Thread: [Announce] VICaR: Value International Call Router (Calling Card Helper)
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czajunia is offline czajunia
2011-01-05 , 03:22
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Originally Posted by fcrochik View Post
czajunia:
Are you sure that on your old phone it actually dials out a "access phone number" instead of using VOIP (starting on your phone)?
That would make more sense.... Especially if you could also call "skype" accounts

Also, I assume that if this was a "cell operator" feature and you are actually dialing a phone number to access skype that they would rely on your caller id to identify your phone.

Do they charge you for data?
I am not sure how exactly it works but the phone dials something that looks like a mobile phone number. It shows up on a screen for a few moments only when I make a skype call and after that it just starts connecting to Skype as if I made a normal VoIP Skype call.

Again not sure how it identifies a user name on skype network but it maybe somehow related to the software that runs on your mobile which is what scifi.guy suggested.

Yes, I have an unlimited data plan that is apparently limited to 1GB or 500MB Skype phone calls if made using my operator software are outside this allowance and they are unlimited (well, there is probably some kind of a limit as well but that's not something you'd use up).

So, if I use built in Skype client to make Skype calls rather than my network software it will be part of my data plan. The other problem is that when making VoIP calls the quality is usually much worse than when calling using their Skype client especially if the 3G coverage is patchy.