KhunHeineken

Can you do free voice / video calls?

They say it will be all ready for complete migration by the 5th May. It should have been ready for complete migration before they even announced the Skype shut down.

That is my understanding, but I believe Skype users with credit will still be able to use the web portal as well, which is what I will be doing. If so, I will not be using Teams at the end of Skype, or anytime into the future.

I agree. Mytello is for the infrequent user, but without an unlimited paid call subscription, it's not for the frequent / heavy paid call user.

As I posted in another thread, Viber is the closest product on the market to Skype that I could find. If another member has found a product that has free voice / video calls, credit / mins for paid calls that do not expire, and unlimited subscriptions to individual countries and a package of multiple countries, all in the one program / app, then please put it forward.

Yes, but Yolla do not offer an unlimited paid call subscription.

Mytello does not offer free voice / video calls. Not a problem for some, but a feature that many used to catch up with friends and relatives back home.

People used different features of Skype for different reasons. Some only used the free voice and video calls to friends and family. Others used the paid calls feature. Many used Skype for both. Many alternatives to Skype have been put forward over various threads. Some of the alternatives require a monthly subscription, others do not even offer a subscription and you have to continually by credit as you use minutes. Some members are infrequent paid call users, some members are frequent paid call users, and some members are heavy paid call users. Call costs / subscription costs vary between all the Skype alternatives. I have put forward Viber as a "one stop shop" alternative to Skype. My reason for this is Viber has free voice and video calls just like Skype, it also has has paid calls in minutes and paid calls unlimited subscriptions. Open the Viber program / app and it's all in one place, just like Skype. Yolla does not offer an unlimited subscription. Mytello does not offer voice / video calls. Viber offers everything that Skype does, all in the one place, just like Skype. Whilst Yolla and Mytello will suit some, but not others, if people are looking for the closest product on the market to Skype, then I suggest they take a look at Viber.

They sometimes use dry milk powder as a sausage binder. Perhaps you could try it.

They already know you are overseas.

What a waste of good vegemite.

If the member doesn't want it posted to him, picking it up at the embassy would be a better option than traveling back to Australia.

It's possible the Greens will hold the balance of power, or it's a hung parliament.

It's $0.0195AUD a minute, so close to double the price you claim. Perfectly fine for the casual user, but for the more frequent user, a provider that offers a subscription with unlimited minutes is better. Also, Viber has the free video and voice calls, the same as Skype.

How do you call a landline or mobile on LINE and WhatsApp? Not uncommon for elderly family members to not even have a smart phone, PC, or internet.

How long before Australia loses its AAA credit rating?

Not surprising.

What about a short trip to Bangkok to pick it up in person?

Can it be picked up at the embassy in Bangkok?

Dog food / Som tum - same same. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-09-08/pensioners-living-on-dog-food-fielding/502264

Perhaps the member is talking about the DVA number, not the Centerlink number.

Not correct. They offer "World Credit" for infrequent use, which is similar to "Skype Credit." You can also do free video and voice calls, similar to Skype. Here are the plans / rates / minutes / costs to the UK. Is $1.99USD a month for 100 minutes to the UK really going to break the bank? Or, is $5.99USD for unlimited minutes to many countries in the world, including Thailand, really so bad? https://account.viber.com/en/call-united-kingdom

Microsoft is going down the same path as Nokia, just more slowly. Had a huge slice of market share, but ultimately went broke.

I checked out Teams. Straight away I could see it was business orientated, and nothing at all like Skype. Even "Teams Free" which is their basic offering, was nothing like Skype. I will not be migrating over to Teams. I doubt Teams will get a high percentage of the 30 million Skype users around the world.

There are a lot of variables in that demographic you describe. If you came to Thailand mid 40's, and say you left school at 15, that's 30 years of working, not 40 years of working. Firstly, the type of occupation would matter greatly, which goes directly to the amount of salary earned. On this point, salaries were not very large back in those days, for all professions. Then, there are possible losses along the way to consider. Eh: divorce, the GFC etc etc. All effect one's cash / asset portfolio. Divorce and loss of property and child support to pay being a common financial setback to many men in Australia. There's also how many hours a week the person worked, and their tax rate, or if they were paid cash in hand, as well as the lifestyle they lived, and the investments they made. Another thing to consider is, in general, humans are living longer. That 30 years of working now has to see you out for longer than in past generations. The list goes on, but the above are some of the reasons people like yourself have returned back to Australia to do their 2 years to qualify for a pension. It's not a bad deal. Work until mid 40's, move to a cheap country, get a pretty girl for cheap, don't work for the next 20 years, return home "cap in hand" for 2 years, get the pension, and then return back to the cheap country. One may call it good financial planning, and a good work life balance. However, there are people who work from 15 to 65 in Australia, and will never qualify for a pension. I suspect they don't have kind words to say about the above people.