What is SKYPE?

I'm wanting to get skype as my house phone.. What should I do?

• Ok, so i want to set up a cordless phone in my house on skype, but i don't know what phone to get or if i should even get a voip phone or whether there is a better way to set up the phone such as a regular cordless phone through a router or something to that extent. What is my best choice as far as call quality? Also are there any services that are like skype but better? Also, does anyone know if you can call skype phone to skype phone cordless to computer or vise versa for free on skype?? Thank you in advance!!

• Answer:

  I like MagicJack better than Skype, because Skype has more fees than Magicjack does. MagicJack is a flat $19.95 per year, where Skype in and out both cost you, as well as having to spend on a per minute basis. What I did, was I bought a MagicJack, and when it came, I plugged it into a USB port on my computer. Then, I took a phone cord and plugged it into the MagicJack, and the other end into the wall jack. Then, I went out to the gray phone company box on the side of my house and disconnected the wires that went into my house. Now all my phones work just like they did with the regular phone company, and I'm saving a $1000 per year on phone service. There's an article about this at http://calling-plans.com/voip/ and a video on Youtube showing how a guy runs all the phones in his house on Magicjack: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K7JxxtdAkc