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The cost of cellphone v. Skype will be totally inconsequential compared with taxi fares!!!!! <g>
I rather doubt that such a thing exists

AndyD 8-)₹

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I would think those are like looking for a needle in a hay stack, but good luck.

p.s. my quoted skype packages were from UK to India (Sorry)

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Ok I don't really understand what your saying about cellphone charges. To make myself clear, for my work I make a lot of calls to UK domestic numbers (01 and 02). If I was not using Skype unlimited then I would be charged a connection fee for every call, which adds up when you are making over 50 calls a day, and there's no way any cellphone provider in India can come anywhere close to less than 5 quid a month.

Help make the penny drop for me ;)

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I think I'd rather not, that sounds a lot like unsolicited spam calls (there are other possibilities I won't mention); surprised that Skype don't call unfair usage (or perhaps you know the safe limit).
Everything I wrote stands up, you said business calls, well 90% are cellphone these days, for which Skype-Out is uneconomical. Add up the other costs I detailled and see if it's worth the candle.

AndyD

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Jesus, this thread is going round in bleedin circles............

1) You will not find an appartment with landline broadband installed, full stop. At leaqst 99% certain (already stated by several members on different posts)

2)Your skype-out package will almost certainly (99%) not work from Goa, even if you are using a proxy server.

2a)If by any chance your skype package did work from India, what the hell is the problem with using a mobile internet dongle? Several members have assured you that it works fine for skype......

3) As Andy said (in his inimitable way, do you have a bit of an "agenda" here that you are not sharing?


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How unpleasant you are, from the looks of your previous posts you probably do nothing but drink beer and troll all day.

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Andy, i'm trying to find out if people have used these dongles for calling normal phone numbers rather than just Skype contacts.

What do you mean I can't use my Skype package from India?, I can use it from anywhere in the world, i just need the internet. Why would I need to use a proxy? :confused:

My agenda is that I have a job - i'm a mobile freelancer and I need to make sure I can make sure the internet is mostly reliable. If I can't do that, then I have to look at other countries

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1) You will not find an appartment with landline broadband installed, full stop. At leaqst 99% certain (already stated by several members on different posts)


I've just understood that it will be difficult

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Good luck ...................bye

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Thank you. I'm just asking questions, my one concerning call quality for Skype to Landline calls remains unanswered, but I will find out no probs

Thanks to those who have give me advice :), hope to meet up with some of you while you're there

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Hi All

Following on from johnny five's and a_f_d's links for living costs in Goa, I have updated them a little.

There are now average monthly costs for volunteers,

everyday item costs and I have also add 80% of the menu of big banana... I will hopefully add others when I get chance. It's a bit late in the season, but I will continue through to next year also...

http://www.educatorstrustindia.org/Volunteer-Living-Costs.htm

Enjoy!

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Good to see you back Poipleshadow
And nice to see you continuing with your fantastic work

Dread - x

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Just checked - gas cylinders now ₹418 - so maybe you should re-check some other prices (inflation has really leaped ahead in the last 2 years).

AndyD 8-)#

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All the other prices should be right (i went to the stores and checked).

The gas bottle was the last time i bought, which was 10 months ago?? I think, it had only just gone up from 320 to 360, now 418!!! That's bad!

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... and without a subsidy that is beginning to cripple the government it would be around ₹700.
Governments can start subsidies with good intentions but over time it always happens that they become politically impossible to reduce or cancel and financially impossible to keep up.

AndyD 8-)#