A large number of professionals use Skype to make phone calls while they are out of their offices. They connect to the net through open connections available is most parts of every city in the world.
But this kind of 'free' hot spots are becoming more and more difficult to find and, instead of, paying hot spots are presented to us. These access points are expensive: a one hour connection can cost more than 10 euros in many countries in Europe, specially if we need to connect in the airport or train station.
Our friends at Skype have just release Skype Zones Beta. They have created a wide network of Skype-friendly hot spots. You can find more than 700 connection zones in Spain, 7500 in the US, 1400 in Germany or 380 in Australia. All zones are situated in strategic places of each city (airport, business center, trade center, exhibition halls). A list of them -for each country- is available here.
The only problem -nowadays- is that Skype Zones is only available for Windows XP and Windows 2000 (Mac OS X, Linux or Pocket PC are not supported yet). The prices for this service are much more interesting than the expensive hot spot companies: 2,50 euros per two hours connection or 6,50 euros per a whole month. You can activate your Skype Zone Beta from your account in Skype.
