News UK: Wi-Fi hotspot users offered free Skype

What's a hotspot? A free Skype spot, from today. If you use one of the 350 ReadytoSurf wi-fi points in the country, you'll be able to Skype your mates for gratis. ElReg tells it like it is:

Internet telephony firm Skype is partnering with Wi-Fi hotspot provider Broadreach Networks to offer free net telephone calls. The deal, which launched Thursday 3 March, will allow Skype users to make free Skype calls in 350 ReadytoSurf fixed and Wi-Fi wireless Internet locations across the UK.

Broadreach hopes that after making free Voice over Wi-Fi calls consumers will be more likely to pay to check their email or surf the web at its hot spots. Broadreach's network of internet locations include brands such as Virgin Megastores, Eurostar, Travelodge, Little Chef, Virgin Trains, EAT , Choice Hotels and Quality Inn and major railway stations including all the London terminals. It has 110,000 registered customers.

More here, in the easy listening aisle of your local Virgin Megastore.