Skype Number (#) - Receiving Calls Abroad

Hi,
I live in NYC and bought a NYC #.
I'm traveling to Morocco soon and I can't seem to quite figure out whether I will be able to have people contact me on the NYC Skype Number I bought.
Basically, I am hoping that people in NYC that wish to call me when I'm in Morocco will be able to do so, and only pay the local NYC rates (i.e., they won't be surprised when their Verizon bill says they called Africa and not NYC when they were dialing a 347 #).
Any advice?
Thanks!!
Danny

Tel1948 wrote:
1. I am going abroad and plan on buying a skype number. Do i need to have wi-fi access to be able to receive a call from a non skype user ( or come to that, a skype user)
assuming you have Skype on your smartphone, you do unless you want to incur huge roaming data charges from your cell carrier -- the same applies for outgoing Skype calls and Skype calls to landlines/mobiles
for Skype on other platforms, you need some sort of connection to the internet (WiFi, cablemodem, DSL, etc.)
Tel1948 wrote:
2. If they are calling me from a mobile  ( non skype) and have free minutes left on their calling plan am i correct in thinking that they wont have to pay for the call ( as long as they are in the same country to which i have registered my skype number)
that is correct, but in reality they need to be close enough that the call to your Skype Number is a 'local' call (I presume you are in North America) -- being in the same country is not necessarily enough
Regards,
Neil

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