Oh. that was the problem. He just had a skype id not a phone number and I did have skype credit atthe time.
Ah well I'm not too worried. I don't use it anymore anyways. On Jun 15, 2010, at 4:24 PM, David Allen wrote: > Hi Sarah! > > Yes, but contacts are expected to include a phone number in order to access > Skype out. > > Any number that you call can be designated as a speed dial contact. You can > organise this directly on Skype to go, or by logging into your account. > > Cheers, > Dave > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> > To: "screen access software with skype" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 10:51 AM > Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] toll free is less than that with Skype to go now > > >> actually if you check yoru voicemail via skype to go one of the options is >> to call this contact. I hit option 2 and it brakes. >> >> Take care. >> >> S >> On Jun 15, 2010, at 1:25 PM, David Allen wrote: >> >>> Hi Sarah! >>> >>> To my knowledge, Skype to go does not offer a way to call Skype contacts. >>> It is intended to offer a local way of accessing Skype out. The other >>> caveat to it is the Skype out contact must be international. To be clear, >>> you can't use Skype to go to call my US number from the US. If you are in >>> the US, you can use it to reach me by either my NZ land line number or my >>> NZ skype in number. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Dave >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah Alawami" <[email protected]> >>> To: "screen access software with skype" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:10 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Skypeenglish] toll free is less than that with Skype to go now >>> >>> >>>> 1 question that strays a bit. lol. but how do you use skype to go to >>>> call skype contacts? not skype out contacts? I've tried and it failed big >>>> time with every one I've tried. >>>> >>>> Take care. >>>> >>>> S >>>> On Jun 15, 2010, at 12:27 AM, David Allen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi! >>>>> >>>>> Yes, this is accurate. >>>>> >>>>> While you can still use Skype to freely dial US toll free numbers, you >>>>> can no longer do so with Skype to go. I recently became aware of this, >>>>> and it knocked me back a little until I found another way to make the >>>>> call. The combination of a slow internet connection and Skype is often >>>>> not doncucive to a reliably clear, phone connection, even though Skype to >>>>> Skype calls are consistently fine. This has caused me to result to using >>>>> Skype to go for my calls with better results, until the other day when I >>>>> tried to use it to reach a toll free number in the US. I just found an >>>>> alternative number that wasn't toll free , and made the call successfully >>>>> using Skype to go anyway, but thought others here should be alerted. >>>>> Clearly Skype isn't going to shout this from the rooftops, but I believe >>>>> we still need to know. >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Dave >>>>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >>>>> latest version of skype go to >>>>> http://www.dlee.org/skype >>>>> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>>>> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> To contact the list owner send a message to >>>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>>> >>>>> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >>>>> link. >>>>> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >>>>> >>>>> and for a searchable archives page go here. >>>>> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >>>>> >>>>> thanks and have a wonderful day. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >>>> latest version of skype go to >>>> http://www.dlee.org/skype >>>> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>>> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >>>> >>>> >>>> To contact the list owner send a message to >>>> mailto:[email protected] >>>> >>>> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >>>> link. >>>> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >>>> >>>> and for a searchable archives page go here. >>>> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >>>> >>>> thanks and have a wonderful day. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >>> >>> >>> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >>> latest version of skype go to >>> http://www.dlee.org/skype >>> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >>> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >>> >>> >>> To contact the list owner send a message to >>> mailto:[email protected] >>> >>> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >>> link. >>> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >>> >>> and for a searchable archives page go here. >>> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >>> >>> thanks and have a wonderful day. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Skypeenglish mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com >> >> >> Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the >> latest version of skype go to >> http://www.dlee.org/skype >> To access tutorials and other goodies go to >> http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html >> >> >> To contact the list owner send a message to >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this >> link. >> http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ >> >> and for a searchable archives page go here. >> http://bit.ly/64Y48 >> >> thanks and have a wonderful day. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Skypeenglish mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com > > > Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the > latest version of skype go to > http://www.dlee.org/skype > To access tutorials and other goodies go to > http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html > > > To contact the list owner send a message to > mailto:[email protected] > > to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this > link. > http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ > > and for a searchable archives page go here. > http://bit.ly/64Y48 > > thanks and have a wonderful day. > > > _______________________________________________ > Skypeenglish mailing list > [email protected] > http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com Thanks for posting to the skype english list. To access scripts for the latest version of skype go to http://www.dlee.org/skype To access tutorials and other goodies go to http://www.marrie.org/skype/skype.html To contact the list owner send a message to mailto:[email protected] to download a tool to automate the installation of skypewatch go to this link. http://www.hrvojekatic.tk/ and for a searchable archives page go here. http://bit.ly/64Y48 thanks and have a wonderful day. _______________________________________________ Skypeenglish mailing list [email protected] http://emissives.com/mailman/listinfo/skypeenglish_emissives.com
