Skype Premium needed for all participants

Hi If I upgrade to Skype Premium to do group video calling. Do all the people that I call also have to have a skype premium account to be able to see each other?

Hi,
For group video calls only one of the participants needs to have Skype Premium subscription.
One to one video calls are free of charge.
Andre
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exactly the subject. i have paid skype premium and it says i need skype premium. had for over a year and dont see why i should have to try and find someone to speak to to resolve.
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Hi, Fountaindale, and welcome to the Community!
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I need a Skype Premium account for each person who joins the group video conference call for everyone to see everyone? We'll probably have up to 10 at a time.

spydercanopus wrote:
I need a Skype Premium account for each person who joins the group video conference call for everyone to see everyone? We'll probably have up to 10 at a time.
Only one participant is required to have Skype premium, in the group video conference.
That said, it is best if all particpants are on the latest version of Skype.
A new version has just been released September 13th, 2011:
Please download/install this version from here, when prompted click the open or run button: http://download.skype.com/SkypeSetup.exe
This new version is 5.5.0.117 to check what version you have, using the main Skype client window please do:
Help -> About Skype
About Me You can also use a IP Camera as your camera for Skype video Example Instructions

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I am having serious difficulties purchasing Skype premium.
Following my participation in an academic congress in China last year, my Skype account has accidently become associated with Skype's Chinese partner Tom Online. When I now try to purchase Skype Premium from skype.com, I am redirected to Tom Online's Chinese website.
I initially thought that I could resolve the issue by contacting Skype's customer service, but this appears not to be the case. The advice that I have been given is that I should contact Tom Online in order to address the issue, or register an new Skype account. The replies that I have receieved from Skype's customer service are generally rather incoherent, each time written by a different person and often a cut & paste of pre-written text that is only tangentially relevant to the problem.
Might there any way for me, as a European business customer, to purchase Skype Premium without having to interact with Skype's Chinese partner or registering a new Skype account? If so, I would be most grateful.

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I would first recommend checking your call history here:
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You can file a support ticket through customer service as shown here: https://support.skype.com/faq/FA1170
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Hi,
I have Skype Premium now for 4 days or so. And the reason i bought it is to get rid of the ads. But i still see them, in my home screen and during calls. heres a screenshot: puu.sh/1sEsU
It is very annoying as i bought a service to get rid of them. But in the end they are still there... I hate commercials very much, and i refuse to use programs that force me into them. However i liked skype before Windows toke over and needed a phone number, so i thought lets just buy the **bleep** Premium, its still cheaper than a normal phone here...
Eitherway how do we fix this.. i won't pay for commercials.
I am very unsatisfied, also i don't see the promised live support in my contact list.
As we speak i am looking for a other program that can do almost the same as Skype.
Getting tired of fixing stuff, its always the same with Microsoft.
I want my ads to be gone within 24hours or i refund myself, that are the benefits of paypal. And i will report Skype Premium as a big scam, with all PROOF in it. I'm really pissed of now, due this. Payed for nothing. I didn't need skype premium for the 3 or more video calling. Who the hell ever uses that, anyways i wanted it to be adFREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! No **bleep**ing ADSSSS. NONE.
Microsoft, you **bleep**ed up Internet Explorer 8,9 & 10, MSN will be gone in Q1 2013, Windows 8 is one big ass disaster for DESKTOPS with MULTIPLE screens, Windows Phone is a big disaster. Skype is becomming **bleep**tyer everyday.
Did you guy hire **bleep**ing monkeys or what?
Jesus christ. Sorry for my language i don't like paying money for NOTHING.

I'd say yes it is. my ads are gone but now i have a bunch of Skype advertisements- I dont want ANY pop ups, not even skype ones, why --- would i want to be harrassed to buy premium and check features im either dont want, or already know of? Ontop of owning premium already!
Oh and the multiway sharing dont work ---. I am trying to share dark souls with my 2 friends and every 6mins the flipping thing says "Group video is unavailable at the moment. Please try again a little later." Why --- should I? Its premium service! Now where --- is the service?
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When I saw the May 2014 email about Premium changing and premium subscribers being 'rewarded', I thought it was great because we have family outside of the USA but the way this has been handled was not the best and now we have a mess with my account and support doesn't seem equipped to help. Here is my history...
Watched my Paypal Charged for the Unlimited World - (a charge that I did not request)
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3. Then, I was told I would and already had been switched to unlimited world - which is not true
4. Puchase History Descrepency - I've provided details that my Skype Purchase History shows fewer transactions than my Paypal account (as in charges and refunds from Skype). Skype history shows a refund only, Paypal shows a charge and a refund on the same day!
The Support discussions are difficult:
1. Partly because the english used is volumous but hard to understand (ESL, I have to think)
2. Partly because each person seems to assure me things either are fixed (unsatisfactorily) or will be fixed (satisfactorily) - and this issue has not been resolved.
3. Partly because each person doesn't seem to have a complete picture of the problem I have been describing.
Each time, we seem to discuss some smaller details instead of the real issue.
I've been using skype for over 10 years now and the change since Microsoft has taken over is very strange on the support side.
Has anyone else had such problems or noticed such a change with Skype (which used to be somewhat hip and cool)?
L
Skype user from nearly the beginning! Loved the early Skype, challenges and all. (Have been a member of nearly all versions of Skype forums over the years but history has been forgotten.)

I believe the objective and query of my communications both here and with both Skype Support Live Chat and Skype Support by email has been clear from the beginning - I have been asking "when" the Skype Unlimited World Calling would be added to my Skype Premium account as noted in the May 2014 email saying Premium subscriptions would be rewarded - Noting that I had made a call to Spain and saw my credit being deducted when I expected the Unlimited World Subscription might have been applied (which I thought was a great reward).
Overall, I don't think this is a terribly difficult issue, at least not until I got involved with Skype's various support representatves. Here is a brief summary, chronologically (summarised because there have been more the 5 exchanges with Support so far):
1. When? - Looking for a time when the Unlimited World Calling would be applied to my account.
2. Charge/Refund? - Asking that an unrequested charge against my account be explained and then accepting the offer of Skype support to refund that money and being told the Unlimited World Calling would be applied to my account in some time.
3. Support says 'Resvoled' - Looking for the Unlimited World Calling some time later, being told that it HAS been applied when it was not.
4. Please Verify - Asking for Support to check my account to verify that the Unlimited World Calling WAS actually applied to my account because I could not see it.
5. Descrepency - I then pointed out to Skype Support that I now see a descrepency between what I see on my Skype Purchase History vs. my Paypal Charge/Refund history.
All of the above is in the interest of the conversion from my current Preimium with a single country subscription to the Unlimited World Calling subscription.
Below is the response to my last query (that covered both 4 and 5 above) but I maintained that my over arching goal was as I stated at the top of this post (yet again):
We appreciate your response.
We understand that you are confused about the charges that you got last December 17, 2013 for the Skype premium subscription for £41.262 and another charged last may14, 2014 for the Unlimited World 12 months with the same cost.
Here is the explanation about that.
The Skype premium that you have purchased last December 17, 2014 is a bundled subscription. Meaning aside from the group video calling feature, it also have the Unlimited World 12 months that you can use to call other countries for the amount of £41.262 instead of £86.76.
However, Group Video Calling is now free and Group Video Calling is the main feature of Skype Premium. Skype replace your calling subscription that was bundled to your Skype premium with Unlimited World 12 months. That is why it has the same price as your old Skype Premium subscription.
Also the charged for the Unlimited World 12 months has been refunded already last May 14, 2014.
We do apologize for the confusion this has cause you.
We hope that this information clarified your questions.
Best regards,
Skype Customer Service
In my work, I communicate successfully by email with multinational global companies, both senior and middle management, on a daliy basis so I don't believe I am being unclear in my communications (experience would say I don't have a problem communicating).
Can anyone else see that the responses are dealing with individual details instead of the real issue?
Should I respond to the email above AGAIN trying to explain that this does NOT resolve my issue?
I'm slowly being frustrated into submission and then cancelling... all the experience here is just too painful. (I dread checking my emails from skype now...really not enjoying this.)
L
Skype user from nearly the beginning! Loved the early Skype, challenges and all. (Have been a member of nearly all versions of Skype forums over the years but history has been forgotten.)

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If i buy an annual skype premium account for the year 2014, and if i want to cancel in between the year, whats the procedure?

Hi, ojglynn, and welcome to the Community,
Please see this FAQ article for step-by-ste[ instructions for cancelling your Skype Number subscription:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12164/how-do-i-cancel-my-skype-number
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Hi,
Your account currently has 1 month subscription for Skype Premium: https://secure.skype.com/account/purchase/history/orders
Skype Premium itself provides group video calls, not calls to phones. Subscriptions provide calling minutes, not credit therefore your balance will not be changed, when purchasing a subscription.
I guess you are interested in Skype Premium bundle that comes with Unlimited US&Canada subscription: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/prices/premium/
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I have been a user of Skype since 2011, and have used it for single user to single user video conference calls only. In other words, I have never engaged in a group conference call, not ever.
Approximately 1.5 years ago, Skype repeatedly interfered with one of my single user to single user conference calls. A message was presented, and I'm paraphrasing... You must upgrade to Skype Premium to continue with this group call.
Group call. What group call? I had a client on the video conference, was embarrassed by the interruption, and agreed to pay to continue to keep the video conference going. Upon entering payment information, another window appeared, interfering yet further with my video conference. This second window required me to register for free long distance to a foreign country. As a matter of fact, I could NOT continue with the video conference until I acquiesced to the demand of the prompt. Reluctantly, I selected the UK plan.
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I still don't know with certainty what happened, however here is my PERCEPTION [noun] the act or faculty of perceiving, or apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.
Due to a system glitch or clear intent, Skype allegedly halted the FREE service of users making frequent single user to single user video calls, insisting that such users pay for Skype Premium to permit them to continue using the FREE service. This was allegedly done under the guise of enabling multi-user conference calls when no such calls were being made. To cover their tracks, Skype allegedly offered a free foreign calling plan to any/all users having registered for Skpe Premium.
Once caught in the act of alleged fraud, Skype refunded the most recent payment for Skype Premium, allegedly figuring that such a refund would thrill allegedly scammed users, and thereby prevent inquiries into previous service paid for.
What I perceive is irrelevant. What you perceive after reading the transcript is all that is relevant. Did or did not Skpe engage in alleged fraudulent methods of collecting fees from people under the guise of alleged alternative service they would never use?
Due to 20,000 character limit, I'm unable to post the juicy transcript supporting this perception.

Norman,
All my software is updated the very day each new patch or update is released. Having a Ph.D. and a J.D. whilst teaching and conducting research at a major university, I am aware of the importance of updating systems and software.
Updates are most certainly not part of this problem.
Please let me pose a hypothetical scenario to you.
Let's presume you've purchased software you saw advertised on the internet wherein clear and unambiguous claims were made. Once you paid for and installed the software, you're greeted with a message indicating you must pay a 20-fold upgrade fee to use the features. You're facing a deadline. What do you do? The upgrade was not part of the advert for the product, yet you will not be permitted to use the product until you pay the fee.
This is the problem, and everyone knows it. Skype is in error here. They never presented me with the choice of paying for a long distance plan for a fee. Rather they demanded that I pay to upgrade to Skype Premium if I wished to continue with my << free >> single-Skype-user to single-Skype-user video conference. Once I paid the "ransom," they offered me a complimentary long distance plan however offered me no choice in selecting it.
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