Skype without a phone number?

luckat

Technical question, lads, if you'd be so kind.

I'm about to cancel my Eircom line and just have a mobile, because the line rental is just ridiculous at this stage, and I don't use the landline enough.

But I'd like to use Skype (I have wireless broadband) for some international calls.

I'd also like, if possible, to be able to have people call *me* using Skype. But is this possible without a landline number for them to call?

(It must be clear that I haven't used it before!)

govinda

Kinda, sorta ;-)

There is a service called SkypeIn by which you can buy a landline number to receive incoming calls on Skype, however ComReg won't allow Irish landline numbers to be used in this way as Skype don't have an office here :-(

Depending on which international countries you are calling, you may be able to buy a number for that country that your friends there could use....this isn't possible for every SkypeIn country e.g. only German residents can obtain a German landline number for SkypeIn use.

More info here: http://www.skype.com/products/skypein/

koloughlin

There are alternatives to Skype too that are Irish based and can give you an Irish number. Personally I use blueface http://www.blueface.ie and find them great, but I know there are some other alternatives out there.

luckat

Thanks very much, I'll check these out. Maybe if I could get all my family members to move to the *same* country abroad, hmmm...