Skype Daesung

Question

I wanted to renew my subscription for calling to Australia from South Korea - have been doing so for nearly a year.
But this time when I went to renew my subscription the browser goes to the Skype Daesung page - even if I wanted to buy one of the (not useful to me) subscriptions through this partner website it requires me to sign into their separate account - which I do not want to do.
Could someone please help me out of this predicament as i really need to remain in contact with people in Australia without paying through my nose for it!

Answer 1

spamrefuse wrote:
Dear Skype and Microsoft engineers,
I am a foreigner in Korea and I want to connect to the international Skype website.
When I go to skype.com in Korea, I get automagically redirected to daesung.com, which offers a very, VERY poor skype website. The options and service on this website is below any standard! The redirection prevents all my attempts to get to the international Skype website!
This is not only bad for foreigners in Korea, but for everybody who wants to connect to Skype in Korea.
Is there a way that Skype and/or Microsoft step up and stops this nonsense by daesung company?
Thank you!
General Info
Chat start time
 Nov 25, 2014 6:15:57 AM EST
Chat end time
 Nov 25, 2014 6:40:00 AM EST
Duration (actual chatting time)
 00:24:02
Operator
 Charisse R
Chat Transcript
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Charisse R: With that being said, how may I help you?
Name: Hi, I am in South Korea and I am not able to Skype. I tried going to www.skype.com and I was redirected tohttp://skype.daesung.com/many_languages/en/pay_step1.asp do you know what is going on?
Charisse R: I'm sorry that you have issues with Skype. I'll do my best to help you out!
Charisse R: To make sure I am pulling up the right account may I have your Skype name?
Name: skypename
Charisse R: Thank you! May I also know your first name?
Name: Name
Charisse R: Hello Name! Nice to meet you.
Charisse R: I'm already pulling up your account details. I'll just need a minute to check and then I can help you further.
Charisse R: By the way, I hope you are doing so well today.
Charisse R: Are you trying to make Skype-to-Skype calls or calls to phone numbers?
Name: I am trying to sign into Skype and make Skype to Skype calls
Name: but I am not able to sign in at all
Name: I get a "Skype can't connect"
Charisse R: Thank you for clarifying it.
Charisse R: Don't worry, I will make sure to sort this thing out for you.
Charisse R: What device are you using?
Name: I never had this issue when I was in the United States and I never changed my connection settings for Skype
Name: I am using Windows 7 64 bit laptop
Charisse R: I'll will take care of it.
Charisse R: How about the Skype version currently installed on your PC?
Name: I hit check for updates but it said it was the latest version
Charisse R: Alright.
Name: 6.1.0.129
Charisse R: Thank you!
Charisse R: It shows that you are using an outdated Skype version. Old versions are retiring now including version 6.1 for Windows desktop. Updating it directly using the Skype app won't work since outdated version won't connect to our server anymore. Let's manually update it.
Name: Ah okay
Charisse R: Let me walk you through the process.
Charisse R: http://www.skype.com/en/download-skype/skype-for-windows/downloading/
Charisse R: Please click the link I posted above and save the Skype Setup file.
Charisse R: After completing the download, please run it.
Name: When I do it redirects me to http://skype.daesung.com/many_languages/en/pay_step1.asp
Charisse R: Let's try this.
Charisse R: http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-msi
Charisse R: How about the link I posted above?
Name: Can you give me the direct download link for 64bit windows 7?
Charisse R: Let me check my resources.
Name: thanks
Charisse R: You are welcome.
Charisse R: http://download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup_6.22.64.104.msi
Charisse R: Please use the link I posted above but you might need to uninstall Skype from your PC first.
Charisse R: Before installing it back using the direct link.
Name: hmm
Name: that webpage worked
Charisse R: Okay.
Name: but it said the file could not be foudn
Name: found*
Charisse R: Can you try it using Internet Explorer?
Name: so it appears that download.skype.com is not being hijacked by skype.daesung.com
Name: IE
Charisse R: No, actually, Daesung is our partner in South Korea.
Name: and chrome say this
Name: Hi, we couldn’t find this page Looks like the page you were trying to visit doesn’t exist or has been deleted. If you got here by a link from skype.com then let us know about the wrong or out of date link and we’ll fix it. Thanks. Since we’re not sure what you were looking for then here’s a bunch of things you might find useful: 
Name: ah
Name: so its not a website hijack
Charisse R: No, it's based on your IP address or location.
Charisse R: Our system detected that you are currently located in South Korea, that's why it redirected to you Daesung.
Name: http://download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup_6.22.64.104.msi doesnt exist. Is there a new version?
Charisse R: http://download.skype.com/msi/SkypeSetup_6.21.64.104.msi
Charisse R: Can you try the one I posted above?
Name: that worked
Charisse R: Okay.
Name: Installing...
Charisse R: Let's wait.
Charisse R: I think I already found the download link in Daesung's website.
Name: cool
Name: I am logged in and running
Charisse R: Let's check if you can sign in.
Charisse R: http://skype.daesung.com/download/ndownwin.asp
Name: And the echo/sound test worked
Name: so everything seems to be good now
Charisse R: That's great!
Charisse R: You did awesome, Name.
Charisse R: Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Name: I guess the issue was I had no idea that Skype had a partner here in Korea so I thought that the website was hijacked
Name: so I didnt trust the download on their site
Charisse R: I totally understand that, Name. It is because of rules in South Korea.
Name: Okay. Well thanks for the help
Charisse R: You are very much welcome. It's been a pleasure assisting you today. I hope you continue to enjoy Skype.
TLDR: Daesung is a partner of Skype so they should be at least trusted a tiny bit