Comments on: Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/ Facilitating Personal and Business Conversations Across a Voice 2.0 World Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:03:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Skype 4.1 Beta Launched: Will That Be Video or Desktop Sharing? | Voice on the Web http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3298 Skype 4.1 Beta Launched: Will That Be Video or Desktop Sharing? | Voice on the Web Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:04:38 +0000 http://voiceontheweb.biz/?p=2140#comment-3298 [...] Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi (voiceontheweb.biz) [...] [...] Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi (voiceontheweb.biz) [...]

]]> By: Is WiFi Becoming the Unregulated Stealth Carrier of the Future? | Voice on the Web http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 Is WiFi Becoming the Unregulated Stealth Carrier of the Future? | Voice on the Web Sat, 25 Jul 2009 20:04:05 +0000 http://voiceontheweb.biz/?p=2140#comment-3296 [...] Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi (voiceontheweb.biz) [...] [...] Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi (voiceontheweb.biz) [...]

]]> By: Skype for Mac 2.8; Handy New Features Finally Go Gold | Voice on the Web http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-3200 Skype for Mac 2.8; Handy New Features Finally Go Gold | Voice on the Web Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:33:04 +0000 http://voiceontheweb.biz/?p=2140#comment-3200 [...] Access: if you’re on the road and desperate for an ad hoc WiFi connection, Skype Access provides per minute access services via Boingo. But if there is no free service in your hotel, restaurant or coffee shop and you don’t already [...] [...] Access: if you’re on the road and desperate for an ad hoc WiFi connection, Skype Access provides per minute access services via Boingo. But if there is no free service in your hotel, restaurant or coffee shop and you don’t already [...]

]]> By: Will AT&T’s Randall Stephenson Mobilize Skype? | Voice on the Web http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-2221 Will AT&T’s Randall Stephenson Mobilize Skype? | Voice on the Web Wed, 27 May 2009 21:09:05 +0000 http://voiceontheweb.biz/?p=2140#comment-2221 [...] Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi (voiceontheweb.biz) [...] [...] Canadian Experience with Skype Access and Boingo WiFi (voiceontheweb.biz) [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Andrew Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:12:44 +0000 http://voiceontheweb.biz/?p=2140#comment-297 If I used Boingo a lot - I would subscribe for 7.95 a month, (about 35 minutes (CDN$) of Skype access charges) for unlimited usage. Skype prices are steep, I am not sure why I would ever use it - email and Skype Voice calls (forwarded) come to my Blackberry, I would use Truphone or Mobivox (where I have a local access number) for international calls from my BB as well, as their is no Skype To Go in Canada... As hard as I try I can't think of a use case where I would absolutely have to be online and willing to pay those rates, and can't at the very least make a call or check something on my mobile. Now if Skype/Boingo made the pricing at say 3.99$ for a day, I would probably exclusively use Boingo hotspots when traveling. But at this pricing scheme, I would just feel like I was being ripped off, and would probably never use it. If I used Boingo a lot – I would subscribe for 7.95 a month, (about 35 minutes (CDN$) of Skype access charges) for unlimited usage. Skype prices are steep, I am not sure why I would ever use it – email and Skype Voice calls (forwarded) come to my Blackberry, I would use Truphone or Mobivox (where I have a local access number) for international calls from my BB as well, as their is no Skype To Go in Canada… As hard as I try I can’t think of a use case where I would absolutely have to be online and willing to pay those rates, and can’t at the very least make a call or check something on my mobile.

Now if Skype/Boingo made the pricing at say 3.99$ for a day, I would probably exclusively use Boingo hotspots when traveling. But at this pricing scheme, I would just feel like I was being ripped off, and would probably never use it.

]]> By: Skype for Mac 2.8 Beta Launches | Voice on the Web http://voiceontheweb.biz/2009/03/canadian-experience-with-skype-access-and-boingo-wifi/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Skype for Mac 2.8 Beta Launches | Voice on the Web Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:39:49 +0000 http://voiceontheweb.biz/?p=2140#comment-295 [...] The second major feature, Skype Access, provides WiFi access for your MacBook or MacBook Pro via any Boingo access point. While I’m told it has been tested at many of the over 100,000 Boingo hotspots worldwide, I could not get it to work at a local Canadian Starbucks listed as a Boingo hotspot location. But then, this is still beta (and the problem may be with Boingo’s interface with Bell Mobility). ([Update: on a March 19 visit to the same Starbucks, Skype Access worked with no problems.] [...] [...] The second major feature, Skype Access, provides WiFi access for your MacBook or MacBook Pro via any Boingo access point. While I’m told it has been tested at many of the over 100,000 Boingo hotspots worldwide, I could not get it to work at a local Canadian Starbucks listed as a Boingo hotspot location. But then, this is still beta (and the problem may be with Boingo’s interface with Bell Mobility). ([Update: on a March 19 visit to the same Starbucks, Skype Access worked with no problems.] [...]

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