SkypeOut cheaper than text-in

SKYPE -- My first 30 days using SkypeOut services prove it is less expensive for me to use my Skype VoIP phone to call friends on their mobiles in Ireland or Arizona than it is for me to send SMS text messages to them.

It costs me 10 cents and 15 cents to send text via SMS to mobile phones in Ireland and Arizona respectively. Skype charges me two cents and one cent per minute respectively to call mobile phones in Ireland and Arizona. I do not need a calculator to realise that I suddenly have enough money to buy a used iPod with the money I save through now and June 2005 if I continue using Skype-out as my primary method of contacting friends with mobile phones.

If this is not a fluke, then many will benefit when Skype is approved as a regularised VoIP operator in the Irish market. In meantime, nothing precludes the smart money from using Skype-out now.

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Skype-out used over EsatBT Home connections between Vodafone, O2 and Verizon mobile phone networks. Skype handset is not required to garner the savings even though Ruth (in picture) finds it more convenient to use than a geeky headset.
Skype -- "SkypeOut rates to several destinations lowered"
Boards.ie -- "PSTN calls on Skype"
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Comments

[Damien McCoy]

your quoted mobile rates aren't spot on me things - skype out is 1.7c to irish landlines, but 19c to irish mobiles - due largely to the mobile termination rate charged by the mobile operators to accept calls terminated on their networks. 19c to mobile ain't to bad vs. peak rate though..

[Bernie Goldbach]

I can only go by what I've been charged and I certainly paid less than 2 cents per minute when calling SkypeOut to an Irish mobile. Granted, this varies from the rate table Skype publishes. I expect this good deals will come to an end but for the moment, it's shaving at least EUR 100 from my monthly bill.

[Damien McCoy]

Cool - maybe they're not picking up the mobile prefixes correctly yet. enjoy while you can.

Skype mobile version for the pda is interesting - voice works over wlan, gprs supports IM only. wonder how a skype mobile IM message on gprs compares to sms cost.

[d_m_17]

i want skypeout calls for free

[audrey boyle]

I live i Eire and telephone landlines in Scotland and England a lot can you give me more details about your service