Comments on: With call forwarding, avoid roaming charges http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/ The Weblog of Vincent Oberle - Thoughts and opinions about technology and business Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:03:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Donato http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-5610 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 14:36:09 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-5610 Hi, The idea is quite clever, thanks. Nevertheless, I have a concern because Skype says that some of their SpypeIn numbers can not be called from abroad (e. g. UK); therefore I can not give my friends abroad aSkypeIn number. The option would thus be to let my friends call my regular land line and, when I am travelling, forward that land line to my SkypeIn number which will be forwarded to the cheap SIM card number I will have bought in the country I am visiting. Do you think it will work? Hi,

The idea is quite clever, thanks. Nevertheless, I have a concern because Skype says that some of their SpypeIn numbers can not be called from abroad (e. g. UK); therefore I can not give my friends abroad aSkypeIn number. The option would thus be to let my friends call my regular land line and, when I am travelling, forward that land line to my SkypeIn number which will be forwarded to the cheap SIM card number I will have bought in the country I am visiting. Do you think it will work?

]]> by: Adel mohamed http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-2829 Mon, 03 Jul 2006 04:26:18 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-2829 How I can buy Skype out card In Uk, Reading How I can buy Skype out card In Uk, Reading

]]> by: Teller http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-777 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:11:14 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-777 Ok, this makes more sense of course. Could still be cheaper as people will keep calling me on my mobile so I need to forward that to my SkypeIn number and then forward Skype to my temporary UK mobile number. Cheaper still than the roaming costs, that's true. Ok, this makes more sense of course. Could still be cheaper as people will keep calling me on my mobile so I need to forward that to my SkypeIn number and then forward Skype to my temporary UK mobile number. Cheaper still than the roaming costs, that’s true.

]]> by: Vincent Oberle http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-776 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 12:02:51 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-776 When in UK you don't use your Estonian SIM card, but you buy a cheap UK prepaid card that you put in your mobile. Then you set you Skype account to forward calls to this UK number. When someone calls you on your SkypeIn number, you only pay SkypeOut to mobile in UK for the forwarding to your temporary UK number. SkypeOut to mobile is cheaper than the roaming cost that you would have if people called you on your Estonian mobile number while in UK. For people calling you on your Estonian SkypeIn number, they don't see the difference between calling an Estonian SkypeIn and an Estonian mobile number. When in UK you don’t use your Estonian SIM card, but you buy a cheap UK prepaid card that you put in your mobile. Then you set you Skype account to forward calls to this UK number.

When someone calls you on your SkypeIn number, you only pay SkypeOut to mobile in UK for the forwarding to your temporary UK number. SkypeOut to mobile is cheaper than the roaming cost that you would have if people called you on your Estonian mobile number while in UK.

For people calling you on your Estonian SkypeIn number, they don’t see the difference between calling an Estonian SkypeIn and an Estonian mobile number.

]]> by: Teller http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-775 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:38:25 +0000 http://www.oberle.org/blog/2005/09/01/with-call-forwarding-avoid-roaming-charges/#comment-775 Hmmm... Let's see - I go to UK. People call me at my Estonian SkypeIn number with local rate - good. Call get's forwarded to my Estonian mobile that I have with me in UK - good. Call costs = SkypeOut to Estonian mobile (expensive) + roaming cost for taking the call in the UK (very expensive). Am I missing something? Hmmm… Let’s see - I go to UK. People call me at my Estonian SkypeIn number with local rate - good. Call get’s forwarded to my Estonian mobile that I have with me in UK - good. Call costs = SkypeOut to Estonian mobile (expensive) + roaming cost for taking the call in the UK (very expensive). Am I missing something?

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