Online Number - Country vs. Audio Quality

Hi,
I am about to buy a Skype Online Number for a call that I will receive next week from someone in the UK, and I will be in Brazil. My question is -- for the best audio quality, should I buy a UK or Brazilian number?
Thanks!
Regards,
Guilherme

If the other person has a smartphone I recommend using Viber.Totally free and excellent quality. if you must use Skype buy the UK number as it will be cheaper for them to call you. Call quality is all about luck.

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How it can be done at all? They will issue a refund for your number, then number will of course be removed from your account (but reserved for you for 90days) and then you will have to go thru the payment flow again.
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Hi everyone. This is my first time on the Skype Support Network.
I had a question about the Skype numbers, I've tried googling this but with not much luck so apologies if this has been covered already.
Do you have to be a resident of the country in which the number is for? I know that there is a list of countries which require you to provide proof of residence, but what about the ones that don't? Just because you don't have to provide proof, is it still expected that you can't have a number for a country you don't reside in?
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Hi everyone. This is my first time on the Skype Support Network.
I had a question about the Skype numbers, I've tried googling this but with not much luck so apologies if this has been covered already.
Do you have to be a resident of the country in which the number is for? I know that there is a list of countries which require you to provide proof of residence, but what about the ones that don't? Just because you don't have to provide proof, is it still expected that you can't have a number for a country you don't reside in?
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There are only a few countries that have a local residency requirement. For some numbers like those in Germany, a verification is done before the number is issued. For others, there may be no verification done, but not having residency could be used as the reason to cancel an Online Number at a later time. In that latter case, you would not have any recourse through Skype to keep your number, since non-residency would be cited as a breach of the agreement for the number.
I have Online Numbers in 4 countries (USA, Mexico, UK, Australia). There aren't any residency requirements for numbers from these countries. There is an additional set of terms for the Mexican numbers I had to agree to (mainly centered on not using the Mexican number for Caller ID), and the numbers from the other 3 countries were covered by Skype's standard legal statements related to Online Numbers.
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Thank you for waiting. Upon checking this. We the Online Number is currently not supported in BT landlines. We are currently working with the providers so that we can provide our services to most of our clients across the globe. We understand the inconveniece this have cause and we apologize for this. We thank you for your patience and understanding while we work to make Skype even better.
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Thanks. When will Caller ID work with BT landlines?
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Please escalate this issue. In the UK, BT has 15.8 million landline customers. Sype Online Number in the UK is useless for business until Caller ID works.
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My Online number is not working

My online number is not displayed on my clients phone based in USA. I have tried calling on my mobile and a +4044, +3444.... numbers are displayed.
This is really rediculus as you have already charged me for the service

Pikartz wrote:
My online number is not displayed on my clients phone based in USA. I have tried calling on my mobile and a +4044, +3444.... numbers are displayed.
You didn't mention which country your Online Number was from. Not all of Skype's Online Numbers can be used for Caller ID. If it is from a country where its use as Caller ID is permitted (Chile, Denmark, Estonia, Hong Kong, Poland, Sweden, the UK and the US), you can set that up here on the Skype web site. Click on the Account link at the top of this page, then log in with your Skype account name and password. Once you get in, you should see Caller ID Settings along with a link to change that.
Even if you have your Caller ID number properly set in your Skype account, there are instances where that number won't show up on the phones you call. This is usually related to how the calls are patched into the telephone network, and would be beyond the control of Skype.
Patrick
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I have had a Skype online telephone number for over two years. However, within the last two months, I have been having a similar problem as SteveCl, as when someone calls my Skype telephone number my Skype does not ring intermittently.
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unleashyourgeek wrote:
I am constantly having problems with clients not seeing my phone number when I call. Why is this happening? Your answer here was very short and not very specific as to how to resolve this. I have been fighting this for more than 2 months now but I keep paying for a number that people can't see when I call them.
I'm sorry I did not give an answer that met your level of specificity. The original poster did not post the number he/she was trying to call. This is also a worldwide forum mostly inhabited by Skype users along with some Skype employees who post from time to time. I'm not a Skype employee, just a user who makes use of many features of Skype to avoid paying more $$$ to the telephone companies.
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Even with these settings properly configured, there are still occasions where your number (an Online Number, or a mobile number which has gone through the verification process with two SMS messages) will not appear on the Caller ID displays of the phones you call. This is generally outside the control of Skype. If you are using a number that is not a "local" number in the country that you are calling, it too may not show up on the Caller ID display. Instead of posting on the community forums, using the Support link at the top of this page may be the better way to go. You can go through the knowledge base trying to find a solution, and end up opening a support ticket with Skype. If you have a subscription, you may be able to go to a live chat with Skype support.
Patrick
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Time Zone/Hora Local: UTC/GMT -7
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