Naturally, while we’re in Costa Rica we want to be just as in-touch with our friends and relatives as we are now. With the magic of the Internet and IP telephony, it’s remarkably simple.
I bought a dedicated hardware Skype phone. For those of you aren’t the nerd that I am (read, everyone), here’s how it works: I plug the base station into a broadband Internet connection, and our friends can call us at our U.S. phone number, even if we’re in another country, even if we’re in another hemisphere.
We also get unlimited calling to any number in the U.S. or Canada. You might think something like this is prohibitively expensive. Not so, gentle reader! It costs $24 per year to hold on to our phone number, and $3 a month for unlimited calling.
You can get details at the Skype website.
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