Useful Information About Skype: Skype International Calling Rates

Remember calling cards for dialing international numbers? Now you don't need them. With Skype, all you do is load money onto your Skype account and dial an international number. It is the equivalent of a calling card. Skype has very competitive international calling rates. The current Skype rates link is included below:

http://www.skype.com/en/rates/

Here are the directions for finding out how much it would cost to call international:

1 - Go to http://www.skype.com/en/rates/
2 - Enter a country in the field. For example, "China."

3 - Check rates to call, for example, China:

4 - Or, opt to buy Skype credits instead - see below. You can set the charge to auto re-charge which reloads your card with the selected amount (either $10 or $25) every time the balance falls below $2.

Which option is best for you - Skype Credit? or Skype Monthly Subscription?

What is the difference?

The simplest answer is: if you use Skype occasionally to make calls, then get Skype credits. If you use Skye a lot to make calls, then get the monthly subscription. The monthly subscription may not be worth it if you do not make a lot of calls.

Check out the link and Youtube below for more details; keep in mind that the Youtube tutorial is based on Australian rates but I found it extremely well put together and helpful. It also touches upon other feature Skype has like getting a Skype phone number, call forwarding, and Caller ID where you can choose the phone number that gets displayed to your friends' phones when you call or text. The purpose of this would be to i.e. convert the Skype phone number that would show up (and which your friends would not recognize) to your cell number (so that when you dial through Skype and your friends see your number, they will know to pick up because it is you).

http://techuserfriendly.com/skype-pay-as-you-go-credit-vs-monthly-subscription/