How to Make Free Cell Phone Calls From Your PC

With the proper planning, it's easy to make free cell calls from your PC.

Cell phone calls can eat up your minutes. But if you want to save money, all you need is a working personal computer with a microphone and a Skype program. If the person you're calling has the same program downloaded and active on his cell phone, you can make free calls.

Instructions

1. Install Skype on your computer. You can download the program for free from skype.com. This software allows PC to PC calls for free, but there are charges if you call cell phones that don't have Skype installed and active.

2. Install Skype on the cell phone you want to call. The beta version of Skype is an application that can be downloaded onto a cellular phone with Internet access.

3. Turn on both versions of Skype and log in. Place a call to your friend's Skype account from your PC, using his Skype number or screen name. If his Skype account is turned on while it's running on his cell phone he'll be able to answer and there will be no charge.

Tips & Warnings

• There are other programs similar to Skype. It's just one of the more popular programs.

• Even with Skype, a user's cell phone provider may still charge for the data transfer.

References

• Skype: Skype for Your Cell Phone
• Hello Giri: Make Free Computer, PC to Cell Phone Calls Using Skype