Skype WiFi - an access tool only. Do not confuse ...

What Skype WiFi does is provide a way to pay for access to the internet; rather than typing a credit card number in a public venue.
You use your Skype credit to pay for the access fee, and only for minutes needed as opposed to having to purchase a day pass or block of time.
It is an access tool only. Not a wifi provider like Boingo or Cloud.
This is the main purpose of Skype WiFi.
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You open your browser and see the inital holding page of the hotspot provider.
If Skype is an option given by the hotspot provider to pay for access at this point you can then follow the prompts and login. It's an ACCESS tool only at this point -- NOT a contact tool for IM or video chat. That is only enabled once you have the WiFi connection, and Skype loaded to your PC.
This service used to be called Skype Access. In hindsight it might have been better not to rename it!
You pay for access by using your Skype credit - instead of your credit card. That's the only thing it offers!
Once you login and pay using Skype credit, the hotspot is activated by the hotspot provider. You can then surf the web.
Here's an example. INO_KOL has a hotspot. People who want access can pay him using either their credit card, or....if they prefer not to use a card (don't have one?), they can use Skype credit. So...... they open their browser and see INO_KOL's holding page. This has one of two things, a credit card payment option and a Skype user ID and password option which is only for them to enable the charging of their Skype credit.
Which ever one they choose enables access to the web.
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I connect to the internet via airport only and it is pretty fast.
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