Comments on: Skype Unlimited for North America

By: rob

rob — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 11:32:04 +0000

Thanks for that clarification, David. I should have guessed that. Either way, like you said, it’s still the best deal in any town! I remember once I was traveling in Trinidad. My wife called my hotel at 15 cents/minute. We hung up quickly and I went and got on Skype. I called her back for 2 cents/minute.

By: David Hand

David Hand — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:31:05 +0000

Just to clarify: here’s something I learned about the ‘Skype Unlimited North America’ calling plan during my last trip overseas:
I purchased the unlimited calling plan and traveled overseas thinking I could use my unlimited plan to make SkypeOut calls TO the USA FROM a non-north-america geographic location. In reality, unlimited (free) calls only apply if connecting from an IP address geographically INSIDE USA or Canada. I was charged the normal global calling rates when making SkypeOut calls from overseas. Maybe this was clearly explained in the calling plan fine print but I must have missed it.
I still love Skype and the quality of calls I make (and receive) is very good. The unlimited calling plan is still worth it for me.

By: rob

rob — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:26:27 +0000

I don’t know. Seems the wi-fi would be great…you just have to find a hotspot. But the only person I’ve seen with a skype phone has it plugged into his computer. It replaces a headset and so it’s just like a normal phone, just plugged into a computer. Makes it more natural I suppose. It’ll be interesting to watch how the skype/mobile phone market shapes up in 07.

By: david hand

david hand — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:52:00 +0000

Any experience using a Skype-compatible wi-fi phone? The details of the free coupons you get for signing up (above) state that you can get up to $50 off the Netgear version of the wi-fi phone offered in the skype store. Could be a good deal. Yet, is it just frivolous hardware for the future as many cell phones/handhelds are coming wi-fi enabled anyway?