International free calls with Skype on Mother’s Day

This Mother’s Day, Skype will let you make that special phone call for free, even if she lives in China. That’s right, but it’s only if you make that free call from the U.S. or Canada. In fact, there’s an entire list of restrictions:

4. Offer available to residents of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia, 18 years of age and older.
5. To qualify for this offer, you must have downloaded the Skype software and you must have a valid and active Skype user name and account. You will not be eligible for this offer if your Skype account is not in good standing.
10. Skype reserves the right to suspend, shorten or extend, change or cancel part of all of the offer including these terms at any time at its own discretion at any time without notifying you of such changes.

… and so on. So as long as you’re an adult resident of North America with an active Skype account and you don’t mind that Skype can change its terms at any time, then you can use the VoIP service to call your mother, or anybody else for that matter, absolutely free this Sunday May 13th.

Happy Mother’s Day!

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