Comments on: iPhone Skype for Canada — A workaround

By: jim

jim — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:18:59 +0000

Many Thanks, i downloaded it, also i bought a toronto number from http://www.onekingtelecom.com
they somehow forward it to my skype, quality is awesome, and there is voicemail to email, which skype doesnt offer, as well as followme feature (same as skype but much better quality) another feature is vmx locator, so you can give an option to caller to either leave a message or press 1 to connect to some other phone number. excellent service A+, and cost me only 10$ !

By: James

James — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:52 +0000

I just downloaded the skype app when I was visiting the US via the hotel wifi, answered all the questions as if I was a US citizen and then installed it. It works great to this day and I am back in Canada.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:08:41 +0000

What would happen to your “American” Skype-iPhone account if you try to buy time with a Canadian credit card? You may want to Skypeout worldwide to landlines and cellphones. Is there a way around it?

By: Don Walker

Don Walker — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:58:32 +0000

Just downloaded fring, added the add-in to skype, performed the Skype test call, and I am off.

By: a

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:50:03 +0000

just done it with no problem
sign out , change your store to us store
find free app
it will ask you to sign in
creat new account
the non in visa section is there , choose it
get the address and the zip code from google map ,just zoom in then get any point it will show you the zip code
then it will send the confirmation to ur email , mine was gmail
i got the email in 2 seconds
log in and down load the skype

By: hugo

hugo — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:54:29 +0000

Why not use ‘fring’ which I can see in the app store from Canada? It seems to support Skype in addition to gtalk, etc.

By: brenda

brenda — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:42:37 +0000

In reply to Colin. How did you download skype when you need a us account with credit card. The took the "none" button away.

By: Colin

Colin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:32:22 +0000

okay, so this is what i did…i went into the us itunes, found skype and clicked download. it asked me for my username and password and also gave me the option to create an account. i clicked “create account” and followed all the steps. when you get to the billing section, under credit cards, there is a selection for “none”. i chose that and finalized my account. it then said it sent a verification email to my email account. however, and i’ve noticed this is a very common problem, the email was never sent. so what i did, as a workaround, was go back to itunes, and at the sign in page, clicked “forgot password”, i then followed the steps to reset my password. which DID send a link to my email. i then reset my password and voila, i now have a US itunes account. a little bit convoluted but it worked!

By: Vlad

Vlad — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:53:25 +0000

Stopped working.
Itunes says that the promotion is over

By: lokl (Kevin J. Smith)

lokl (Kevin J. Smith) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:00:31 +0000

@mshak so maybe I lied … ’cause I think this is what I did but I don’t recall it causing problems: http://tinyurl.com/ckthjt