Yep, We don't have long distance here at our house, so we actually purchase a monthly plan so we can call land lines and cells. It is about $4.00 month, but we upgraded to international for $10 so we can talk to our daughter in New Zealand. We still use computer to computer sometimes so we can use the webcam. I also use it in my home office to contact clients as they are all long distance for me. In fact hubby just got a Skype phone so I can be anywhere in the house and use it, don't have to be tethered to the computer - of course computer has to be on ;-) It really is awesome!