GGoogle chat vs Skype

[Aaron Konstam]

On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 09:32 -0400, Fulko Hew wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> >
> >> As I understand it, there seem to be 2 ways to use skype, ekiga, Bosix,
> >> etc and probably google.
> >> skype to skype,  and skype to telephone.
> >> skype to skype is free of charge, that's the one I refer to.
> >>
> >> For skype to telephone you pay skype in advance by opening an account
> >> and can make calls as you wish to the value of the account. I would
> >> assume that would similarly apply to google.
> >> Some of my associates who are in frequent international contact have
> >> skype acounts. They have VOIP telephones and modems. Bigpond in
> >> Australia disables VOIP in the Thompson Gateway modems.
> >
> > That is one of the things I don't understand. Google has not asked me for money
> > to telephone.  I live in San Antonio and I called my son in Chicago. I
> > have no account with Google and as far as I can see the call was free.
> > Can someone explain this?
> 
> If you look at this chart, calls to US and Canada are free.
> 
> http://www.google.com/chat/voice/compare.html

Except if you look at the "Terms of Service" tab on that page  the
prices are for Google Voice. I am using Google Chat which is a different
product.
What are its costs?
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