Microsoft sent out mails to millions of its users last January, announcing that their own MSN messenger service will be discontinued and they will be replacing messenger with Skype, a messaging and VOIP service that it purchased for $8.5 billion in 2011. Skype is now being used by millions of people worldwide, every month. It is widely appreciated for all its great functions: it allows live chat for free online, with a video function if you have a camera, with a great sound quality.

With its VOIP, Skype provides also a cheaper way to make international calls than traditional wireless providers. Specifically, for international calls.

Skype & VOIP are blocked in various countries though, such as China, Belize and the United Arab Emirates. But the firewalls that blocks Skype is easy to bypass using a VPN service: a virtual tunnel is set between your computer or mobile device and the VPN server: this will change your IP address into an anonymous IP address from the country you have chosen among the available servers. This will then allow you to use Skype wherever you go, and with whichever telecom company you subscribe to.

Skype over a VPN offers you an extra layer of protection against monitoring by your government. Indeed, using an IP address outside of your location can also make you surf anonymous and makes it much more difficult for third parties to access your online information.

Pay Less on your International Calls with Skype

As Skype calculates charged minutes based on your location, using a VPN can help you pay less on your international calls by turning them into local calls. For instance, using a VPN can help you connect to a server in the United States from anywhere in the world. In this way, Skype calls to the United States will be charged as domestic.

Try now and get a VPN to get better international calls and save money with Skype.