Hello, I see lots of questions about leveraging VOIP and SKype. Have you tried SoonR? It uses your PC's connection to Skype to conference in your phone. It'll work just fine on an iPhone. Drawback is that you have to leave your computer on for it to work, after all it is using the computer as the bridge. Try the service it's free. BTW: I am a SoonR guy.

First, I am with SoonR. It is very revealing to see the reaction to the EULA. We have worked very closely with the privacy community to be sure that we tell you everything that we are doing. The fact is that it is impossible to move information from a computer to a phone without making the data live outside of your computer for a few moments. No matter how little we move or where it is stored (temporarily or permanently depending on your preference) we had to tell you that it will be moved.

By the same token, the fact that we will send you updates about SoonR via email and tell you of issues, etc. means that we have to send you email. I hope this is not considered SPAM. Again, our privacy reviewers indicated that if we are going to send ANYTHING, that we had to tell you up front. So we did that.

If anyone has major privacy concerns, please ping us directly. We will review your concern with our privacy consultants and get their advice. We are dedicated to making SoonR a secure service.

We did take venture money after creating SoonR on our own dime for over a year. The fact is that it is expensive to maintain a web service that manages tens of millions of requests without some kind of outside investment. In order to grow the service and to make it more robust and secure, we took some investment capital.

If you have ever read the prospectus of a company, they always have to tell you everything that could possibly go wrong.It's required by law. We are trying to adhere to the same types of rules for privacy. It is our intention to lead the industry in good privacy practices.

First, let me disclose that I am with SoonR.

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.