

I settled with a company at: and there weren’t many negative comments, so it seemed safe to proceed. The remaining $90 to $140 could pay for minutes. Total cost was $11 total to confirm system worked as I wanted and this included $5 that was available for calls. I replaced that by running an app on my smart phone. I lost SkypeToGo functionality to dial numbers on cell phone and connect to US numbers. I was able to get a phone number in the US that family could use to call my cell phone.

For $11 you can set up an alternative, learn about the process and be better informed if you wish to check into other alternatives. This is the alternative I’ve implemented. I wanted to have my cell phone ring so I could answer call as normal. The next biggest group required running an App to send and receive calls. I needed to make calls from Australia to the United states.Ĭost should be around $100 to $150 a year to be similar to Skype Premium, SkypeNumber, and Skype to Go features.Įach year, I’d google “Skype alternatives” and while there were many hits, most were $30 a month which was a lot more expensive than Skype. I wanted to have a number local to the United States that family and friends could call and be routed to my cell phone in Australia. For the past several years when renewal time rolled around, I’d begin looking for an alternative to Skype but end up just renewing because it was overly complicated to switch to another service.
