Page 1 of SKYPE.......calls to any UK mobile for 1 and 1/2p aminute at any time!

forgive me if this has been posted before,but have just downloaded this programme from here, which allows you to turn your computer into a phone and make free calls to anyone else who has this programme completley free of charge,which is good,but what I find amazing is you can also use it as a p.a.y.g account which allows you to ring any uk mobile for 1 and 1/2 p a minute at any time of day! as I work from home and ring mobiles a lot during the day I have worked out this will save me at least £300 a month! only thing you need is a headset or mike and away you go, I`ve been using it all day and have been impressed with the quality of audio which is crystal clear, all in all to me it`s an amazing bargain!



www.skype.com

It has excellent quality. PC to PC to Athens and Australia sounds near-perfect.
The programme has no spyware, but the firewall works overtime when the programme is running in the background. Also it automatically ticks "start with Windows" when you sign on. You have to manually untick it every time.

I used this for the first time recently and it was fantastic!

I spoke to a friend of mine in Malaysia and the audio quality was better than when we have chatted on the telephone.

To chat for 45 minutes free of charge was definitely my bargain of the month :)

it has a price for UK mobiles of €0.236 are you sure you were charged just 1.5p?

United Kingdom €0.017 (€0.020) X
United Kingdom (Mobile) €0.205 (€0.236) X
United Kingdom (Mobile - Orange) €0.205 (€0.236) X
United Kingdom (Personal Number) €1.300 (€1.495) X X
United Kingdom (Shared Cost) €0.195 (€0.224) X X

This item was edited on Thursday, 14th October 2004, 14:14

yes I think I was being a bit hasty there, think it actually works out at around 15p per minute to a uk mobile at any time which is still pretty good,and to a landline it works out at 1p for 85 minutes or so :)

This item was edited on Thursday, 14th October 2004, 14:41

Showman - the savings are not as good as you first thought.... try
www.18866.co.uk - penny for the call (unltd time) anytime in UK.
www.1899.co.uk - 10p a minute to mobiles (weekdays anytime) and 2p (weekends).

Spartacus

thanks for that,just checked and calls to mobile are 12p per minute and 2p per minute at weekends on www.1899.co.uk,plus with Skype I like the convenience of doing it through my computer, thus listening to my wifes dulcid tones in 5.1 surround sound is pure heaven.............!

This item was edited on Thursday, 14th October 2004, 15:47

Showman - where does it state 12p a minute - just looked at their website again and 10p is shown.

Spartacus

Spartacus that was 12 p a minute on www.18886.co.uk not the other one

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yes I think I was being a bit hasty there, think it actually works out at around 15p per minute to a uk mobile at any time which is still pretty good,and to a landline it works out at 1p for 85 minutes or so

Showman, surely if calling a UK landline is €0.017 (€0.020) per minute then for 85 minutes that would cost about £1.20, or am I missing something here?

Sam.



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