Overseas Calls with Yahoo! Messenger

Are you like most people and use MSN because it's on your machine and everyone uses it anyway?

Well, after this article you may want to consider Yahoo!'s Messenger. Why? Because it has long been more than just an Instant Messenger.

Yahoo! Voice
One of the least know big features of Yahoo! Messenger is Yahoo! Voice which consists of their Phone In/Phone Out service.

Phone In
Using this service you can have you very own phone number (at this time US, UK, and France). With the number you get your own personal phone number.

Phone Out
Make calls from Yahoo! Messenger to your friends' regular or mobile phones worldwide for as low as 1¢ a minute.

Another aspect of making voice calls via the computer is that most users are physically tied to their computers' location. This need not be the case. There are several options for this including special Yahoo! Cordless phones available for around US$40.

Usage is simple.

1. Plug in the device to a USB port on your computer
2. Plug in the power cord of the device
3. Install the drivers that came with the device
4. Open and log into your Yahoo! Messenger account
   

That's it!

You are now connected to your Yahoo! Voice account and can make and receive phone calls to and from any phone in the world from anywhere in your house.

It's that simple... Call me!