Anyone using SKYPE?
 

I'm looking at their website..apparently you can have up to 10 SkypeIn numbers in different countries. This would make it easy for friends in other countries to get in touch with me.

Does anyone use their call forwarding service? I'm not sure if I understand this..if I am in NYC and a friend in London calls my UK Skype number, and i have forwarding turned on..will it ring my mobile? will this be cost efficient for both of us? Will it cost her the same to get me on the phone as it will to call someone actually IN London?

Thank you!

Her costs will be the same, you'll pay for the forwarding. It'll cost you the same as someone would have to pay to reach this (your) mobile via Skype.
I had a German landline number from them, forwarded it to my UK SIM (www.globalsim.de). The charge was only 1.7ct, since Skype did not realize it was a mobile phone. The card has free incoming all over Europe. The result: A geman landline number,..., my UK phone rings and I pay 1.7ct/min for incoming calls.

It would still cost me a fortune to receive international calls though, wouldn't it? The Skype rate may be cheap (and it is!) even for forwarding, but I would still have to pay that .99 cent a minute tMobile charges on international calls, right? Since it would still be like a UK number dialing my cellphone, wouldn't it?

Correct. You need a SIM card with free incoming (or at least low costs) internationally.

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Not sure about call forwarding, but it's cheaper than Skype

Actually (in reference to logos999 message above), call forwarding is charged at SkypeOut rates, which are 2.1 cents/min for calls in the US. So, you friend in the UK would pay to whatever it costs him to call your UK number, then you would pay 2.1 cents/min when the call is forwarded from Skype. At least that's that way I understand it. I actually had never thought of using Skype like this, but it might make sense.

Paul

> 2.1 cents/min
Yes, of course the 1.7ct are Eurocent. Not those "other" cents.