Standalone Skype
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From: Alasdair on 23 Jan 2010 19:32 Is it possible to buy a good quality standalone Skype handset which will work off Wi-Fi without the need for a mobile network. The problem I have is that Skype on a "3" mobile will not allow Skype-Out. -- Alasdair.
From: Steve Terry on 23 Jan 2010 19:52 "Alasdair" <mail(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote in message news:l45nl599qfv083j5eded656jsqhtdgul1p(a)4ax.com... > Is it possible to buy a good quality standalone Skype handset which > will work off Wi-Fi without the need for a mobile network. The > problem I have is that Skype on a "3" mobile will not allow Skype-Out. > Alasdair. > > Skype compatible phones are listed at: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/mobile/ Or you could set up a skype to sip gateway on a 3 phone which would get around the skype out problem, and get you cheap calls check out Graham's site http://www.skypegateway.webs.com/ list of sips and call costs http://backsla.sh/betamax Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: CJB on 23 Jan 2010 20:26 On Jan 24, 12:52 am, "Steve Terry" <gfour...(a)tesco.net> wrote: > "Alasdair" <m...(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote in message > > news:l45nl599qfv083j5eded656jsqhtdgul1p(a)4ax.com...> Is it possible to buy a good quality standalone Skype handset which > > will work off Wi-Fi without the need for a mobile network. The > > problem I have is that Skype on a "3" mobile will not allow Skype-Out. > > Alasdair. > > Skype compatible phones are listed at:http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/mobile/ > > Or you could set up a skype to sip gateway on a 3 phone > which would get around the skype out problem, and get you cheap calls > > check out Graham's sitehttp://www.skypegateway.webs.com/ > > list of sips and call costshttp://backsla.sh/betamax > > Steve Terry > -- > Get a free Three 3pay Sim with £2 bonus after £10 top uphttp://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276 On the S2 Skype Out works for international calls - but you need Skype credit. Skype Out calls to landlines are next to nothing. Calls to mobiles are expensive and the quality not worth paying for. CJB
From: Steve Terry on 24 Jan 2010 14:57 "CJB" <chrisjbrady(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:96b230a8-19e3-428b-8db7-ff0a617fae96(a)o28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com... On Jan 24, 12:52 am, "Steve Terry" <gfour...(a)tesco.net> wrote: > "Alasdair" <m...(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote in message > > news:l45nl599qfv083j5eded656jsqhtdgul1p(a)4ax.com...> Is it possible to buy > a good quality standalone Skype handset which >> > will work off Wi-Fi without the need for a mobile network. The >> > problem I have is that Skype on a "3" mobile will not allow Skype-Out. >> > Alasdair. >> >> Skype compatible phones are listed >> at:http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/mobile/ >> >> Or you could set up a skype to sip gateway on a 3 phone >> which would get around the skype out problem, and get you cheap calls >> >> check out Graham's site >> http://www.skypegateway.webs.com/ >> >> list of sips and call costs >> http://backsla.sh/betamax >> >> Steve Terry > >On the S2 Skype Out works for international calls - but you need Skype >credit. Skype Out calls to landlines are next to nothing. Calls to >mobiles are expensive and the quality not worth paying for. >CJB > > Did you actually read http://www.skypegateway.webs.com/ Steve Terry -- Get a free Three 3pay Sim with �2 bonus after �10 top up http://freeagent.three.co.uk/stand/view/id/5276
From: Dennis Ferguson on 24 Jan 2010 23:57
On 2010-01-24, Steve Terry <gfourwwk(a)tesco.net> wrote: > > "Alasdair" <mail(a)bobaxter.coo.uk> wrote in message > news:l45nl599qfv083j5eded656jsqhtdgul1p(a)4ax.com... >> Is it possible to buy a good quality standalone Skype handset which >> will work off Wi-Fi without the need for a mobile network. The >> problem I have is that Skype on a "3" mobile will not allow Skype-Out. >> Alasdair. >> >> > Skype compatible phones are listed at: > http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/mobile/ > > Or you could set up a skype to sip gateway on a 3 phone > which would get around the skype out problem, and get you cheap calls > > check out Graham's site > http://www.skypegateway.webs.com/ Rebtel, here http://www.rebtel.com is also a possibility. They provide the Skype-to-SIP gateway for you, though I'm not sure it will actually work on a 3 phone. You need to "dial" from the browser, which is supposed to start up a Skype call to the Skype name they've picked for the call, so it may depend on the browser->Skype app interaction working. Rebtel's call rates are also generally better than Skype Out. On the topic of Skype being a "proprietary" protocol, I think that is actually its best feature for travel. I've stayed in lots of hotels (not to mention whole countries, e.g. Myanmar, and Costa Rica at one point) which block SIP but which seem to be unable to do the same for Skype. If you can avoid the gotcha rates on the Skype Out price list it is otherwise pretty good. Dennis Ferguson |