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Internet Telephony

Internet telephony can save you money a couple of ways. You can make free voice calls over the internet to anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world and often calls to landlines are free to certain locations or much cheaper than normal telco rates.

Skype is probably the most well known and popular of VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) tools. You can also voice conference with up to 4 other people, instant message and transfer files as well. As if all that isn’t cool enough, Skype is free!

To voice chat you will need a headset with a microphone and a good internet connection.

The sound quality is excellent (in fact it is better than normal phones) and everything (calls, messages, file transfers) is secure with end-to end encryption. If your friends are all using different operating systems it doesn’t matter because Skype (like many other programs in this guide) is multi-platform. It’s easy to add contacts to Skype and you can even add your details to their global directory.

With SkypeOut you can also call regular phone numbers (landline and mobile) although this is not free.

Download it from: http://www.skype.com

JAJAH is an interesting alternative to Skype. With Jajah you don't even need a headset and you can make calls from landline to landline (via the internet) to a handful of countries for free if both users are registered Jajah users.

No download and no installation required - it is all done through the JAJAH website.

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