Skype Credit?! Confused!!

MentalMinnie

Can someone help me?

I want to purchase some Skype credit for whilst im in Thailand so I can call home. I'll be calling a mobile phone here in the uk, but i'm trying to find out the cost, per minute and I can't find it anywhere! Where I can, I'll be doing Skype to Skype but that wont always be possible, hence the credit. Thanks in advance!

bazzyb

It's 14.9p/minute.

Here.

grumbler

17.1p actually

SnowTiger

grumbler wrote: »

17.1p actually

Gosh! Even BT only charge 11.3p/min during the daytime and 5.3p/min in the evenings (plus 13.1p call set up fee).

I appreciate the OP will be calling from Thailand to the UK, however I thought one of the advantages of VOIP is that calls are routed via the Internet to the destination country and would expect them to cost no more than if they were made from the country you're calling.

However, having said that, in general, the price of VOIP calls to the POTS hasn't overwhelmed me.

NFH

SnowTiger wrote: »

I thought one of the advantages of VOIP is that calls are routed via the Internet to the destination country and would expect them to cost no more than if they were made from the country you're calling.

True, but Skype's prices are far from competitive, except maybe for their fixed monthly bundles for calls to fixed lines.

HappyMJ

Could your friend in the UK set Skype up on their mobile so you can call mobile to mobile anywhere in the world for free. Or...buy them a cheap smart phone and set skype up on that for them. Such as http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/t-mobile-rapport-android-phone-29-99-instore-asda-1234230

grumbler

AFAIK many providers don't allow using mobile internet for Skype calls.

fahimk123

A few days ago, skype sent me free credit of 2$. I wonder would they be giving to everyone or lucky one.