Saving money on phone bills when travelling ... Skype rules!

Following up on my last flash update about Skype Out... I just went on a business trip and where I used to have to get people to call me to avoid hotel phone charges, I just now use Skype. I had my laptop and connected to the hotel free wireless connection. Then equipped with my Linksys CIT 200 Skype phone I could easily hold all the free conversations I wanted. Next year, it will cost 30$ a year to make free domestic calls, but it's only about 2 cents a minute to make calls in North America. I also use Skype to call my brother in California, whether on his own Skype or his cell phone. He's actually using Skype as his only phone service! He got a SkypeIn phone number for about 20$ a year and he receives normal call. He has a Linksys phone too and he says that for the last month, the calls quality has been awesome. He's saving big bucks with that solution. New Skype phones are actually available that don't require your computer to be on all the time, they connect directly to your router (or any WI-FI access point with this NETGEAR phone). Technology advances like that always amaze me :-)