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Ask HN: Skype is shutting down in May 2025, anyone want to share experiences?

by shahzaibmushtaq on 4/2/25, 4:58 PM with 2 comments

• by PaulHoule on 4/2/25, 5:08 PM

  For more than 10 years I used Skype on a tablet as my ‘mobile’ phone which worked great for many purposes although some services would not send texts to a VoIP number.

  When I heard Skype was ending I decided to get an iPhone from a real carrier (my impression is that MVNO service sucks, I used to have Tracfones that didn’t work reliably either in Upstate or NYC.). At the AT&T store the salesperson had never transferred a phone number over from Skype but looked up in a manual about how to do it. She said it was the easiest number porting she’d ever done.

  So if you want to port your Skype number, just do it!

• by pestatije on 4/2/25, 5:03 PM

  how do i get my credit back?