Skype’s roaming WiFi, and the Singapore Airport
I was in in the Singapore Changi Airport yesterday, and thought I should pull some mail while in the terminal, so as to be more productive on the plane ride home. Opening my laptop, I saw the following:
Pretty nifty right? This is what you get with the new Skype beta for Mac OS X 2.8 – access to roam on many wireless networks, via Boingo, in a new service called Skype Access. It comes out of your Skype credit, so you don’t need no stinkin’ credit card.
Over on Flickr I was asked if the €0.14 made sense per minute. I’m here to give you a resounding no.
Wireless@SG is free to access. Just roam with Singtel, and dial *186. I wrote about this previously. Access until midnight, and when you need it again, don’t hesitate to ask.
Does that work if you don’t have a Singtel mobile? I am assuming no.
It works if you roam with Singtel. I have no Singtel mobile. From what I understand, Wireless@SG is meant to be free nonetheless… its mostly singapore-wide, even
Glad you like the feature, even if on this occasion it wasn’t particularly useful…\
Looks like we need to fix the link in the Skype Access dialog too ;)
The last couple of times I’ve been at Changi, wired internet was free (there are several workstation areas with RJ45 sockets and power).
Glad you like the feature, even if on this occasion it wasn’t particularly useful…
Looks like we need to fix the link in the Skype Access dialog too ;)