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Canada is NOT listed the ONLINE NUMBER COUNTRY LIST? Why? Please help! Thank you.
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WHEN will online number be available in CANADA?

I would love to have this functionality with Skype. Ideally, I'd like to have an Alberta area code (403, 587 or 780) or British Columbia area code (250)...
Is this ever going to happen? In the near future???
Thanks to anyone that might have an answer with insight!

I sympathise with you on this subject. I have been with Skype for 5 years or more.. I have the unlimited calls to Canada & Usa for $3/month. The service is getting better . I've paid for an american online number for over three years and now dropped it... Always hoping Skype would finally give us a Canadian list of area codes from which to chose... I recently bought a telephone adaptor that connects directly to my router so I don't need anymore to have my computer turned on so I can use the phone...
You know what ? I think Skype does not care a bit about us Canadians.... I have stopped believing they will ever put in the cash and effort in to get us Canadian telephone codes...
The solution : I'll soon get either a MagicJack+ or a NetTalk system... They both offer Canadian telephone codes and they both cost less than Skype for unlimited calls to Canada and USA.... They also both connect directly to your router so you don't need to have a computer running to originate or receive calls with any normal house phone....
I have friends that use both MagicJack+ and NetTalk and I can assure you the service is at least as good if not better than Skype. A Canadian Online number is important to me and getting a different service seems to me the only way to get it.

Online number for Canada and Thailand

Hi there
I really need Skype online number for Canada and Thailand please make this future for us
Thanks

Thotsaphon wrote:
Hi there
I really need Skype online number for Canada and Thailand please make this future for us
Hello,
1. Legal requirements imposed by the CRTC prevent Canadian Skype Numbers being offered. This may assist: http://community.skype.com/t5/Skype-Number/Canada-and-other-countries-Online-Number-alternative/m-p/...
2. Participation in the Skype Number program requires local telecom carriers to guarantee a supply of available numbers. At present the Thai carriers are unable to meet that requirement.
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Online number for canada?

do you have online number for canada?.... if not when you going to start?

Currently no. If you click the "Online Number" link under features on the bottom of this page, there is a link on that page that lists the current countries where Online Numbers are offered.
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Why can't I get an online number in Canada?

Why can't I get an online number in Canada?

Hi, Davidann, and welcome to the Community!
I arranged to transfer your post here to the Features: Skype Number message board as your enquiry is not related specifically to the BlackBerry Z10. If you type the words "Skype Number for Canada" in the Search the Community search box appearing at the upper right corner of this website page, you will find a plethora of threads (topics) related to this issue.
The short story is this is due to a regulatory issue in Canada.
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Online number + 12 month us/canada bundle but I si...

Just signed up for a online number when I should have signed up for the calling plan first and then the number in order to get them both for $60...is there any way I can get the number refunded and go through the process again, correctly this time?

Hi,
You need to file a refund request as guided here: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA297/How-do-I-request-a-refund
Andre
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A few Online Number Questions

First of all, I live in Canada and it doesn't appear that I can get a Canadian online number. Any idea when that will become available?
Also, is there any way to change the Call Display feature to display not only a business name, but also a number that is DIFFERENT than the online number. As I cannot get a Canadian online number, I would need the call display to read my business name, and then the local Canadian phone number that I would like people to call (so they avoid long distance charges).
Any help you could provide would be apprecaited.
KC

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rbrough wrote:
Does anyone know if online numbers for Canada are planned in the future?
I'm not sure of that. You can search through these forums for lots of discussions about this topic. It centers on the Canadian requirement that providers of telephone services must be able to connect callers to 911, where Skype does not do that (with two very narrow exceptions). Other countries where Skype offers Online Numbers do not impose this requirement, so I would expect nothing to change unless the Canadian telecommunications regulator decides to update or modernize its regulations.
Skype users can already call into Canada, and get Canadian Skype To Go numbers to access Skype services. In the Skype context, an Online Number does nothing for calling Canadian telephones, as it only receives calls. I live in the States, but would like a Canadian number if/when they ever become available. I'm not holding my breath on this one, though.
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Do I need to buy an online number if I purchase Fr...

I am looking to buy the Freetalk Connect Me adaptar for my phone so I can call people I know on an ordinary phone. If I buy the hardware that comes with the year subscription for unlimited calls to US/Canada, do I also have to buy an online number to use it?

Online Number enables you to receive calls from phones: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA331/What-is-an-Online-Number
If you are not expecting to receive any calls from landline or mobile phones to your Skype account then you don't have to buy it
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Skype-to-go and Online Number

Hi,
I am an American graduate student who will be living in Canada for a year. I plan on purchasing a Canadian cell phone plan but would still like to be able to call and be called easily by my family and friends in the states. I was considering purchasing both a skype-to-go plan to call people in the US and getting an online number so that people in the US could call me for free (as well as an unlimited us/Canada plan). Would this work, as long as I get a mobile plan with a lot of minutes, or would there be additional/roaming fees? I know that Skype-to-Skype would also be possible but, I'm not sure that I'll have a data plan.
Thanks!

daw75 wrote:
Hi,
I am an American graduate student who will be living in Canada for a year. I plan on purchasing a Canadian cell phone plan but would still like to be able to call and be called easily by my family and friends in the states. I was considering purchasing both a skype-to-go plan to call people in the US and getting an online number so that people in the US could call me for free (as well as an unlimited us/Canada plan). Would this work, as long as I get a mobile plan with a lot of minutes, or would there be additional/roaming fees? I know that Skype-to-Skype would also be possible but, I'm not sure that I'll have a data plan.
Thanks!
What you outline is good, stuff you can use Skype for. There is a sequence you would want to follow, which will help you save a little $$$ in the process.
First thing you should probably do is get your Unlimited USA & Canada subscription. This covers calling to landlines and mobile phones in both countries at US$ 2.99/month. If purchased on a yearly basis, you get a 15% discount, knocking the price down to just over US$ 30/year. Once you have this, you will be able to make calls from Skype to landline and mobile phones in both countries, and use this to cover the calls forwarded from Skype to your Canadian number.
Once you have the subscription, purchase the US Online Number. Ideally, you should get it in the same city as the people who would call you most, trying to make the call for them a free local call. Skype does not have Online Numbers in all 50 US states and not in all US area codes, so take a look at what's there. Even if you can't get a number in the same city as your friends and family, at least it would be a domestic long-distance call instead of making them call a Canadian number at international rates from the USA. With the subscription, you can get a 50% discount on the price of the Online Number. For a year, that makes the Online Number US$ 30. Not a bad deal. You would not be charged by Skype to receive calls on the Online Number. With the subscription as outlined above, you can forward calls to any number covered by your subscription (in Canada or the USA) for no additional charges from Skype.
Then get the Skype To Go number. You may be able to get the number so it is a local call for you wherever you are going to be in Canada. Be very careful about the city and area code/prefix combination for the Skype To Go number, as this could be a long-distance call for you. Using the mobile phone, those calls may be covered by your mobile plan. Not all calls to all area codes for a particular Canadian city may be considered as free local calls. You can then set up Skype To Go to remember your Canadian number, so you don't have to enter a PIN code every time you call the Skype To Go number to make calls. These calls would either be covered by your subscription (free calling to US and Canadian numbers), or require Skype Credit if calling somewhere not covered by the subscription.
You will have to consult with your mobile carrier on the particulars for receiving calls. Some plans may give you unlimited incoming calls, where others will allow you a specified number of minutes per month. The cheapest monthly plans will probably charge you some amount per minute for incoming calls. All of this is outside of Skype's control, so make sure you're set up for this and know what you're getting from the mobile carrier.
As you stated, you will need to have some sort of data plan if you intended to use the Skype app on your mobile phone in Canada, and use the mobile network as your Internet connection. If you have access to WiFi, that would take care of the Internet access, but do make sure of what you get from the mobile carrier. Chances are good that you won't have an "unlimited" data plan option from the Canadian carrier, just like how the US mobile carriers are going now, so make sure of whatever you are getting in this regard.
On a past trip to western Canada a couple of years ago, I did a similar thing as you are going to do. I already had a US Online Number and a subscription covering calls to the US, and obtained a Vancouver Skype To Go number so I could access Skype from Canada when not on the Internet. I purchased a Rogers Wireless prepaid SIM in Vancouver with a Vancouver number which had an optional data plan (paid per day), so I could avoid roaming charges from my US mobile carrier. I set up Skype to forward calls to the Canadian number while I was in Canada, so callers to my US Online Number didn't have to change anything they did to reach me. Whenever I called back to the US, I rang my Vancouver Skype To Go number, then made the cross-border calls using Skype (covered by my subscription). I saved a lot of $$$, compared to using my US mobile number in Canada and getting clobbered by roaming fees. I ended up only using Skype when on WiFi, instead of paying for that optional data plan on the prepaid Canadian SIM. It takes some thought and work to set up, but it was worth it.
Good luck!
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Transfer from all countries online number ($18/3 m...

Hi,
Please guide me how to transfer from 'ALL countries online to US /Canada online number' - as it was an error and I don't have to pay $18 where the transaction is still pending - please help me to transfer to US online and to refund the balance or anyother confirmation - thank you!
BB.

1) I needed an 'online' number to call other skypes accounts ( on their mobiles, on their computer skypes etc.,) - and also I saw the Discount you offer "US & Canada" unlimited $2.99 / month.
My kind request ( I will not be traveling outside USA) : Please allow me to have online number at a discounted rate per month ( $2.99 / month instead of $18 for 3 months).
Two problems here....
1. The Online Numbers only work to *receive* calls from telephones on your Skype account. They do nothing for calling phones.
2. There is no discount for an Online Number as you describe. They are either US$ 18/3 months, US$ 60/year, or US$ 30/year if you already have a subscription to call telephones.
If you want to receive calls from telephones and make calls to telephones in the USA, you would need two items - an Online Number in the US at the prices I listed above, and some way to pay for the calls you make from Skype to telephones in the US (Skype Credit, or the Unlimited USA & Canada subscription at US$ 2.99/month). You must have both, in order to be able to make calls to telephones as well as receive calls from telephones.
If Skype users you are calling run the Skype app on their smart phones or other devices, you would just call them on their Skype account name. This would be a free call, not requiring an Online Number or a subscription (or Skype Credit on your account). You need the subscription (or Skype Credit) only if you are calling those people at their mobile phone numbers, and only need the Online Number if you want them to be able to call you from a telephone and not from Skype.
2) transaction date is shown for my order number "626216569" says 6/19/2012 - 02:43 GMT.
My question: when this will be effective for me to call my relatives and friends who have skype ( I don't have skype so I'm getting a skype 'online' US only number ).
I hope this helps you to understand my issues - I thought my 'online' number will be ready by this evening , as I did my transaction yesterday ( but it is giving a wrong transaction date too).
I'm really confused how long to wait to get this 'online' number... and I'm very very excited about this 'online' number that I'm getting , but I don't know when I'm going to get it.
Again, you don't need to purchase anything if the people you are calling are also on Skype. Call them using their Skype name, and it is a free call.
As for what you purchased, you may want to click on the "Support" link above and file a request with Skype Support about that. I'm not a Skype employee, so I can't look into the status of your recent purchase.
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Do I need an online number to get a call from some...

Hello,
Do I need an online number to get a call from someone in Europe who is calling from their computer?

Hey the question is what you want to do Sir.
Skype bare and free provides you means to talk voice and video from the application with all your friends who have Skype too on their side. Though you need to connect with them first. Add them manually or through some importing to your contact. There you have the basic capability.
Then you can add with credit or subscription (I personally think that the subscriptions now with 50% off yearly are absolutely great) a few services.
1. Outgoing voice calls to real numbers. They have plans for landlines and mobile with diff prices for diff countries. Again check the promos now for good deals.
2. Incoming voice calls from real numbers when you buy the online number. Alas its not available for all countries yet.
3. You can set your ID so when you call / outgoing voice, people can recognize you.
4. To go number that can let you call long distance and abroad as local call.
And more I guess.
I find their outgoing call quality as unparalleled to any other provider. Call quality from Canada to Israel is usually on par as land line and superior to Bell.

Unlimited subscription and online number

I'm a great fan of voip and Skype but one thing that really bugs me is the fact that Skype neither provides an online Israeli number nor an unlimited plan for calling mobiles. There are simply no decent voip services available that even come close to Skype in terms of call rates and quality.
Are you going to do something about it anytime soon or should I keep on dreaming?
Sincerely,
Von

vonschnappi wrote:
I'm a great fan of voip and Skype but one thing that really bugs me is the fact that Skype neither provides an online Israeli number nor an unlimited plan for calling mobiles. There are simply no decent voip services available that even come close to Skype in terms of call rates and quality.
Are you going to do something about it anytime soon or should I keep on dreaming?
Sincerely,
Von
I don't want to just say "keep on dreaming", but that might be the answer to your question.
Skype does not charge different rates for Online Numbers in different countries. This means that Skype will only pay a provider of those services up to a certain amount for an Online Number used to receive calls from telephones. It is possible that it would cost too much in Israel for Skype to do this, or there may be national regulations that prevent Skype from offering Israeli Online Numbers (this is the case in Canada).
As for a subscription for unlimited calling to Israeli mobile phones, this is entirely related to the cost to call those numbers. I looked at the per-call rates, and it would probably be a very expensive monthly subscription if Skype offered an "unlimited" subscription for calling those phones. Skype doesn't offer "unlimited" subscriptions for mobiles, usually in those places where the costs to call a mobile are the same as calling a landline phone (very few places have this) or the difference is smaller than it appears to be in Israel right now (2.3 US cents/minute for calling Israeli landline phones when paying with Skype Credit, compared to 13.8 US cents/minute for calling Israeli mobile phones - not including the connection fee per call).
Sorry!
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Do I need an online number?

Help I'm new to Skype, paid my subscription but can't seem to connect with anyone or anything. Do I HAVE to have a online number? I have tried to send messages but it won't work. Really getting peed off now,

Hey the question is what you want to do Sir.
Skype bare and free provides you means to talk voice and video from the application with all your friends who have Skype too on their side. Though you need to connect with them first. Add them manually or through some importing to your contact. There you have the basic capability.
Then you can add with credit or subscription (I personally think that the subscriptions now with 50% off yearly are absolutely great) a few services.
1. Outgoing voice calls to real numbers. They have plans for landlines and mobile with diff prices for diff countries. Again check the promos now for good deals.
2. Incoming voice calls from real numbers when you buy the online number. Alas its not available for all countries yet.
3. You can set your ID so when you call / outgoing voice, people can recognize you.
4. To go number that can let you call long distance and abroad as local call.
And more I guess.
I find their outgoing call quality as unparalleled to any other provider. Call quality from Canada to Israel is usually on par as land line and superior to Bell.

I can't find my online number after order.

Hi,
I'm at the moment in Canada and I ordered a online number for Germany but it doesn't show anywhere. The payment was 2 days ago and I got a confirmation. Why can't I find my online number? In the past it worked very well...
Thanks for help.

Hi,
Please contact Skype Customer Service with your problem.
See: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA1170
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