Skype teams up with Broadreach to offer free internet calls

Internet telephony company Skype has teamed up with Wi-Fi hotspot provider Broadreach Networks to offer free internet telephone calls. As Broadreach http://www.broadreachnet.com reports in a press release on its website, the deal, launched today, will allow Skype users to make free Skype calls in 350 ReadytoSurf fixed and Wi-Fi wireless internet locations across the UK. Broadreach hopes that after making free Voice over Wi-Fi calls, consumers will be more likely to pay to check their e-mail or surf the web at its hot spots. Broadreach's network of internet locations include brands such as Virgin Megastores, Eurostar, Travelodge, Little Chef, Virgin Trains, EAT, Choice Hotels, Quality Inn and major railway stations including all the London terminals. It has 110,000 registered customers. http://www.broadreachnet.com/newsarticle.asp?ID=91