Skype - mobile to mobile without using minutes.

[waynoiam]

How can I use Skype to make a mobile to mobile call and not use my verizon minutes. I have friends that are doing this with the Samsung Omnia II on verizon and everyone I know with an IPhone on att is able to do it. When I try to make a mobile to mobile call a box pops up and says have to use verizon minutes. I also paid for the mobilie to mobile plan on Skype

And help????


Wayne

 

[Tre Lawrence]

I thought Skype to Skype calls over wi-fi are supported on iPhone. I could be wrong...

I thought Fring could help you in this regard, but I do not have the technical details. I use GV for free calls.

 

[hunta]

+1 for fring

 

[jrhughes]

How can I use Skype to make a mobile to mobile call and not use my verizon minutes. I have friends that are doing this with the Samsung Omnia II on verizon and everyone I know with an IPhone on att is able to do it. When I try to make a mobile to mobile call a box pops up and says have to use verizon minutes. I also paid for the mobilie to mobile plan on Skype

And help????


Wayne

When I was using Skype on my Blackberry, it used both Data and Minutes
to make calls. Now that I migrated over to an Android Device, I use TiKL
from the Market.

It supports both Android and iPhone devices plus it's free and only uses
data. Just a thought for you and your friends if you need an alternative
means of contact.

 

[zuben el genub]

Verizon and Skype partnered, so it's hard to say what they did. Can you select wifi and turn off Verizon? How did you set up Skype? What phone do you have?
I've used it on both Symbian and now Android. Neither used minutes or plan.
But I'm GSM, not CDMA.
Your problem sounds like TMobile's UMA. If you have UMA, it's wifi, but uses TM services so you use minutes - even on your own router. It's built into the phone. So your wifi might just be hooked into Verizon's services by the phone mfg.

Z

 

[kylebarendrick]

When I used the skype app loaded on the phone by verizon it would not let me make wifi calls. When I rooted, deleted the verizon version of skype, and installed the "real" version from the market I was then able to make wifi calls with skype.