Cheaper than TPG massive talk which costs $20/month. Upgrades you to skype premium for no cost so you can use group calling. Also this can be used during international roaming as cost is determined by the destination of call and not the origin. Good for people on move. Can call mobile and landline!! Enjoy
woohoo time to make a call center!
Just need to find a good deal on an auto-dialler for maximum annoyance to the public.
Guess its time we need to bring them back from India..:-)
Interesting that AUD is the cheapest currency option — even the US has to pay US$119.99/year (~A$136).
I was surprised to see that. I was a cheeky bastard. They had 33% off on US wish cards / gift cards from which you can buy credits and user credits to buy subscription. I managed to buy few so essentially my subscription came down to around $90. However by the time I posted they removed the 33% offer on wish cards…
you still paid $30 more than what most of us on ozbargain recently paid.
Did i miss some thing ?
The majority who use skype probably already got it at the supermarket a few weeks ago at half price, so $58 compared to your $90. lol
FYI This is not a special - the 33% off is what you save by paying yearly rather than by the month.
For light users, the recent price changes mean they can get 12 months" premium membership for around $38 instead of $60 that it previously was.
Oh really this is not special !!! I am only taking about the yearly package and they do not have this 33% off all time.
I recently purchased the skype premium membership and using it with TPG wifi, the quality of the call is very poor and the calls get frequently dropped
Voting up as informative, personally I don't know myself.
Not at all the case with me.
Call quality is great… On both wifi and 3G. Never had any problems.
Probably check your wifi speed etc. Shouldn't be the case.
i m using tpg at home as well, check your modem, seems time for you need to find new modem.
i have join the 12 month premium account, no complain, the voice is clear than if i call using my mobile
is 13/1300/1800 included ??
No.
I am using more than 3 years of Skype for calling overseas and Australian landlines.Excellent voice quality and never drops if you have good internet speed.
I use http://www.voipbuster.com/ and install their app on my phone.
I spent only about $26 Euro ($11 Euro will last for 5 months) for a year and use it almost every day. Note: weekly free mins allowance is 300 mins. After 300 mins, the normal rate applies.
Note: this applies when your normal calling country is listed below.
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada mobile
Cyprus
Czech republic
Denmark
Estonia
France
Guam mobile
Hong kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Netherlands
New zealand
Norway
Portugal
Puerto rico mobile
Singapore
South korea
Spain
Switzerland
Taiwan
United states mobile
How's the voice quality ? thanks
without using a bluetooth headset or earphones, 8/10 depends on the network (I use TPG).
Been using it for more than 5 years.
They added Australian mobiles to the list, which is good. It wasn't there when I signed up for the free month trial just before I went overseas.
Gosh I wish Skype told me about this, just made a recurring payment 2 weeks ago and I paid way more and don't have the mobiles added.
This has been up for at least a couple of weeks that I know of. Perhaps if you give them a call they'll allow you to switch over to this new plan?
Thats the first thing I did when I saw the deal, I spent 20 mins literally talking to the most thicked headed Customer Service rep insisting that Unlimited World Subscription was different to Skype Premium which infact essentially is a revamped Unlimited World Subscription.
Even when I told her okay if they are different why is Unlimited World Subscription not avaialable to purchase for me and she said it is and a couple more mins later she asks her Tech department and BOOM since we have different IP address we see different offers and she can't upgrade me or refund me the money so I can repurchase.
If I didn't see OPs post or checked skype.com, Skype would more than happy to leave me on a grandfathered plan paying more for less.
I spoke to the call center and yes they are sick. Cant beleive the quality of staff Micrsoft outsources their work too. No understanding of what was being asked.
Hey Rash did you call them? I can never find a number to call it's either email or chat support, both of which suck.
And I agree the staff they hire are totally incompetent.
Please not this is an yearly subscription !!! Mods add the change if possible