Skype Call In Numbers Not In Your Country?
December 29, 2006Skype Call In Numbers Not In Your Country?
With the impending SkypeOut pricing for the entire world to be revealedat the end of January 2007, you’d think Skype might also try to pushtheir SkypeIn option. SkypeIn is essentially a local phone number. Ifyou get one of these, people can call you on your computer fromlandlines and mobiles (and from Skype), just as if you had a regularphone number. Well, call quality issuesaside, this
a very appealing idea to me and no doubt some other Skypeusers. Except that SkypeIn numbers are only available in about 14countries.
I sent an email to Skype support recently, and here is part of their response:
Thank you for your dedication to Skype.
Weare doing our best to add more and more SkypeIn numbers in differentlocations. Sometimes there are more difficulties in negotiating withcorresponding authorities than we expect, so it takes time to introducethis product in certain areas.
As soon as there are new locations added there will be an announcement on our web site.
We are sincerely sorry for keeping you waiting.
That’s a reasonable, polite explanation, though it would suggest that some providers, such as Gizmo Project, are better negotiators, seeing as they have CallIn/ local numbers in 28 countries.