Monday, December 12, 2005

Our phone is connected

We still don't have a computer at home yet, and no matter what I try to do, I can't seem to coax my computer at work to accept the pictures from our digital camera...but...we now have a phone!

To call us at home will mean an international call for all of our North American friends. Fortunately, long distance calling is much cheaper than it used to be. Here is our home number 55-11-5971-3698. The 55 is Brazil's country code, and 11 is the city code for Sao Paulo. You probably have to dial 011 or some other code to dial out of North America.

When it comes to phones, there is a cheaper alternative. We will be using Skype (as soon as we can get the computer working) for most of our calling to and from North America. Skype allows people with a high-speed internet connection to call over the internet for next to nothing. In fact, anyone with high speed internet can talk to us for as long as they want for free by downloading the free Skype software off the internet. By using "Skype Out" we can call anyone in N.A. for about 3 cents per minute (Canadian). And using "Skype In" you can call us for the same price that you could call anyone else in our calling area. That calling area will probably be in Texas. Once we get our Skype number confirmed we will share that with all of you so you can call us cheaply. Better yet, download Skype and call us for free!