Skype, VoIP Is Blocked in Spain

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My attempts to make Skype calls on my iPhone 4 via Yoigo are resulting in dropped data connections. Same with using any SIP provider. 

It feels like the Grinch who stole Christmas has arrived here in the land where mobile is king. Quite possibly the blocking only occurs with pre-paid SIM card customers (pre-pago) but it's not like the experience I had in Portugal where everything just worked.

But, given the noise level I'm expecting as people wander the halls at Mobile World Congress, Yoigo's 1.20 euro a day rate for data is something that can't be beat email and IM messages will be fine for me.

 

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2 thoughts on “Skype, VoIP Is Blocked in Spain”

  1. Sorry, but this is not true at all. If you read your contract (pre-paid and contract) you can read VoIP it is not allowed in Yoigo, Vodafone and more.
    But you have the choice to use another provider that allows VoIP like MasMovil, Happymovil and so on.
    I am using MasMovil with SIP it works perfectly and I don’t have the contract restriction as you have in Yoigo.

  2. Yoigo limits the speed to 384kbs on this Prepaid card, maybe that, if you want more speed the you buy or change the Data Plan to €3 per day.
    HappyMovil mention above €1 a day also limits speed to 384kbs.
    Regards
    Carlos

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