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Does it use plan minutes? (Doesn't it on VZW?)

bluecoyote

May 29, 2010, 11:16 PM
If I'm correct, the crooks at VZW made Skype use plan minutes. If I'm correct, the iPhone version does not.
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muchdrama

May 30, 2010, 12:20 AM
bluecoyote said:
If I'm correct, the crooks at VZW made Skype use plan minutes. If I'm correct, the iPhone version does not.


lol
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ur.gatorbait

May 30, 2010, 1:40 AM
You guys got it wrong about VZW using plan minutes when using Skype. I use it on my Droid & it does not use my minutes. Any skype or VZW mobile customer minutes are free to talk to each other. For AT&T its free now but will be charging within the year to use Skype with Iphones.
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muchdrama

May 30, 2010, 1:43 AM
ur.gatorbait said:
You guys got it wrong about VZW using plan minutes when using Skype. I use it on my Droid & it does not use my minutes. Any skype or VZW mobile customer minutes are free to talk to each other. For AT&T its free now but will be charging within the year to use Skype with Iphones.


Oh, I wasn't saying it uses your VZW minutes. I was just laughing at bluepeyote.
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Jayshmay

May 30, 2010, 9:20 AM
Aren't Skype calls routed over the phones data connection?
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muchdrama

May 30, 2010, 6:28 PM
Jayshmay said:
Aren't Skype calls routed over the phones data connection?


I wouldn't know. I've never used a Skype app in my life.
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Menno

May 30, 2010, 5:00 PM
How it works is that when you place a call (to another skype number) it will route your call as a normal cellular call (bypassing data latency) and it treats it like a verizon to verizon call (free)

If you are calling internationally, you can set the app to auto route those calls through skype and you pay their international long distance rates, which are much cheaper.

The downside is that the app won't work on wifi because of this (though I expect the consumer app will, and Fring already does) and you can't use skype to call any US number, barring other skype lines.
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misschris

May 31, 2010, 9:46 AM
So on a phone, it's not actually voip??
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Menno

May 31, 2010, 8:52 PM
Not with the verizon skype app, no.
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misschris

Jun 1, 2010, 5:00 PM
Weird.
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trinbago

May 31, 2010, 9:47 AM
Correct. Skype to Skype is free anywhere in the world(which the crooks at AT&T will be charging for in August).
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