Skype rolls out Voicemail beta

Skype announced today that they have just added Voicemail to everyone's favorite VoIP service. Subscriptions are available for $7 USD for 3 months or $19 USD for a year. SkypeIn (also now in beta) customers get a free voicemail subscription with their SkypeIn phone number.

I've been using Vonage for my business phone service for a little while now and have been quite happy with it. For $25/month it's a good deal for me. But now that Skype has voicemail, I might consider ditching Vonage. The only problem is that there doesn't appear to be a way to retrieve messages from Skype Voicemail when you're away from a computer. What I like about Vonage's voicemail is that I can receive  voice messages via email or via my account page on their website no matter where I am and on the off chance I don't have access to an internet connection, I can access messages by phone too. As far as I can tell, Skype doesn't give me that option. Bummer.

[via The VoIP Weblog]