or ignore....it's really suprised me with how good it is.
Try it it may suprise you (I am in no way connected to Skype & have posted this so some of you may save some cash
)
Spotted on a web site that you could use a Bluetooth headset and Bluetooth USB dongle with the software so set it all up as I had the bits gathering dust having never used either headset nor dongle & whoooho it works a treat.
For those who don't know about Skype it's now owned by eBay and works via Broadband internet connection, it uses the internet connection to telephone other Skype users FREE & if you buy credit using SkypeOut you can call landlines/mobiles as you would using a normal landline/mobile with the big advantage of only £0.02 per minute (so if you call mobiles a lot on your landline it will save you a fortune)
As I said I only set it up last night (this is in preperation for our move to NZ) I bought £5.00 of credit using paypal (£5.85 with vat) so I can call landlines (big advantage over messenger you can telephone someone who isn't logged on to a PC at any time) I also bought 3 months worth of SkypeIn which allows people to call me while I'm sat in front of the laptop, this comes with free voice mail (if I happen to be out & about) this was £7.00 for 3 months with limited choice of telephone number (020 8123 5737 my new number)
Have now found out you don't even need the headset or handset as it will work with the speakers & mic on the laptop........pretty cool.
So if you get any frighteningly big telephone bills or have teenagers who are constantly calling there mates mobiles this may be a good cheap alternative.
The program sits in your task bar & pops up if you get a call, with the option to answer or ignore....it's really suprised me with how good it is.
Try it it may suprise you (I am in no way connected to Skype & have posted this so some of you may save some cash
)
just rang me mum up in the highlands of scotland for 20mins,cost about 50p.
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