Intel, Skype partner for free international SkypeOut calls on Mother's Day

Haven't picked mom up a special Sansa C250 just yet? Weren't even planning on it? Well now you can stop fretting about where the coinage will come from to buy her a gift, as Intel and Skype have teamed up to offer the Gift of Gab come May 13th. The two firms will be charging the low, low price of nada for unlimited SkypeOut calls to landlines or mobile numbers that originate in the US or Canada for Mother's Day, giving us boys and girls here in the top sections of North America a full 24 hours to concoct and deliver an appropriate speech to that overseas-based mom. Of course, this offering could ensure that the "busiest calling day of the year" remains the champ in 2007, but regardless of what everyone else is doing, make sure you pencil in a phone call of your own a couple Sundays from now -- there's just no excuse left.

[kuonji @ May 1st 2007 1:17PM]

@Pete

Agreed. This promotion should work for both holidays.

[jordan @ May 1st 2007 8:55AM]

Who the hell would get mum Skype for Mothers Day...?

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[strider_mt2k @ May 1st 2007 9:02AM]

I got news for ya.

My mom is already using Skype, so I can call her for free ANYTIME.

NYAH!

[kiwi @ May 1st 2007 9:14AM]

"mom" why do the nth americans have to be so different.. the rest of the English speaking world say "Mum"

[tiuk @ May 1st 2007 9:54AM]

Awww, my RSS reader showed the entire headline minus the words "Mother's Day", so I got my hopes up. Oh well, back to adcalls.

[Sam @ May 1st 2007 10:25AM]

Its a Sunday. Who doesn't already have unlimited nights and weekends on their cell?

[giedrys @ May 1st 2007 10:34AM]

Sam, does your "unlimited nights and weekends" includes calls to Europe?

[- @ May 1st 2007 11:08AM]

They need to have this for Father's Day. While the most amount of calls are generated in the U.S. over Mother's Day, the most amount of collect calls are made to the Dads on their day.

[Saxon @ May 1st 2007 11:37AM]

@kiwi:

It would appear that there are a variety of ways to abbreviate "mother," and "mum" doesn't seem like it's the most popular one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother

Mum and Mom weren't even used until the 1800's and we were two separate countries by then and had no reason to share the same words.

[kiwi @ May 1st 2007 4:30PM]

@Saxon

cool. Thanks for the link :)

[Mitch Brisebois @ May 2nd 2007 8:42AM]

Well at least this mother has a wall-mounted powertouch 350 telephone!

[Naser @ May 4th 2007 1:55PM]

Awww..that so sweet of Skype to make such a contribution to moms all over the world. My mom is dying a slow death from multiple metastasis and chorio-carcinoma AKA "Cancer" in short,and now I truly realize how valuable her contributions have been. It might seem gay to those masochist maniacs out there to compliment your mom, but I'd do it anyway :) Because I'm truly a mom's boy.

[Vinay @ May 9th 2007 4:43AM]

Skype is too desparate to gain the market share. However there are also other providers offering similar free calls upto 200 minutes on mother's day etc.

read this article: http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/05/jajah-voip-2-hours-free-calls-giveaway.html

[Alex @ May 13th 2007 1:38AM]

I'm in NYC. Since it's past 12 I'd think I can make those free calls on skype. But I got cut off after 5 minutes.. What gives?

[Alex @ May 13th 2007 1:49AM]

Nevermind, I read the website it says offer starts at 5am Eastern Time... a few more hours to go...