Mexico and Ireland get SkypeIn

By Villu Arak on September 6, 2007 in News, Events, Milestones.

It was about ten weeks ago when we last talked about new SkypeIn countries on this blog. Back then, we hit the sweet eighteen. SkypeIn countries, that is.

Now, we’ve added two more. Mexico and Ireland. The country that gave us Pancho Villa has a population of over 108 million. When the 6 million Irish are added, we have a crowd that packs a punch. And deserves SkypeIn numbers.

Which is exactly what they’ve got now. Enjoy!

For those who think SkypeIn is just an orthographically challenged way of saying things like “Gone Skypin’”, I have this little explainer: When you have a SkypeIn number, your friends who don’t have Skype can call a regular phone number. And you will receive the call on your computer or any other piece of gear that runs Skype.

As Borat would say, “Is nice!”

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I'm in Canada...can I get a skypein number? I didn't see Canada in the flag list for available skypein numbers
~kim~
ps-I'm new to skype and still trying to figure it all out

Yay, nice one, Irish numbers at last, thank you!

I appreciate the news of SkypeIn expansion services based on country populations. I believe that the last census showed Canada had a population of 35,000,000 people. Is there any available news on when Canada may receive SkypeIn service numbers?

Thank you,
travelbonus (in British Columbia, Canada)

And let's not forget the 16 million Dutch people.

Or India and China, 1 billion each .

No, seriously, add Austria!!

Great Irish number !!!! Thanks a million!

It would be really really helpful if Skype users could sign up to be notified automatically when Skype-in numbers in a particular country become available. Yes, I'd check the Netherlands box in a minute. Already have a US number, but a Dutch number would be great.

That's great to hear that Mexico has SKYPE-IN but is it all over Mexico? I signed up (new to SKYPE) for Skype-pro because it allowed calls to any land lines in Mexico only to make a call and get charged.
Later I realized that it applies only to Monterrey and Mexcio city locations. Is this the case perhaps with Skype-in?

Re Canada: this SkypeIn breaker issue is a CRTC regluation regarding 911 services. Until CRTC recognizes that "Skype is not a replacement phone service, etc." we have a problem. Call your local MP and complain.

I just bought my SkypeIn Number for Mexico, but I can't find it anywhere on the account page!
Help

I'm mexican and was getting exited about the news until I discovered that SkypeIn as well as SkypePro and the Global € 0.017 Rate are ONLY FOR THREE CITIES! (Mexico City, Monterrey and Guadalajara) What happens with us all in the remaining dozens of cities!! And I'm desperatly waiting for toll-free numbers in Mexico too!! Why is this so slow? Is it because of the local telephone companies that won't get the deal at a fair price?

Come on Guys... Vonage has had numbers for Canada for ages... you can't tell me vonage is a better voip service than skype. If they can find a way into Canada... so can you guys. For all those plagued by not being apeased by skype for skypein numbers in your area I found http://www.didww.com/ to be really helpful. You'll be able to direct a number from your area to a skype phone and there rates are really reasonable. In fact in Cases it's cheaper than SkypeIn... So you may want to switch over anyway.

Go on ! good news !
http://www.c77c.net

Thanks, sonburn, that service looks great. $5 per month for a local Canadian number from a long list of cities. Nice!

http://www.didww.com/ works very well but the Skype Voicemail does not work wiht didww.com numbers.

Evening, I'm a newbie to what telephony is available to the Canadian public, Presently, I am looking at what systems are available and how they fill my particular needs.
Regarding Skype, the main problem, as I see it, is that SkypeIn is not available. There also appears to be problems with support, whether or not these problems actually exist or are a problem with the subscriber not understanding how a particular feature works I do not know because I have not subscribed to Skype yet, and therefore have not personally used support.
There does appear to be a way around the lack of SkypeIn in Canada with didww.co, but I read here that there are problems with Skype Voice mail using it.
So, what is a newbie to do? Has anyone used other non-conventional telephony providers_what were their experiences with them, etc?

IsraelNumber.com can provide a forwarding of numbers from Canda/Italy/Spain and many other locations to your Skype user. The cost is about 15$ setup, 15$/month for most locations. unlimited incoming call, fix cost, no long-term commitment, multiple numbers. At sign up, request to forward your calls to your Skype user.
www.israelnumber.com/skype.asp