

For instance, calling friends in Australia now costs the same as calling from across the street plus the SkypeOut ( ) rate for Australia, which for landlines is as little as 1.7 Euro cents per minute. Having a Skype To Go number ensures international calls from a mobile are cheap. Customers can also store their Skype To Go number on their mobile phone and talk no matter where they happen to be. With the Skype To Go ( ) number, users can call their friend from any phone, anytime they want. Users can then simply enter their international number and Skype To Go will give users a local number to use instead. The activation of the Skype To Go number, requires users to choose the friend or family member they want to call who lives abroad. The new service requires a simple Skype ( ) download and sign up procedure to join Skype Pro ( ) and means that Skype Pro customer's will receive a Skype To Go number at no additional cost. As part of the global roll-out of Skype Pro, users can talk to their best friend abroad from their mobile phone for as long as they want without it costing an arm and a leg. I note MS have not answered any of the feedback here so I guess all issues will remain unaddressed.Skype have launched a new way to call anyone in the world with the new Skype To Go service. One was when they were giving me instructions in online banking and we were cut off mid-transaction! It would be helpful to have readily accessible Skype technical support online to report these losses of connection issue in order to discover where they lie.

I could hear them but they were unable to hear me. Each time I got through and repeatedly went through all of their security checks we were cut on several times mid conversation. My bank uses Skype and I spent hours trying to get through to them on several occasions due presumably to their lack of availability of staff. I eventually found one only to discover I had signed up to some MS community for which I received a confirmatory email and with no option to cancel. It was good in the past and an invaluable service but there must be technical issues and there is no sign of any technical support service or anywhere to report malfunctions.
