Quoted from the Skype (not 3) website:

3 Skypephone Terms
Available from 3 to new approved customers who purchase a 3 Skypephone and
register on selected 3 monthly or pre-paid price plans, subject to minimum
contract and regular top-up. Free calls are Skype-to-Skype calls and Skype
instant chat messages only from the 3 network or while roaming on a 3 sister
network. Fair use policy and terms apply. Visit the 3 website in your
country for details.

This would suggest free Skype calls on 3 networks abroad. I did not find
anything on 3 UK website to confirm this. Sounds too good to be true.

divoch

On Feb 2, 11:53*pm, "divoch" wrote:
Quoted from the Skype *(not 3) website:

3 Skypephone Terms
Available from 3 to new approved customers who purchase a 3 Skypephone and
register on selected 3 monthly or pre-paid price plans, subject to minimum
contract and regular top-up. Free calls are Skype-to-Skype calls and Skype
instant chat messages only from the 3 network or while roaming on a 3 sister
network. Fair use policy and terms apply. Visit the 3 website in your
country for details.

This would suggest free Skype calls on 3 networks abroad. I did not find
anything on 3 UK website to confirm this. Sounds too good to be true.

divoch

An experiment is obviously called for!! CJB.

On 2 Feb, 23:53, "divoch" wrote:
Quoted from the Skype *(not 3) website:

3 Skypephone Terms
Available from 3 to new approved customers who purchase a 3 Skypephone and
register on selected 3 monthly or pre-paid price plans, subject to minimum
contract and regular top-up. Free calls are Skype-to-Skype calls and Skype
instant chat messages only from the 3 network or while roaming on a 3 sister
network. Fair use policy and terms apply. Visit the 3 website in your
country for details.

This would suggest free Skype calls on 3 networks abroad. I did not find
anything on 3 UK website to confirm this. Sounds too good to be true.

divoch

It might be too good to still be true

I think you might need to check the up-to-date terms and conditions
with 3, and not necessarily take Skype's word for it

Free Skype calls only apply when used on a 3 network, yes

But 3 Like Home was abolished by 3 UK during last year, though other 3
networks still continue equivalents for their customers, so I'd be
cagy about assuming this still applies to roaming in those other 3
countries

It certainly does not apply in countries without a 3 network

On 02/02/10 23:53, divoch wrote:
Quoted from the Skype (not 3) website:

3 Skypephone Terms
Available from 3 to new approved customers who purchase a 3 Skypephone and
register on selected 3 monthly or pre-paid price plans, subject to minimum
contract and regular top-up. Free calls are Skype-to-Skype calls and Skype
instant chat messages only from the 3 network or while roaming on a 3 sister
network. Fair use policy and terms apply. Visit the 3 website in your
country for details.

This would suggest free Skype calls on 3 networks abroad. I did not find
anything on 3 UK website to confirm this. Sounds too good to be true.

divoch



3 "roams" to a "sister" network in the UK when the 3 signal is not
available.

There is a 3 mast within 200m of my house but my phone regularly starts
with the sequence

"emergency calls" - roaming - 3

(the mast is conveniently situated in a cutting to channel the signal to
drivers on the M3!!!!)

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knowledge or consent of the computer user. Software should also be able
to be removed from a computer easily."
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"divoch" wrote in message
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Quoted from the Skype (not 3) website:

3 Skypephone Terms
Available from 3 to new approved customers who purchase a 3 Skypephone and
register on selected 3 monthly or pre-paid price plans, subject to minimum
contract and regular top-up. Free calls are Skype-to-Skype calls and Skype
instant chat messages only from the 3 network or while roaming on a 3
sister network. Fair use policy and terms apply. Visit the 3 website in
your country for details.

This would suggest free Skype calls on 3 networks abroad. I did not find
anything on 3 UK website to confirm this. Sounds too good to be true.

divoch


You will get burned...