Skype, the popular VoIP service for making free phone calls over the internet, IM chatting, and video calls has announced that it will now be offering unlimited calling to over a third of the world’s population. The company is offering a calling subscription with a single, monthly flat rate for international calling to landline numbers in 34 countries. That’s probably why my Skype was on the blitz today…it was probably jammed with people using the service.

There’re apparently no long term contracts, one flat monthly fee, no hidden costs, you can make calls 24/7, and it’s available for calls to 34 countries. Subscriptions can be purchased at skype.com/go/subscriptions. Skype was originally launched in August 2003 and later acquired by eBay in Oct. 2005. There are currently about 309 million users on the freely downloadable Skype software.