Quick! Move to France! The people dubbed "cheese-eating surrender monkeys" by piqued Americans have even more reason to feel smug, because until the end of 2006 they can make unlimited SkypeOut calls to landlines within France for free. La telephonie gratuite indeed.

Skype tried out a similar scheme earlier this year in the US, where it was a huge success. Let's hope the UK is next on the list. Let's really, really hope the UK is next on the list. Memo to Skype: make it happen, and the beers are on me.