Would Skype Number work in my particular situation...

Hello,
I'm interested in having a Skype Number, but I'm not entirely sure if it will work for me. In the registration, it prompts me to select an "Available Country", what does this exactly mean? Is the prompt asking me to (A) select the country in which I am residing, or (B) is it indicating which countries can call my Skype Number?
For (A), this is supposing that Skype Number can be contacted by any country without restriction. Is this assumption correct?
Thanks.

stephenkyle16 wrote:
My question is: If I buy a skype number in California, USA. Will I be able to answer the phone calls using skype when I am in Europe? i.e. London, Dublin, Netherlands, etc.
Yes. It works anywhere in the world.
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My question is: If I buy a skype number in California, USA. Will I be able to answer the phone calls using skype when I am in Europe? i.e. London, Dublin, Netherlands, etc.
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Hi will_hulse
I had exactly the same problem and just chatted to a Skype Customer Service agent for about half an hour where they made me jump through incredible trobleshooting hoops that any trained money would know was not addressing the real issue. Eventually they admitted that you cannot use 00 to replace the + when calling a Skype number from a landline or mobile. My Skype number works fine if I make the call to it from within the Skype dialler but not from other phones dialling to that number Internationally. Also on my iphone I held down the 0 to produce the + sumbol and typed in the rest of my Internationa number and even that didn't work. This is a pretty horrendous major issue and I believe that anyone who has paid for a Skype number that needs to receive calls to it from overseas needs to be reimbursed or this issue MUST be fixed immediately. It's completely crazy and unnaceptable. Quite a con!

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Hi, lonepine, and welcome to the Community,
Please check these settings first as detailed in this FAQ article:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10615/why-am-i-not-receiving-calls-to-my-skype-number
If saving any adjustments to these settings did not resolve, please post back including the version of Skype you are using and on which computer or mobile device and its operating system.
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RoseRobin wrote:
Hi I wanted to see if my skype number worked. I tried calling it from my land line from my house in France. I got an auto message saying the number is invalid. I tried with and without the national code. Please let me know how my friends and family can call my Skype number. I'm traveling starting from Oct 1 in Mexico, and I would like it to work before I go. Thank you.
Rose
Please contact customer support: https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA1170/How-can-I-contact-Skype-Customer-Service
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RoseRobin wrote:
Hi I wanted to see if my skype number worked. I tried calling it from my land line from my house in France. I got an auto message saying the number is invalid. I tried with and without the national code. Please let me know how my friends and family can call my Skype number. I'm traveling starting from Oct 1 in Mexico, and I would like it to work before I go. Thank you.
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Hi, dmac..., and wecome to the Community,
A Skype Number works like a subscription; you can cancel it, and start a new one. You may not otherwise "change" the number you currently subscribe to to something else.
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megasuccess wrote:
I have had many people try to call the number from many different phones in the USA. It has never worked and they get the message that the number is disconnected or not in service.
Even when Skype technical support called my number it did not ring on my skype.
I did hear your call however this is the first time I ever heard the call ringing on my skype.
What number did you call? Can you please reply and let me know?
Thank you
Hi,
I an having the same issue. I have had my number for years and ported it out to a prepaid plan. After I forgot to reload the prepaid phone, it quickly canceled my plan and number. When I searched Skype for a similar number, I was surprised to see my number back in the Skype Number Pool. So I repurchased it and I didn't notice the problem until when I tried to port it back to Tmobile and after days of waiting and troubleshooting by Tmobile, they told me they couldn't get the number transferred because it's not my number and they said that the landline company who holds or owns or carries the number can't be reached. This has been going on for almost a year now.
After further research, I read that those phone number carriers who sell phone numbers in wholesale are called CLEC. There are only a handful of those companies. I am don't know what to do and Skype can't help me either. I really need to get this resolved.
If you were able to get your number working, please let me know. The message that callers of my number get is this "you have reached THE non working number, announcement 1 4 switch 2 0 - 4".

My Skype number is still not working please check

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One possible reason why Skype Number does not work is "it already expired". Skype always send email notification on the primary email address of the account about the order confirmation, status of your account/subscription.
I would suggest that you do the following to see the status of your Skype Number:
1. Check the inbox of your primary email address on the account. Skype may have sent you an email notification about the status of your Skype Number.
2. Log in to your account and see if the order for your Skype Number renewal has been delivered. When youlog in to your account in the website, go to Billing and Payments then click on Purchase History. You will see the status of your Online Number renewal, if you dont see the order as Delivered, that means the payment for your Skype Number was not successful.
If you have any other concerns and questions about your Skype Number, I would suggest that you contact Skype Live Support for real time assistance:
Skype Live Support Link:
https://support.skype.com/support_selection
Here's how to get to Skype Live Support:
1. Sign in to your account using that link.
2. Choose Calling in Choose a help topic, then Online Numbers(SkypeIn) in Choose a related problem. The click on Next.
3. Click on Text Chat Support
4. Finally, click on Start
After following the steps, you should be connected to a Live Chat Support Specialist in no time.
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Dear Team,
my skype number is not working although I allowed everyone to call in my privacy settings. This has been happening quite often and now it is already down all day.
I put it on forwarding to my mobile number for now, but although i set the time to forwarding to one 2nd, it takes 20 seconds or so until my phone rings. Is this normal?
Can you please help me fix this. And please don't send me the customer service link with which i should click my way through. I tried many times to "click find" my answer. I hope a discussion with a human being helps.
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Hi, Maxchina, and welcome to the Community,
My hands are tied - you asked not to be provided with instruction how to contact Skype Customer Service - which you would have to click your way through - and which I would normally recommend you do just to double-check nothing is awry with your Skype Number.
Our Community Guidelines do explain that this Community is not a branch of Skype Customer Service; no customer service agents monitor the posts here. We here in the Community are not authorized to access Skype accountholder files or records.
As far as the delay in forwarding, have you tried to set your "number of rings" setting in your client software settings to "0" (zero)? Sometimes that does the trick.
Kind regards,
Elaine
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I am using Skype on a Galaxy S3.
Ever since I signed up for a Skype number I have had people emailing me saying that they were unable to contact me on the Skype number that I gave them. This has become more frequent just recently and I have missed some important calls.
When I call my Skype number from a landline it's a bit hit and miss if a connection is made.... sometimes I get "number not recognised" response from the landline. People who have attempted to call me report similar isssue or sometimes that the number is continually busy and does not go to voicemail.
I called skype support yesterday via Live Chat and was talking to the support guy for 1h 20min and achieved nothing.... he blamed it on everything from my phone provider, internet provider, that my email account was overloaded etc etc ... I think the guy must have bored and was having a joke with me..... that or he was a complete and total utter ####### idiot.
I have attached a screen shot showing settings on my Skype account page.
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Hi, Seismic99,
Please note the clause included in our Community Guidelines related to duplicate posting; duplicates have therefore been removed.
Please also see my colleague, NormanM, has posted, above, in response to your first post.
Here is a link to the instruction on how to contact Skype Customer Service:
https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA10656/what-is-live-chat-support?
Skype is aware of lingering problems with the website when contacting their customer service agents. If you experience difficulty reaching Skype Customer Service or find yourself redirected back to the Community (or offered only the Community as a contact method), please try again using a different web browser and - important - choosing a different path through the various drop-down menu options presented.
Also, look to approve a pop-up dialogue box which would connect you to start an instant message chat with a customer service agent. If you have pop-ups blocked in the browser settings, this will also block reaching an agent.
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Elaine
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