With Skype Internet telephony it is comfortable to bring your business definitely to the global market place. Internet telephony has long been the carefully guarded secret of computer freaks. Skype literally changed the world of communication. Traditional telecommunications companies like AT+T pressed the panic button and forced to launch their own Internet telephony service.
 
First Skype was launched as an IM PC tool with voice as an added benefit. But within a very short time Skype became popular for making phone calls over the Internet.
 
Skype does not trust on a centralized network to route the calls like other voip providers.

For this reason Skype, different to other Voip providers like Vonage and Lingo, can gain larger without spending anything extra for services based on a centralized network, since its network seriously is made of thousands of interconnected PCs like yours and mine.

The fresh acquisition of Skype Technologies by the Internet auction leader Ebay for an unbelievable amount of $2.6 billion shows you the potential of the power of voip.

How do I benifit when using Skype
The calls are amazingly clear in most situations. You only need a headset to make calls with Skype. Most people think they know all about Skype. They know how to make free calls with a PDA, PC or notebook over the Internet. But Skype is not only a PC2PC IP-Telephony technology. 

Get your virtual business phone number in any country with SkypeIn 

These additional applications make Skype a great marketing tool: 

With SkypeIn you can get phone calls from a local phone in any country to your Skype number, no matter where you are. Than redirect the call with SkypeOut to your mobile. Offer your online products e.g. in Germany and ask for a local landline number.  When you answer the call with SkypeOut on your mobile no one will know that your are sitting on the porch in your garden in Texas. 

The real power of Skype lies in the additional applications SkypeIn and SkypeOut and makes it an essential tool not only for business owners. 

J. T. Francisto
Internet-Telefonie
Voip Product Review