Just downloaded the app as per instruction here on this thread. Works well. I am a really happy camper...The best part? No more BELL in this household FOREVER. I had enough of their high prices, lousy customer support and mixed up billing practices. Goodbye Bell! Hello Skype!

I had to restore to a clean install of 2.2.1, and now Skype is working perfect. It only crashes if the cell phone rings or an alarm triggers. I can't be bothered with Jailbreaking for the time being.. I've burned up way too much time with customizing... I really only wanted it for VoIP, and App Store has what I need. All is good now

Today I used it for an inter-Ontario call and I got the noise that we used to get when we you'd call someone and they were on the dial-up internet. The screaching sound. I shut down the app, opened it back up, called and it was fine the next time around.

Anyone have this?

thanks kev. I think i'll leave it alone b/c i don't even know what cydia is

ok. so after more searching, this appears to be a problem with the mobile subrate requiring an update.

Is cydia only something done through jailbreaking? my phone is not jailbroken nor do i intend to do it.

Are folks with non-JB'n phones using skype a-ok?

Cheers,
Keebler

Oh yeah...if you arent jailbroken it should be working 100% fine.

thanks for confirming Kev. I deleted it from the phone and will connect to my mac and try installing again.

every other attempt (reboots, logging out/in), isn't working.

I can make calls on my iphone through skype with wifi anytime during the day without using up my Rogers minutes?
I only have 150 outgoing weekday minutes, it's so little that I'm scared of using my phone during the day and use it only after 5:00 PM.

So for $30 a year I could do without a home phone? I think I pay around $45 a month for my home phone, is this for real??? or am I getting this wrong?

I work from home therefore have wifi all day,

It's not really doable using the iPhone app by itself.
I tried backgrounding Skype all day so people could call ME using backgrounder (requiring jailbreaking) along with VoipOver3G and I only got about 9 hours of battery before I HAD to charge it.

However if you have a computer that's always on, leaving skype running and using that as your home phone is completely viable. Hopefully with OS 3.0 skype will have some sort of push notification so people can call you when the app is closed.

you're right smelly. I paid the $2.95 for a month to test it out, but it works great with wi-fi. I'm not the best test subject as my install isn't going well. it's not starting properly, but when it works, it's great.

cheers,
keebler