Skype on WiFi

Imagine going on an extended business trip out of the country and having to keep in touch with all your interests back home. I am sure that one big concern of yours right now is just how much it would cost you to make all those overseas telephone calls. True enough, you can write them off as business expenses yet hundreds or dollars – or even thousands – is something that you just wouldn’t want to spend on phone calls, would you?
Well let me share an experience that I had several months back. I went to Curacao on business – I have several offshore interests there – and I ended up staying a little bit longer than I intended. Fortunately for me, I had my Skype WiFi handset with me. I had to make countless phone calls to different parts of the world and guess how much it cost me to do so? For most of the phone calls, it was less than a dollar per minute! So how did this happen?
For those who are not familiar with Skype, it is a computer application much like Yahoo Messenger and its other messaging cousins. Skype makes use of Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) to allow its users to make calls to any phone (land based or cellular) from the computer. Because of the technology involved, the costs associated even with long distance calls are lessened to a very affordable amount.
Taking things one step further, Skype ventured into actual handsets, which are similar to cellular phones. The big difference is that these phones operate on WiFi. As such, you can enjoy the benefits of Skype calls wherever you go, as long as there is a WiFi signal.
For the benefit of those who are not very familiar with WiFi, it is a technology used to refer to any wireless operations using the 802.11 network. To avoid being too technical, it simply means being able to communicate wirelessly through this network. WiFi is being used widely all over the world and anyone with a WiFi enabled device can connect as long as there is a signal in the vicinity.

So, if you have a WiFi enabled Skype handset, you can call any phone anywhere in the world as long as you have a WiFi signal. Curacao is the perfect place to have a Skype handset as the WiFi network across the territory is very reliable. WiFi hotspots (areas which have WiFi signals) are scattered all over the place. From the airport to hotels to coffee shops, and even beaches, you can have access to WiFi.
Imagine this scenario. You wake up in the morning and wish to have a nice cup of coffee while relaxing at the beach. You need to make and receive some calls and you do not wish to be disturbed by having to go out to make and receive those calls. As long as you have a Skype handset, you can do all these without having to leave your comfortable spot. You can even be having coffee at your favorite coffee shop downtown and do the same things – all for a very low price! That is the convenience and ease that Skype handsets offer you while in Curacao.