Skype-alternative to a mobile phone / city phone - savings or fiction?

Question

Skype

A question for those who regularly use Skype calls to landline and mobile local numbers: do you feel the savings in money compared to the option if similar calls were made/received via a regular mobile phone?

We are talking specifically about local calls, because it is clear that long-distance and international Skype calls are cheaper.

Through whom / in what way would you recommend paying for Skype calls, buying a number (I want to buy a landline number on Skype, as an alternative to an office number)? It's about Moscow.

PS: from the outside, the question probably seems stupid and rhetorical (“of course it’s cheaper, what are you, dude!”), but even Anton Nossik writes that there are only losses from Skype.

Answer 1

It all depends on how much to call, maybe it will be easier to take some kind of unlimited :)
For example, mobile communication is cheaper for me, though I'm from Ukraine. For $6.5 a month I have 100Mb of mobile internet, 100 sms/mms within the country and 100 minutes to any operator in the country, despite the fact that all calls within the network are absolutely free. All this is enough for me for a month, while 50% of the paid funds are returned to me every month to the bonus account, in total, I spend only $ 3.25 per month

Answer 2

The quality in many places is such that saving on calls by calling Skype is simply cruel. The situation with the sipnet is slightly better, but also not ideal.

Answer 3

www.skype.com/intl/ru/prices/payg-rates#cc=UA
In Ukraine, calling to local phones from Skype is much more expensive than from a mobile phone (in my opinion, even the tariffs for fixed long-distance calls are cheaper).

Answer 4

For calls via skype vseravno have to pay for mobile internet. As a result, it gets cheaper to use conventional cellular communications. Skype is convenient for calling abroad.

Answer 5

I never understood the general ardent affection for Skype - the prices are two or more times higher compared to BetaMax . Given the generous duration of "free days", which, however, disappeared a couple of years ago for city numbers in Russia (except for Moscow and St. Petersburg), you can really save money.

Answer 6

It's about Moscow.
PS: from the outside, the question probably seems silly and rhetorical

. In my opinion (imho only), the question is a bit incorrect.
If you're considering using it on a mobile phone, that's one song;
if you're considering using it from a fixed Internet location, that's another song.
Skype is not a dogma, but just a very large operator that has its own tariff plans. It is only on this basis that it is worth analyzing. Don't forget that when you buy his plan, you get a limit of 6 hours of calls per day (and no more than 50 calls per day). And at the same time, you do not receive an incoming number (for this, as I understand it, they take separate money).
And one more thing - you did not say whether you need it as an individual or for your small organization. There is
competition in the Moscow telephone market . And I would absolutely not want either MTS or Skype to remain in this market in a couple of years. It is much more interesting when other operators are present on it ( we all love SIP - and it keeps traditional telecom operators awake). Therefore, I repeat once again: it’s worth analyzing tariffs based on your needs in calling directions and options for you to get the Internet ...