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Re: [Skype] Anyone here use the Skype handset phones? I recently bought the Belkin WiFi phone for Skype and am very pleased with it so far using my home WiFi network. I'll be traveling this week and will be able to test it at wireless hot spots. Call quality has been excellent and I have Skype Pro so I get unlimited US/Canada calls for $3 per month. The handset was pricey though ($139 on sale). |
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| Thanks for the feedback everyone.
And I thought that Skype was like 2 cent/min to non-Skype phones.
What does the $3/month cover? |
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| Unlimited USA 3 months is like $6. It's a great deal.
Some folks here are clueless about Skype and keep repeating years-old myths and mantras which simply aren't true. You don't need to pay connection fees or per-minute and you can call any phone you want, not just another Skype user or a PC. The Skype handsets are fine; I use a Linksys CIT400 still and it works great. |
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| said by pabster:Some folks here are clueless about Skype and keep repeating years-old myths and mantras which simply aren't true. You don't need to pay connection fees or per-minute and you can call any phone you want, not just another Skype user or a PC. The Skype handsets are fine; I use a Linksys CIT400 still and it works great. I think the only thing people slight Skype for on these forums is the use of proprietary technology rather than SIP. It is nice to buy a SIP-capable adapter and be able to switch providers on it. With your (fairly expensive) Skype hardware you can only use Skype. That's all. Had to put in my two cents, sorry. 
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said by pabster:Unlimited USA 3 months is like $6. It's a great deal. Some folks here are clueless about Skype and keep repeating years-old myths and mantras which simply aren't true. You don't need to pay connection fees or per-minute and you can call any phone you want, not just another Skype user or a PC. The Skype handsets are fine; I use a Linksys CIT400 still and it works great. Myths and mantras?
What were you referring to?
Looks like they do have a per minute or monthly charges:
»www.skype.com/allfeatures/subscr···ptionTab
»www.skype.com/allfeatures/callphones/ |
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Oh, I agree. Proprietary sucks and it's my only fault with Skype. But I still use it quite a bit! |
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Update: If you're using the handset for a second line at home, you're fine and the international rates through Skype are compelling enough to give it a try...however...
The handset just didn't work overseas. I signed up for a trial with Boingo Mobile to try and get a connection through their hot spots with the phone and never got it to work, even once. I've tried it in the Detroit airport too and maybe I'm not giving it enough time to associate with the Boingo network, but no go. Fortunately I did have my MagicJack, which allowed me to make cheap calls to the US from abroad. I'm a bit disappointed with the whole Skype handset thing. |
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| I don't mind the fact that I can't call sip phones since I never do anyway; the only outbound calls I make are to pstn phones.
The skype rates to call pstn phones are amazingly low.
If it were not for the fact that I have to buy a special phone (and use windows with it), I would be tempted to get skype. |
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