Yeah that might be how it works. Mine is in california. lol! ah well. I still try and understand all this new fangled technology.
Thanks and hope the skype to go number works for those who want to give it a go. On Sep 11, 2010, at 12:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote: > Hello Sarah, > > > > I'm Sieghard from British Columbia. I read your post about Skype To Go being > a local number. Unless I am missing something, there is a single Skype To Go > number for all of Canada and it is 647-367-2864. I checked the area code > briefly and know it's Ontario, I assume from your post that it is a local > call from Toronto, however, the rest of Canada would have to call this > number as a long distance call. I believe in the States they have a few more > numbers, but by no means do they have a local number for all places just > like it is not possible to get a Skype-In number that is local to everybody > no matter where they are. I guess that is the price one pays for not living > in a major centre like Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal etc. Anyhow, as Skype To > Go numbers in my opinion are most useful for use with a mobile phone, it's > still possible to have free access as long as you have a plan that allows > for unlimited calls to and from certain numbers for a monthly fee. I am with > Telus Mobility and have the "My Faves 5 National" which let's me place and > receive unlimited calls from 5 numbers I specify no matter where I am in > Canada. It's $15 a month, but I think well worth it if you make a lot of > calls. This way I can add the Skype To Go number as one of the 5 favourite > numbers and basically call it for free no matter where I am and then take > advantage of my Skype subscription to make calls. You can change any of the > numbers you selected on the Telus website if you log into your account, but > the change won't take effect until the start of your next billing period, > e.g. if my billing period is from the 15th of the month to the 14th of the > next months and I change or add a number on the 16th, I don't have the > benefit of free calls until a month later. > > > > Regards, > > Siegghard > > > > 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
