The charge is usually your SkypeOut call from your PC location to the mobile phone. In most places in the world, that is about $0.02 (US) a minute. That is MUCH cheaper than direct mobile calls overseas.
Another thing to consider is that you can conference multiple users on Skype (in different parts of the world) and still only pay the normal SkypeOut call to your mobile phone. Bottom line is that SoonR Talk ends up being a great deal when you are calling other people using Skype and sitting at their desktop computers running Skype.
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Regarding your comment on double charges, this is not the case for many carriers as incoming calls are free in many of their plans. Witness this story http://sifybroadband.techwhack.com/410/free-incoming-mobile-calls/
The charge is usually your SkypeOut call from your PC location to the mobile phone. In most places in the world, that is about $0.02 (US) a minute. That is MUCH cheaper than direct mobile calls overseas.
Another thing to consider is that you can conference multiple users on Skype (in different parts of the world) and still only pay the normal SkypeOut call to your mobile phone. Bottom line is that SoonR Talk ends up being a great deal when you are calling other people using Skype and sitting at their desktop computers running Skype.