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Old Aug 29, 2009 | 4:21 pm
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wiredboy10003
 
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Originally Posted by cotomom
thank you! I was getting confused thinking there was some international type charge if I was using a wifi point abroad, calling back to the US. But you guys are saying if I have a US account, am using it in Europe but calling home to the US, there is no charge, right?
I wonder if there's a distinction you're missing. Skype can work over WiFi, but they're different things. Skype doesn't charge more to call internationally. Getting WiFi is something else though. The hotel may charge for it. Your WiFi plan in the states might not work in Europe. It's possible that your hotel might charge you $15 (or whatever) to use their WiFi, so a two minute Skype call might not be such a great value.
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