Your probably know Skype – the free internet phone solution that simply works great! Downloaded a million times this has reached a critical mass just as ICQ did in 1997 or so… (can't remember exactly, got my userno 1,5 mio sth back then…)

But now you can buy a local "SkypeIn" number – so that people in the states could call me in Austria for local rates … reaching me on my PC here… or the same for HK , UK or France… (altough these are at least in Europe here…)

So to get me a number in NW California ( Santa Rosa, Napa, Vallejo, American Canyon, Fairfield ) with a neat 707 prefix I only have to toss in 30 EUR for a year at Get a SkypeIn Number and can be reached without further costs via a US number…

I find this especially funny because some CEO jerk from a local austrian phone compay told in an interview that Skype won't be a problem for it's business as people don't have a chance to print a normal phone number on their business card :-)

The next big thing would be a US or others toll-free service phone number … :-)

BTW: Is skype already public?