"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in
news:fpksc8$gju$1@aioe.org:

> Mobivox is an interesting concept- but it's a bit awkward being both a
> Skype gateway for POTS-to-Skype calls and a separate international LD
> service. (It'd be nice if they let you dial int'l LD through your
> Skype account using it's balance, but then, of course, there'd be
> nothing in it for them!)
>
>

Skype has incorporated the Mobivox ideas, now. It's called Skype To Go.

http://www.skype.com/allfeatures/togo/
2.1c/min + 3.9c/connection direct from your Sellphone to the Skype access
number to most civilized countries.

It's not quite as cheap as Mobivox's 1.9c/min with no connect fees...

And, Mobivox works great for people who don't have computers or don't want
to use Skype. You don't need a Skype account to activate Mobivox so you
can call cheap from your Sellphone.

Sometimes, and you can compare both system rate charts, Mobivox is much
cheaper to some shared cost sellphones overseas.

As to using Skype's account....they are totally separate, but cooperating,
companies. I don't want any other company to have access to my Skype
balance. What an accounting nightmare THAT could turn into for everyone!

I don't let Sellphone companies have my credit card numbers, either,
because of their horrid history of $5000 sellphone bills....and other
atrocities.