Say hello to new unlimited calling plans
By
Peter on April 21, 2008 in Skype announcements.
Skype’s just launched three new unlimited calling plans, which offer a single, monthly flat rate for national and international calling:
Unlimited Country — £2.24/month inc. VAT
This plan offers unlimited calls to landline numbers in one of the 20 European countries listed below, plus all of the calling plan benefits at the bottom of this post.
Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom.
Unlimited Europe — £3.39/month inc. VAT
This plan offers unlimited calls to landline numbers in all of the 20 European countries listed above, plus all of the calling plan benefits at the bottom of this post.
Unlimited World — £7.99/month inc. VAT
This plan offers unlimited calls to landline numbers in all of the 34 countries listed below, plus all of the calling plan benefits at the bottom of this post.
Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada (incl. mobiles); China (incl. mobiles); Chile; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Guam; Hong Kong (incl. mobiles); Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Korea, Republic of; Luxembourg; Malaysia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Singapore (incl. mobiles); Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan; United Kingdom; USA (incl. mobiles).
Calling plan benefits
Call day or night
No restrictions on when you call — you can get in touch whenever you like.
Online number
An online number is a normal phone number which lets people who don’t have Skype call you as if you had a landline phone. With the Unlimited World plan, you get three of these; the other two plans give you one.
Voicemail
Free voicemail is included so you’ll never miss that call from your special someone again.
Skype To Go (where available)
Skype To Go lets you use any mobile phone or landline to reach people abroad.
Fair use
The legal bit — as part of Skype’s fair usage policy you’ll get up to 10,000 calling minutes per month. And only to landline numbers beginning 01 and 02 in the UK.
Comments
Hi, just a pre-order question im sure people will be interested in knowing the answer to.. For the unlimited worldwide plan, it states "Three online numbers Lets your friends, family and business contacts reach you directly on Skype."
Would it be possible to allocate a number from these three to a different skype account (ie me and my wife both have different accounts so it would be nice to have 1 number each).
Thanks for your help!
cyberzia.rob | Wednesday, Apr 23
Unfortunately, the three numbers must be tied to the Skype account with the calling plan. Don't forget that you can get additional online numbers for £40.25 inc. VAT per year, though, which is still likely to save a lot of money on international phone calls
peterparkes | Thursday, Apr 24