Thanks a lot guys!

wow! I can't believe it.

This is great news!
Thanks a lot!

um if I have skype forwardin to my US cellphone, this technically useds skypeout.. does that mean it would be free forwarding?

"As far as we know, this is the first time in history when unlimited calls to a standard telephone network are free without any form of payment or subscription. That’s kind of cool."

Actually, there was Dialpad in the late 90s. The technology wasn't as great, but the idea was there. Still, this rocks!

Nice, this is great. Thank YOU!

You guys continue to amaze me. Skype is definitely one of my favorite applications to use from day to day, and this makes the experience even better! Thanks!

Thanks guys! This is great! What do we do with our current Skype out credits? I had a decent size collection. Is there anyway you could make them not expire? I dont call outside the US and Canada.

sweeeet! thanks Skype for making an already impressive service even better!

Huh? my credits are still going down?

Nice, but, a) what will happen to to the credits of those of us with paid accounts and b) what will happen to the quality of service for those of us who have paid? I've been a paying customer for well over a year and have about $20 in my account right now... can I expect my call quality to remain the same?

This is awesome! When can we expect to see SkypeIN for Canada?

hooray!

Just did a call to Canada using the skype service, really high quality, and the call didnt get distorted, I heard my friend perfectly fine.

Can someone tell me how to get this working? when ever I try to dial i get, "You need Skype Credit to call to ordinary phones", I have never purchased Skype credit before, but on the website it says:

"Note that if you haven't bought any Skype Credit, your Skype client may still tell you something about needing to buy some before you can use SkypeOut. Just disregard that and place your call. It will work fine "

how am I to disregard that? thanks for the help.

Yay! Thank you.

YOU ROCK ....
diego

It doesn't let me call saying You need Skype Credit to call to ordinary phones".

What can I do?

I tryied so many times...

Do you think it will be possible to have something like that in Germany, too? Because that would be really great for me

Wow, thats totally cool. Now I wish i could get a refund on some of my skype credit. I don't make calls outside of the US, but it's not a big deal.

Samething here with "You need Skype Credit to call to ordinary phones" even if my profile have Canada in ?
Not working at all

WoW! I can't believe it!

Still says I need credit. I tried as Us to US call.

Just NOT WORKING, FALSE ADVERTIDEMENT ...

Not working for me either. Says I need credit...

not working!

this is just great, i was thinking to get VOIP service but now I'll reconsider that again
And all THANKS TO YOU GUYS !!!!!

Great quality and service and PRICE = FREE.
I knew only one company who did the same - Dialpad but it merged with another one and not free anymore.
So thank you for keeping SKYPE free and hope you'll continue to provide great service and unbeatable price !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi,

It's possible that a small percentage of people cannot get this promotion currently. Skype looks at your internet traffic (IP address) to determine if you are in the US/Canada or not when allowing the calls. If we cannot detect this or your IP is outside of the US you will not be able to call for free. We are looking into seeing if there are some specific ISPs that don't provide geographic IPs or mask your IP address which could cause problems.

AndresS

This is great, but (and there's always a but...), why aren't calls originated from outside the US to a US phone number free?

Thank you so much!

U.S. and Canada get all the fun

If you can't use this service try upgrading to the newest skype. (maybe even 2.5 beta)

Also remember that it did say you MUST BE IN THE USA physically, (or of course through a proxy or something like that also works)

But check to see if you're not in the USA, not only if you're calling a phone number in the USA

T-MobileWeb T-Zones on your Laptop

Doesn't work from my comcast.net IP (71.198.x.x). Fill in the last two with .2.2 or something and you'll get something near my IP. It resolves fine on www.networldmap.com. Also, I am behind a NAT, so the local address is 192.168.something. Hope you can determine a real IP and don't key off the local one somehow.

Free skype calling sounds very cool! I hope you guys can get it to resolve more IPs correctly!

My provider is comcast, US CA but NOT WORKING

Why is this for within US? i mean if the call is terminating in the US, its costing the same to terminate irrespective of the source. Even if its from the moon or mars!?!

I tried upgrading to 2.5 Beta and I still can't get a free call out.

my provider is covad, ip ranges 74.0.8.x and 74.0.13.x . downloaded skype 2.5 beta and still no luck.

Amazing. Keep up the amazing work.

SkypeOut doesn't work for me .. but
http://www.ip2location.com/ geolocates my IP fine. Please get this awesome service working for all of us.

Thank you guys! This is really good backup for some places where cell phone reception is poor!

No luck for me either - Verizon DSL in Maryland - 71.252.x.x. It'd be great if they get it up and working though!

Qwest here also not working.

Not working for me either. 71.33.x.x. OS X, newest version, complains "Failed. No SkypeOut"

Not working for Comcast: 71.236.x.x either. 2.5 beta

Not working for me either. Rogers network Ottawa: 72.138.229.x calling Calgary +1 403 ... ....
I'm using the latest stable version for Linux - 1.2.0.18_API.

Not working for me, either, TWC in NC, using the latest stable Mac release.

71.215.*.* (Qwest) ... Seems like everbody that has posted so far has an IP beginning with a 7...

Not working for me. Using an existing account that has worked fine for pc to pc for months. Using the latest version and using the +1 as directed but still get the "need credits" error message and it refuses to place the call. Might be nice if it worked for everyone here in the US.

Hi,

This IP & ISP information is very useful, we will start using it to track down any missing data we have and hopefully can get everyone who is eligible properly connected.

AndresS

Too bad that it's just for American users. I would have loved it the whole world, or Sweden at least.

My ISP is Verizon FIOS in Dallas, Texas. IP is 71.252.x.x . Not working here.

Road Runner ISP in Rochester, NY. IP is 72.230.xx.xx
And its NOT working here.

Interesting find binhminhtdo. Maybe someone typed in 7*.*.*.* instead of 7.*.*.* by accident and it's blocking everyone with a 7 at the beginning of their IP?

"You need skype credit to call ordinary phones"

Verizon DSL in Northeast Oregon. Can't even call my home phone number.

Sorry Skype... Looks like you're going to get uninstalled again.

(Third time now)

Burlington Telecom in Burlington, Vt.. IP's 204.13.xx.xx Doesn't work, but Sovernet in Burlington does work (work machine)

This may help some of the other commenters ...

In the U.S. I had the same problem others mention - seemed like I needed to activate SkypeOut with a credit. My "Services" panel shows SkypeOut not activated, and when I go to activate, the website reinforces that I should not need a credit for U.S. landline calls.

Then I tried the Mac OS Widget and it worked.

Going back to the Skype application, I realized the number I had tested using the widget showed up in the application's call list ... but with a "+" symbol before the 1/areacode/number string. Adding that does the trick for me ... apparently the widget is smart enough to assume the "+" symbol, but the application isn't. Try adding it explicitly.

verizon fios in northern va blocked too, 72.**.**.***

great news to someones... what happend with EUROPE, like always happend...we have to paid for something that others use for free. great job, ... hope to hear this big news for EUROPE TOO.

Not working on Sprint PCS network using PocketPC mobile version

spcsdns.net
70.9.181.xxx

Videotron, one of the biggest ISP in here, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at 70.81.84.*

Verizon FiOS, IP address 71.245.*.*, geolocated to Massachussets in USA. Still getting the 'no credits' error with no way to 'disregard' it.

No go here either, Charter DFW Texas area...71.86.x.x is the IP.

What a scam. All I get is "Failed: No SkypeOut". How many people do they think are going to just pay the $10 now that they are this far along...

CableOne in Texas with 72.24.x.x...The drawer shows "Failed: No SkypeOut"...tried several numbers with "+1" before the numbers.

Still, this is an amazing thing you're doing....hope the problems get worked out.

Verizon DSL, MD, 71.255.224.12x

omg

Didn't work. Bellsouth DSL, FL, 74.225.64.1xx

I'm also at Videotron, Quebec, Canada and my IP starts with 74.x.x.x and it doesn't work. My friend which can call me is also with Videotron at 24.x.x.x and it works. I did the geo locator lookup and everything looks good there.

Thanks so much. It works great here with Neo.rr.com as the ISP and on an account that has never used SkypeOut before, using the newest OS X Skype client running on 10.4.6.

This has to be the greatest feature, next to video on the OS X version of Skype, anyone could have expected.

I hope you (Skype) learn a lot from this trial period of free calling, that you are able to keep Skype advertisement-free, and that this all can continue well into 2007.

Thanks again for the great work!

Rogers Cable, New Brunswick, Canada - IP: 208.97.81.242

Has anybody actually got this to work?!?!? Doesn't work for me either (no SkypeOut).

You need Skype Credit....

IP Address is 69.61.*.*
Located in (US) UNITED STATES

Connecting to the Internet through
FUSE INTERNET ACCESS

71.224.*.* in Philly with Comcast. IP Geolocates fine otherwise.

I can't call, but this awesome. Please fix this you guys i really want such a service O

216.197.*.*

Im in the regina sask. Pioneer of consumer fiber optic networks... and it doest work lol.

Will it work if I am outside US but I have US SkypeIn number?

Didn't work. Comcast Cable, WA, 71.227.xxx.xxx

"no skypeout" is the error message I get with OS X (10.4.6) and skype version 1.4.0.49

The Echo test works though...

Not working. I am in Florida and my IP shows up as Georgia, but does not start with 7

Works great for me. Keep up the good work.

Idaho~
Not working on CableOne:
IP address is 72.24.116.**

Also tested on Qwest:
IP address is 209.161.26.***

I'll test on ClearWire next.

"Need Skype credits" error.

Not working for me either. SBC DSL, IP 71.158.158.X

Opps. It IS working on Qwest.
Idaho~

Rogers High Speed (New-Brunswick Canada)
Doesnt work either 70.27.*.*
Need to Buy Skype Credits...

All that joy for nothing! Cant wait for the FIX !!

Remi

Sympatico HSE, Montreal. Working beautifully. Thanks Skype, for saving me and my girlfriend from ridiculous phone bills

To those who don't have it working: It appears that either some IPs were accidentally blocked or some were simply not added. I can confirm that it does work for me on 24.136.x.x but it seems that folks within the 70.0.0.0-79.255.255.255 range are having problems.

But the service IS free and DOES work; they just need to fix the problem with some of these IPs

My ISP IP address falls in the 71.XX.XX.XX range, and it's not working for me either.

Didn't work for me, either. Bellsouth DSL, 72.146.xxx.xxx as verified by http://www.ip2location.com

Why just calls from the U.S.? My guess: Skype wants more users in the U.S. before AOL launches AIM Phoneline. U.S. long distance is already cheap, so it takes more to entice new U.S. users to try Skype. Skype, like eBay and PayPal, needs to be #1 to obtain the natural network effects in its business.

Holy cow, you just eliminated long distance.

ISP is Armstrong Cable (NW Pennsylvania) 72.23.41.xxx ... not working for me either ... after reading all the comments I'm not gonna bother buying any credits.

24.72.*.* regina Saskatchewan working fine

how about free calls to the caribbean too.

worked for me at skewl which is a 2.*.*.* but here i have a 7... soooo
FIXXXX IT =]]

verizon in florida no go, Damn. I just paid the 38 buck for the skype in too.

No luck here: 72.19.*.* (umass.edu)

Not working here...Verizon FIOS upstate NY 71.241.144.X

Strange. My IP geolocated to Connecticut. Wierd

Failed: No Skypeout (itunes fades back in)

Doesn't work here either, 71.246.*.* Yet again, begins with a 7.

fix the whole beginning with 7 IP address thing. thanks.

Not working here. I'm in Western Massachusetts.

Comcast High-speed (cable) connection
71.192.x.x

Not Working here either.
VERIZON INTERNET SERVICES INC
PA,USA
IP 71.161.251.*

Yes, same problem:

IP Address is 72.57.x.x

(CA) CANADA,
ONTARIO,
TORONTO (Ottawa actually)

Connecting to the Internet through
ROGERS CABLE INC. FLFRD

No luck over here!

IP: 71.103.x.x
Location: Redlands, CA, USA
ISP: Verizon

Works great for me, and I've never bought any credits whatsoever. Works with my PC and my PDA. For those who are saying this is a scam, or who are getting frustrated, please just be patient as they fix it. Sheesh, it's just the first day!!!

I kept getting the invalid number error as well, until I checked for updates.

As soon as I updated it worked just fine using Bellsouth DSL.

It rings once then hangs up (landline) or does nothing at all (cell phone).

Location: West Des Moines, IA.
ISP: Mediacom
IP: 12.216.*.*

"As far as we know, this is the first time in history when unlimited calls to a standard telephone network are free without any form of payment or subscription. That’s kind of cool"

sorry to burst that bubble but AdCalls has been around for years (google it) which allows for free calls from pc to landline.

Skype offering free skypeout is awesome though. its a better interface, no ads, and its secure.

verizon in florida no go, Damn. I just paid the 38 buck for the skype in too.

Thank you!

When is the new Linux version coming out? The old OSS stuff isn't doing the trick anymore!

Thanks for great service. Software just needs an update.

Doesn't work for me either.

My IP is 71.XX.XX.XX

so skype felt free to violate their privacy agreement and spam every living soul in their user database with an email about this new service. THANKS SKYPE!! may i have another?

Does not work for Time Warner Road Runner Internet... 71.69.95.XX

Please fix.

Ip address in Rochester NY. 69.XX.XX.... NOT working here either.

This service is not working for me in Altamonte Springs, FL. The ad says, install and dial and that's it! If it's not true, don't say it!

Not working for me
ISP: Time Warner RR cable:
IP: 72.128.*.*

Thanks guys, YOU ROCK!!!

It's not working here either (Error: "No SkypeOut").

Verizon ISP in North Hills, CA...

IP: 71.116*******

This is awesome...Works for me using Cox Cable in Northern Virginia. Ensure that you are dailing with a + sign before the Number:

+7031234567

Well I don't know if they're rolling it out but it does not work with 70.52.*.* It's Bell Sympatico ISP based in Canada. I've got an other ISP because I'm in the course of switching and SkypeOut works free with it's IP. My other ISP that works 66.130.*.* Vidéotron.

it is working for the 69.54.*.* network
has any one trayed using a proxy to a "working" network
but this is cool.
and with AIM offering free imcoming calls tomaro
may,16 2006 free phone for all

Works fine for mine 70.25.XXX.XX Rogers cable Toronto ON CA

Doeasnt work for me either, I am at a coffee shop. IP comes out to Plano texas, but I am definetely not in texas.

Not working here...Time Warner Road Runner in Los Angeles, CA 72.134.*****

I know some IPs don't work "yet". But still this thing is great!!

In Canada local calls ARE free. If I call my friends, I only pay if they live outside my area code. That is why Skype is offering this in Canada/US but NOT in Europe. In Canada they can offer SkypeOUT terminations in each city, so when the call leaves VoIP onto land line, it is free already, before they used to charge 2 cents/min. I guess now they only have to cover the cost of equipment and not minutes. That is the difference of Canada vs Europe, and why they can offer free calls here.

If ONLY it would work. Must be some kind of JOKE?

Not working with Comcast (71.196.xx.xx) from Florida.

No good here.

Rogers Internet, Canada, (behind a router, but as the default connection), IP 70.27.186.**

Out of Verizon Fios, Plano TX, with an IP of 71.240.xxx.xxx, no workie.

72.197.xxx.xx Cox Cable, Also not working. Geolocates me to Atlanta,GA.

Shame i was realy looking forward to giving skype a try.

71.156.*.* Not working in South Hollywood, USA

Sigh.. Doesn't work

71.65.253.X

Time Warner Road Runner of NC
www.nc.rr.com

Okay so here is another post of a 70.x.x.x not working.. In Canada here on Rogers Cable.

this is f***in bullsh*t

could it be cuz of a router possibly????

im in toronto, rogers cable

70.30.105.**

This is ridiculous.. You'd think they'd fix this real quick, since it is getting so much bad press. So many people will download this, see it doesn't work, and never look back. Hello? 10 hours and no fix on the IP address? Fix your darn access tables! I could set up a freaking php website and sql databases in the time it's taken you all

Doesn't work - 71.106.xxx.xxx Verizon DSL in Los Angeles

WoW!!! Nice, this is great. Thank YOU!
Andony
San Diego CA.

free calls not working for me either, but other online geolocators can tell I am from Canada, most of them even list my city.70.31.248.*** Rogers High Speed.

No dice for 71.203.x.x; Comcast in Knoxville, Tennessee

Just out of curiosity: why do so many big ISP have IPs that start with 70, 71, and 72?

Not working for 69.xxx.xx.xxx Adelphia in Mooresville, NC

Not working for 70.73.xx.xx Shaw Cable in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

I can't get it to work in Dover, DE as well using Comcast. Very irritating!

Also, REMEMBER, the free call is ONLY til the
end of the current year.

75.3.*.* not working. SBC/Yahoo Chicagoland area. This is a different IP block then I've had recently and this one does not return geo info on most services it appears

Not working here either ; using RR through wireless network ; HELP! Here's the info

Live Demo Using IP2Location™ - May 2006

Your IP Address is 72.224.X.X

You're located in
(US) UNITED STATES, NEW YORK, xxxxx

You're connecting to the Internet through
ROAD RUNNER HOLDCO LLC

this still doesnt work, same error that everyone and their mother is getting.

Is this a scam to get people to pay $10 for SkypeOut credit?

Not working for my home either...
Rogers Cable in Toronto, Canada
72.56.x.x

Works from my office, though!

i have a 69.x.x.x from roadrunner in the US and its not working here either (using linksys router)

*note: i can call 1-800 numbers for free without a problem

can you say "scam"? doesn't work for me. also i was going to buy credit and my friend had paid ten dollars for six hundred minutes, i go to buy credit and it states 120 minutes and three months of voice mail. rip off time. very disappointed in skype they would use these tactics. i was planning on becoming a customer. not now. even if they claim it doesn't work with some isps WHY THE HELL RELEASE IT THEN? DUH. GREAT MARKETING DECISION ON SOMEONES PART.

works for me 71.9.x.x.x

No dice in Orange County, CA.

Cox Cable, 72.194.x.x

This would be cool... I'd replace the other softphone I use with Skype, if it worked.

Not working for me.
70.81.x.x
Videotron in Montreal (Canada)

Rogers Canada, downtown Toronto, IP 70.30.X.X.
Worked fine.
The window still tells me it costs $0.024, but credit didn't seem to go down. Skype 2.5 beta

71.109.xxx.xxx Verizon California not working

Ok, so I confirmed that I'm connecting using Cox Cable through Atlanta, GA (though I'm physically located in OC, California), so that shouldn't be an issue.

Question I have is, on all the announcement segments, it says "In order to use this free product, you need to agree to the SkypeOut Terms of Service."

So, I go to the ToS page, and it references an ACCEPT button like 5 times, but I don't see the button anywhere. Anyone know where/how to accept the SkypeOut Terms of Service? Without buying credit, of course...

Thanks!

IP: 71.205.x.x
ISP: Comcast
Status: Not working, requires Skype Out credit.
OS: Windows XP
Skype Ver: 2.0.0.105
Country: US

Making it a form seems much cleaner to me.

Verizon fios 71.251.x.x

No go launch my vpn client & connect to work.

Ooh yeah it works. ...well sort of our vpn sucks!

This is great please continue to do this sykpe rocks !
Thanks guys !

Your IP Address is 70.30.X.X

You're located in
(CA) CANADA,
ONTARIO,
MISSISSAUGA

You're connecting to the Internet through
ROGERS CABLE INC. WLFDLE

NO LUCK

works fine on 70.* ip. just gotta follow instructions. dial +1areacodethentellnumber
any deviation from that will result in being asked for credit

IP: 71.XXX.XXX.XXX
City: Santa Cruz
State: CA
Country: USA
OS: Mac OS X 10.4.6

Not working.

If one more moron says "don't forget the +1" I'm going to vomit!

Live Demo Using IP2Location™ - May 2006

Your IP Address is 72.240.*.*

You're located in
(US) UNITED STATES,
OHIO,
PERRYSBURG

You're connecting to the Internet through
BUCKEYE CABLEVISION INC

It doesn't work on my home IP which is 70.X.X.X but it works fine when I use a vpn to connect to my school's network which is 128.X.X.X

IP: 71.241.23X.XXX not working
My hostname is pool-71-241-2XX-X.washdc.fios.verizon.net

Error:
Failes: No SkypeOut

Not working at:
IP: 71.71.xxx.xxx
IP2Location says I'm in Herndon, VA, but I'm actually in Winston-Salem, NC, connecting through Road Runner Triad (Time Warner Cable). Both are in the US.

24.53.x.x

Make sure you add the +
ie +1xxx5551212

I just called my own cell phone.

SPRINT DSL NETWORK Not working 71.50.XXX.XXX bummer, i was eager to give this a go, was gonna see how the quality was and if this worked out, might wanna ditch the landline all together.