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

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!

how do i get my credit back?