January 2007

For some locations, credit card purchases do not work in Skype Control Panel at the moment. We are fixing the problem and will do all possible to fix this as soon as possible. Meanwhile we would suggest try using some other payment method.

UPDATE: issue has been resolved February 2nd.

• As of January 18 2007, a connection fee of 0.039 € or equivalent applies to SkypeOut calls after the fifth second, with the exception in the next two bullets.
• The connection fee does not apply if you are on the Skype Unlimited plan in the US or Canada, or Talk for Britain plan in the UK.
• The connection fee doesn’t apply to toll-free calls. You can do toll-free calls without having any Skype Credit or paying anything.
• The following regions were added to our Global Rate of 0.017 € per minute: Czech Republic, Guam, Hungary, Israel, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Puerto Rico and both Alaska and Hawaii in the United States.
• We are working on our new Skype Pro offering that, among other things, will have domestic SkypeOut calling in a number of countries with a connection fee but no per-minute charges. You can sign up to receive more info by e-mail, and it will of course be here on the blog. No date yet, but I think it’s safe to say we will speak more about Skype Pro in weeks, rather than months.
• Nothing changed in the structure of our other prices (Voicemail, SkypeIn, or free Skype-to-Skype).

Read more here.

Starting from 6:45 GMT today morning our payment provider is facing a technical error due to which credit card purchases fail. If you face problems making the purchase, please be patient, we are trying to fix this as soon as possible

UPDATE: issue was resolved at 8:45 GMT 25.01.2007

Problems might occurr for you if you have applied for 3D Secure check (VerifiedByVisa or MasterCard SecureCode) at your bank and happen to be Safari browser user. If you use Safari and your browser freezes during the purchase, please mind to use some other browser for Mac, for example Mozilla and note, it will work out perfectly well.