Calling Home While in China
April 2nd, 2006
The hotels and their rooms we will stay at in China will have Internet access. If you have a laptop, you can sign up and download for free onto it Skype (www.skype.com) which will allow you to call from China any LAND LINE (not cell phone) in the US for a whopping 2 cents per minute. If the person you are calling is also a Skype member, you can call him/her for free. I don’t think that each person on the trip needs to bring their own laptop (perhaps 2 to 4 people can share one; it’s up to you — TRAVEL AND PACK LIGHT!!). I used this in March to check in with my family from China and it worked great. Be sure to test it out on your laptop before you leave on the trip. Two cents a minute from China. What a deal.
Entry Filed under: Pre-Departure, China
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1. James Sun | April 4th, 2006 at 7:28 am
I really like Skype and think it is an excellent program. Very good call quality, especially when calling Skype-to-Skype. My only gripe is that sometimes it takes a few days for them to process your payment, so for those considering using this while in China, be sure to add money to your account before you leave so that the payment will clear by the time you use it to call home.
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