Hi Caitlyn, Yes, you can use Skype to call regular phone numbers. You don't need Skype Premium, but you will need to buy either Skype credit or a Skype subscription. The subscription for unlimited calling in North America (US and Canada) is $2.95 a month, that's $35.40 a year. If you prepay for the entire year Skype takes I think 15% off, so it works out to something like $30.09 or at least close to that, just over $2.50 a month.
If you have a fast cable or ADSL connection you should have good voice/call quality, of course I assume you will only use Skype for making calls and use your mobile numbers to give to people so incoming calls will come to your cell phones. The Skype app is very accessible, only small inconvenience is that you have to double or split tap the numbers on the keypad if you are manually dialing out. I am not sure why VoIP apps can't have touch typing, if that is an Apple restriction I hope they get rid of it some time, makes no sense to me. OK, if you have more questions feel free to email me directly. Talking about the Skype app is on topic, but starting a big discussion about Skype subscriptions, PC compatibility and so on would not be on topic. I am also in Canada and my direct email is siegh...@live.ca Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cait and Maggie Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 8:00 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Skype questions Hi, We're thinking of using our i phones as our "house" phones and ditching bell canada, for a number of reasons I won't go into here. We both have Skype on both our computers and on our i phones. Is this a viable way to do long distance calls-even if the person you are calling doesn't have Skype? I just went to the web site and read about something called Skype premium, but it was confusing. what about Skype credits? Do they run out every month, or do you just get some and use them up however you do? thanks, Caitlyn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
