Heyy, I was just wondering, say I live in Coventry, near Birmingham and my friend in Australia gets a UK skypein number starting with 0207 which I persume is the London area code, will I be charged on my cell phone for dialing that 0207 number?

I'm using Vodafone by the way, so is it the same as calling a local landline which is included in the free minutes?

Good to see the number of area codes is increasing. I'd like to see 01293 added to the list. I can get one with other VOIP providers, but would rather stay with Skype.

I'd particularly like to see 01883 - Oxted. It would make sense to offer a full range like Gizmo Project, Vonage, Sipgate etc. You could do a deal with Magrathea - http://www.magrathea-telecom.co.uk/ - who seem to have the UK covered.Looking at their number ranges these are the people Gizmo & Sipgate use.

Bristol please!! (0117)

mishy825 you will be charged whatever you would normally be charged for calling an 020 number. It's just like calling a normal 020 landline in London.

Anyway it's great to see more area codes being made available although as others have said Skype ought to be able to offer the same areas as other providers do.

One thing people remember is that there is really no such thing as local and national rates as far as landline to landline calls go. If you place a call on BT from Edinburgh to London then it costs the same as calling another landline in Edinburgh.

I'd like to see Worcester (01905) and/or Malvern (01684) numbers made available and eventually just about any area code you can think of. More countries such as Italy would also be a step forward. How is it other VoIP providers can offer numbers in more countries?

01243 (Chichester) and 01534 (Jersey), please!

Just uninstalled Skype after waiting 27 hours for credit to appear - like all else it is useless lies and crap - FED-UP WITH THIS GOD-FORSAKEN PLANET

Oh cheer up terryjones34, I never have a problem with Skype. Credit has always appeared in seconds and to be honest your experience is not typical.

It's be okay if I didn't get a Number Error every time I dialled my SkypeIn. Now waiting over a week since reporting it...

Cambridge (01223) would be great!

Sheffield (0114) would be brilliant!!

I'd love you forever if you added Hull (01482).

It would be great if you could add (01430), i believe it comes under South Cave but actually covers a large area including Market Weighton, Howden and Cave in East Yorkshire. Thnanks.

You have a big gap in the East Midlands -Leicester, Nottingham. From November this year these cities will be connected with Brussels and Paris by high speed trains (HST) to St Pancras and the new Eurostar terminal. Already big companies like John Lewis are regenerating at prime sites in the city centre. Virgin Media is targetting every house. Will Skype stand by and wait?

Bristol or Gloucester would be good but even better for me would be 01594 (forest of dean).

BRISTOL

I know it has been said before but yes BRISTOL PLEASE 0117

trying to start a business and skypein is so much cheaper than a bt Landline as I only need a landline phone for incoming calls and answer machine

cheers

this maybe the wrong forum, but I am thinking about SkypeIN (espically when bristol code is here) and I know that volicemail comes free with it, however what I cannot find out is HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RETRIEVE the volice mails???

Is it just free like uploading and downloading files onto your own webspace or does it cost me per call? if they are from local numbers to the skpeIn number will I be charged at local rate? what if they call from a mobile phone? I cannot find anything about retriving voicemails. Please can somebody set me straight, many thanks,

Rob

Retrieving Skype voicemail is free, no matter where the message comes from. You can't say fairer than that

I would like to see the 0118 number as a SkypeIn option - it covers a wide area in Berkshire, specifically Reading which is a major town if you ask me

Another one for Bristol please. I notice there isnt anything in the south west! I also know it doesnt matter what number you have however I really would like a local one, it is far less confusing to tell people your number when it is local, otherwise they always ask questions!

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Caoudl you setup a tell me when teh following is on sale section that emails you when the code you want is out?

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Yes, count me in for Cambridge 01223

PEMBROKESHIRE PLEASE 01834 CODE thanks Estelle

The sooner Skype gets all area codes included the better, I would like Wellington 01823, Taunton, St Helens 01744, Bridgewater and many many more. Or give us a local rate number that is local, all over England.

Please, please, please add Sheffield (0114) - it is a core UK city (as is Bristol) - bristol and sheffield seem to be the only top england cities without a code here

Have you thought about adding reading (0118) it is within local call distance to most of the south / south east and since changing from 01734 it has loads of spare numbers (and you'd have at least 1 extra subscriber

Hi, I am now living in sweden and have the same issue, i would like halmstad to be added to the area codes available (035) thank you.

Sheffield (0114) please! It's the fourth largest city in England and yet is missing from the available area codes.

Please include Sheffield (0114).

Please include Worcester 01905 thanks

Another vote for Bristol (0117) area code!

Another vote for Cambridge -- as a university town with people from all over the world, I know a lot of us use Skype.

And another for Bristol 0117 please

Bristol 0117 again please!

Any chance we can get Nottingham (0115) on the list soon please.

01603 Norwich please....none of the current area codes are near Norfolk

JERSEY PLEASE
01534 XXXXXX

We may be a small island but we're slowly catching up!

The Southampton/Portsmouth area would be excellent... 023 is the main code, so 02380 for Southampton and/or 02392 for Portsmouth.

If I had to choose, I'd go with 02380 Southampton, but if you could do something with just 023, then even better.

Another vote for Southampton 023 80 or Portsmouth 023 92...huge chunk on the south coast that is not covered...PLEASE i've been waiting for nearly 3 years!!

01539 - Kendal & South Lakes area please

Another vote for Portsmouth 02392 its one of the most densely populated areas in Europe, its a major UK city, home of the royal navy, 20,000 students at the university of Portsmouth who have a large amount of international students

I would also like to see a Petersfield (East Hampshire) number as this covers a large area in hampshire and west sussex

I would love a Guernsey (01481) number here. Like the Jersey comment 4 or so above, we are small islands but still need to be considered!!

01642 would be nice for teesside area. im having to use the closest one which is durham and newcastle(0191). when i phone some people they think its somebody from newcastle or durham. 01642 please

I would like to see the area code 01642 for the Cleveland area.

01472 would be wonderful!

Correct Belfast number not a number setup just for VOIP (people will think it is a scam or more of a price to call). So 02890 and then 02891.

There are still numbers in those ranges as a free VOIP landline number service is still giving them away so Skype should be able to get.

Skype should sort Northern Ireland customers with at less another 6 area code numbers as Skype has sorted England out with 7. And Scotland with 2.

Also its the UK not Britain, you started ok with "In the UK, SkypeIn numbers are available" then you just ruined it "Within Britain, though, you're free to choose any number". Mistakes like that will get peoples backs up and stop using Skype.

Hi, is there an updated list of area codes? please also consider adding Plymouth 01752 to the list. many thanks

Loads of people i know would like you to add 01482 area code for kingston upon hull and a big surrending area. As we are all suck with one phone provider in hull and would like to use skype. The only internet phone we can use at the moment in the tesco one as this provides the 01482 area code but we are not happy with the service and would like to see the 01482 area code added to your service asap so we can all use your services instead.

Thanks in Advance.

could you consider adding (01202) Bournemouth/Christchurch area code.

many thanks in advance

Please hurry and give the Leicester code as an option. My business premises has no land line and I am relying on Skype and my mobile. Very pleased with the quality of calls with skype and the 0116 code would just be the icing on the cake. Please Please Please :0)

Can't you add them all please? Would make good business sense....

01722 (Salisbury) would be ideal for me, if you had this available I would order this service right away!

023 (Southampton) would do! It's quite a large area, it is certainly one of those "gaps" described.

I'm tempted to say "please add Colchester (01206) to the list", but to be honest the only real solution here is for Skype to offer ALL the area codes. Because, let's face it, everyone's home town is important to them. I can understand starting with the most major cities in the UK first, but that's just inviting people to ask when it's coming to their own back yard too. My nearest area code at the moment is London, which is an hour on the train and at least 2 and a half by car, so I wouldn't exactly call that 'local'.

So, Skype team, any update on this?

Also, if I do buy a London number now and then next month you bring out Colchester numbers, can I transfer my number or get one redirected to the other, or would I need to have both registered?

please pleas add Dundee (01382)

We are one of the more technology orientated cities in the UK and its a real shame Skype doesn't have our area code available yet

What are the chances of having Leicester (0116) added to the available Skypein numbers or is Leicester not big enough to qualify?

What are the difficulties for you in setting up the requested area codes?
Is it a major operation or expence for you to get these codes set up?

If I sign up for one of the existing area codes and one more appropriate becomes available, can I switch? If so, what will it cost me?

For the record I would ideally like (01202) - Bournemouth & Poole

Hi,
I have a UK skypein number,atpresent Im in india for vacations,i want to know how much it will charge for calling from UK skypein number from india to UK landline number?

@isolveweb details of all of our (low) rates

How about Derby (01332) also Langley Mill, Ripley,Alfreton,Belper areas all served by (01773)