Skype Oddity: Send SMS from Skype

Don’t get me wrong, I love Skype.  It’s
one of the best IM services I’ve used, the best voice chat service I’ve ever
used.  But it does do one thing that I find quite odd.

You can send SMS messages
through it; as long as you purchase Skype credit.

Now, as an American, this is fairly odd
behavior.  Through most other IM services I use, I can also send and receive SMS – Completely Free.

Maybe Skype just doesn’t have enough money rolling in to be able to do that?

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