Please remember that in Skype or most of other VOIP, you are charged only for the destination call, it doesn't matter where you are calling from, what does matter is where are you calling, for example, if you call to some Indian number, the rates would be the same whether you call from India or any other country. The rates for most of the individual countries are shown on the Skype website in several currency but certainly the Indian rupee is not listed there, you can check the same either in Euro or Dollar. Besides that regular rates, you are also charged one time connection fee per call which I think is the same for every call. Vikas Kapoor, MSN Id:[email protected], Yahoo&Skype Id: dl_vikas, Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mahesh Panicker" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [AI] Staying connected internationally, on the cheap
is anyone using the Skypeout Service? what are the rates for STD calls within India? is there a way to buy Skypecards without using creditcards? I had checked the Skype website, but could not find much information in the Indian context. On 3/29/09, Vikas Kapoor <[email protected]> wrote: > > Staying connected internationally, on the cheap > Posted: 2009-03-29 23:53:18+05:30 IST > Updated: Mar 29, 2009 at 2353 hrs IST > > > : Looking for a system that not only lets you make inexpensive local calls > but also allows friends and family back home to reach you cheaply. Here's > a > way: > > . The first thing you'll need is an unlocked mobile phone - that is, a > phone that's not tied to one particular carrier. (In the US, some carriers > will unlock your phone if you ask; abroad, most phones come already > unlocked.) Then, whenever you arrive in a new country, you can buy a local > SIM card (the tiny, interchangeable chip inside the phone that actually > lets > you connect to a particular carrier; they're sold at mobile phone stores > and > kiosks for $2 to $25, depending on the country) and make phone calls and > send text messages without paying exorbitant international roaming fees. > > .Simple enough. But for folks back home to reach you, you'll need Skype. > In > the last few years, Skype has revolutionised how global nomads keep in > touch. Install its software on your Mac or PC, and as long as you've got > an > internet connection, you can make high-quality audio and video calls to > other Skype users almost anywhere on earth. (A few countries, like the > UAE, > unfortunately block the service.) > > .Skype, however, also lets you call out to mobile phones and land lines (a > service called SkypeOut) and enables you to have your own phone number in > any of 23 countries, including the US, Hong Kong, France and Italy (this > is > called SkypeIn). > > .Both SkypeOut and SkypeIn carry a relatively low fee. SkypeOut calls to > land lines can be as little as 2 cents a minute, while calls to mobile > phones are usually a bit more. A SkypeIn subscription, meanwhile, costs > $60 > a year or $18 for three months. All you have to do before leaving home is > to > set your American cellphone (an older-generation iPhone) to forward to > your > SkypeIn number, and all you have to do when you arrive in a new country is > get a SIM card, go online and set the Skype software's preferences to > forward all calls to the new number. Here's how it works. The caller dials > your regular number which is forwarded to your SkypeIn number, which, in > turn, forwarded (via SkypeOut) to your international cellphone number. > > .Unfortunately, Skype does not exist for the iPhone. Instead, you can use > a > free third-party application called Fring, which functions as a kind of > Skype-to-cellphone phone gateway, letting you access your Skype account > wherever you have a Wi-Fi signal. (Fring also works on many other > smartphones, and lets you connect to a host of other internet > communications > services, like AIM, MSN Messenger, Twitter and Last.fm.) Just open a Fring > account, give Fring your Skype account details, and you're set to make > SkypeOut calls to anyone you wish. > > .Two weeks ago, Google announced a new service called Google Voice that > operates much like Skype - only cheaper! Google says the service will be > open at first only to users of GrandCentral (a startup Google bought > almost > two years ago); it will be available to the general public in a few weeks. > > NY Times > > > http://www.financialexpress.com/news/staying-connected-internationally-on-the-cheap/440275/0 > > Vikas Kapoor, > MSN Id:[email protected] <id%[email protected]>, Yahoo&Skype Id: > dl_vikas, > Mobile: (+91) 9891098137. > > > To unsubscribe send a message to > [email protected] the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- Mahesh S. Panicker C123; Dayanand Colony; Lajpat Nagar4; New delhi india. To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
