Get your own phone number for Skype. Family, friends and business contacts can call you from traditional phones, and you pick up the call in Skype.  There are lots of different Skype-Certified phone products that you can use to get the most out of using Skype.

While other voip services can save you a lot of money with discount pricing compared to your regular telephone bill, you can actually get free service on some plans with Skype.  Skype is the leading free calling service, and it is committed to stay free forever.   Skype is simple to download and with easy to use Skype software, which allows you to make free calls over the Internet to anyone else using Skype on their computer.   The drawback with Skype is that you can't use your regular telephone or number.  For a limited time you can make free calls to the US and Canada.