While the value proposition of pay as you go VoIP from Zoom may have been around for some months I really think this is a good idea, especially for Nomadic types who need to make calls.
Zoom has a package called Global Village that is pay as you go for VoIP. It eliminates the contract and monthly minimums, but it appears to lack any ability to make inbound calls. I recently saw their telephone adapters show up on store shelves in the USA, but with today’s announcement it seems they are going global in a big way.
Skype Parasites
Andy comments about Zoom’s Pay as you go service. (By the way they seem to offer an In service as well.) Recently Russell Shaw compared Vonage and Skype and suggests that for certain usage models Pay as you go scheme…