Charges Coming to Skype

It's been long established that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and it appears that free (or almost free) phone calls could be disappearing too: Skype users might have to cough up a few cents to connect to phones outside of the Skype Network.

The Register is reporting that this fee won't be charged to users who pay €2 a month for Skype Pro--but the problem is that Skype Pro isn't yet available. In the meantime, subscribers to Talk For Britain, or Skype Unlimited in the U.S., won't have to pay the extra connection charge. In fairness the fee amounts to only about 5 cents for American users, but considering that Skype calls were the next best thing to free, this is in fact a major cost increase!

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