Web design and hosting company Brinkster announced that customers worldwide can access their customer support for free through Skype. Brinkster hopes to provide its expanding international customer base with high quality customer support

September 12, 2006 – (TopHosts News Brief) – Web host Brinkster announced that customers around the world can now reach their customer support center for free by using Skype.

“Using Skype is the easiest way for our customers in over 170 countries worldwide to get a live person on the phone. It’s free, it’s amazingly easy, and customers love how reachable our support team is,” Jared Stauffer, President and CEO, said in a PR Web release.

With an expanding number of international customers, Brinkster wanted to offer the same high quality live support offered toll free in the United States and Canada. With more than 113 million users, Skype was a natural fit. “Many companies in Europe and other places around the world do not offer a free way to contact support, nonetheless support around the clock. Brinkster customers in Europe and the world over can not only contact us around the clock, they can now do it for free,” Ben Chambers, Vice President of Marketing said.

To access Brinkster customer support through Skype, customers simply click on the Live Help buttons located throughout website. Calls are automatically routed over the Internet using voice over IP (VOIP) to the Brinkster call center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

For more information visit www.brinkster.com.