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ELI5: How is calling internationally from skype to phone cheaper than calling through your regular service provider?

I am an Indian and I was browsing about ways on how to call internationally and how much would each of those methods cost. As compared to price rates of the regular service providers, calling over skype was way cheaper and in some cases free. How does this happen, when essentially the same end result is obtained.
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To explain it real simple.

Calling goes over the phone line.

Calling over phone lines over long distance requires a lot of connecting and re-connecting of different networks.

(i'm quite sure this doesnt actually still requires connecting but phone companies still charge a lot extra for longer distance calls)

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Skype goes over the internet.

The internet is connected to the entire world, so it doesnt matter if you're 1 street away for litteraly on the other side of the world.

So yes, calling long distance over skype (or other simmilar programs) is much cheaper.