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Dutton wants to take your pension away if you are outside Australia for more than 4 weeks. https://www.liberal.org.au/policy/our-plan-for-a-sustainable-budget Scroll down to "Overseas eligibility for social services payments – reduce to four weeks." Taxing your pension at non resident tax rates pales into insignificance when compared to cutting your pension off completely after 4 weeks outside of Australia.

It's not my style. I address this in a previous post. All of these threads are looking for different features and prices. Viber is worth considering by all members with their mixture of requirements, across all Skype threads, thus, I put forward Viber on all the threads. It may have, but I have put Viber forward as the closest product to Skype I could find. Can you name a product / provider that is closer to Skype in function and features? Exact, and that's why I put Viber forward on all the threads. Viber has everything Skype does, except for a Viber In Number, but given the Skype shut down, Viber may offer it again in the future, because they did offer it in the past.

Yes, because it's on topic on every Skype thread. Mods probably should have shut down all the Skype threads and just left one running, but they didn't, so I posted the relevant information on all the Skype threads. Sure. First page of this thread from Crossy, who is also a Mod. He says: "It's really bad news for my parents, we've been using Skype for our weekly chats for something like 25 years! Both are now in their 90s and dad is registered blind so getting used to something new, isn't going to be easy 😞 Possibly Whatsapp would be easier than getting to grips with Teams. Luckily my sister lives local to them and is tech savvy. She'll do the necessary." Just because you don't do free voice / video calls on Skype, doesn't mean millions around the world do not. Do they? Really? If they did, perhaps there wouldn't be so many Skype threads looking for Skype alternatives. Does Crossy's parents have WhatsApp, LINE, Signal, Telegram....? No. Yes, they do, as do I, but I have also been doing free voice / video calls with my family and friends in my home country for years on Skype. So, Viber is not the cheapest but is good value. You have contradicted yourself. Once again, if you think $23.88USD a years for unlimited calls / minutes to the USA is "expensive" well, what can I say? True. I'm Australian, so it's $3.99USD a month for unlimited call / minutes to Australia. That's a whopping $47.88USD a year. How will I ever afford it? Already addressed. Not pushing it. Most people are looking for a Skype "alternative." The use of the word "alternative" tends to mean "like for like" and not just in cost, but also features. Can YOU name a product / provider that is closer to Skype than Viber.

Mine has changed. Still works, just a different appearance. I installed Teams on my phone and signed in with my Skype credentials, just to see what happens. It took me to a browser and to the Skype web portal where you sign in. In other words, no need to put Teams on your phone.

Ok. I tend not to put all my eggs in one basket. Basically, spread the risk of loss, theft, damage etc. Multiple devices on multiple platforms. Each to their own.

Both major parties have pledged to spend what the can't can't afford, if they are elected. So much so, S&P has warned Australia that it could lose its AAA credit rating, and should that happen, you are looking at 15 baht to the Aussie dollar. Check out the graphs at the start of this short clip.

Do you do everything on your phone? Don't you own a PC?

Not now, but no guarantee about the future. The "long overseas holiday" tax residency loop hole can't last forward.

Be sure to regularly change your email password, and make it a strong password. When signing in, many companies are now sending a verification code to email addresses as part of their Two Factor Authentication process. (2FA)

What is the source of your information? They might be blacklisting scam call center numbers, but I can't see them blacklisting standard numbers for individuals.

I was going to leave $0.20 credit in my Skype account to keep Skype running forever, but it appears future emails will be sent out putting a deadline to use any remaining credit or lose it, as they will be pulling the plug on the servers.

I think you mean Nord VPN. Nord is pretty good.

Skype will still work through the Skype web portal, which you can access on your PC, until you run out of credit or your subscription expires. After that, you will need to change to another VOIP provider. I have put forward Viber as the closest product / provider on the market to Skype I could find. Unlimited calls / minutes to Australia is $3.99USD a month.

Long gone. It's a take away coffee or juice kiosk now.

Perhaps times have changed since you opened your bank accounts.

Perhaps he was not "handsome man."

Perhaps because his eyes were round.

They don't. I never said they did. What I did say is Viber is the closest product I could find to Skype, which is a "one stop shop" for the needs of many. I also said in a subsequent post many may need a combination of different products to achieve what they did with Skype. Really? Are you posting on behalf of "everyone" now? I use app to app calling all the time. I like to see my friends and family on a video call sometimes. You just said no one was interested in it. I would suggest, "they" are interested in ALL features Skype offered. Isn't that what all these threads are about? Also, many expats have maintained a sim card from their own country, so don't need Skype, or a Skype alternative for an OTP. Viber Out to the USA is $1.99USD per month for unlimited calls / minutes. That's $23.88USD, or 801THB a year. Do you call that expensive? Really? I'm not pushing it. I'm simply saying it's the closest product to Skype I can find, that's "all in one" like Skype is. Can you name a product that is closer to Skype than Viber?

You are in China, one of the most heavily censored and surveilled countries in the world. Something, or nothing to hide, privacy is something you can't put a price on in such countries, speed or no speed, but that's just my opinion.

If / when China moves on Taiwan, or, it kicks off in The South China Sea, which side do you think Thailand will take? Will Thailand let China use their airbases and sea ports, or let America use them, once again? If they side with China, that draws Thailand into the war. Interesting times ahead.

Same advice. Try a few different agents.

They want to make sure the Two Factor Authentication (2FA) names on the sim card and on the bank account are the same for OTP's. It decreases the possibility of fraud.

Be thankful you can visit any branch to update your personal details, and not the branch where you opened the account. Imagine the inconvenience that would have caused.

How many banks / branches did you try? As another member said, try a few others If all else fails, use an "agent" to open an account. Yes, I know you don't want to pay an agent, but at least the job gets done.

I guess it's only "the fittest" in the crowd at the MCG today. https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/survival-of-the-fittest-australia-no-longer-the-lucky-country/news-story/bd6f5241e8709dc6e6e0536acfbabfa3