Free international calls - seems legit
Oct 10, 2006, 1:14 am
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Free international calls - seems legit
I was surprised to see that nobody has posted about this yet, but there's a new service out there offering free international calls from the US, with only the cost of a call to Iowa. David Pogue from the NY Times wrote about it yesterday, and a friend forwarded me the link. My wife tried it to call a landline in France, and it seemed to work fine. Can't imagine this firm will stay in business long giving things away, but grab it while it lasts...
www.futurephone.com
www.futurephone.com
Oct 10, 2006, 12:22 pm
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Originally Posted by sculler1x
I was surprised to see that nobody has posted about this yet........
actually it was
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=611149
....just in the wrong forum...
Oct 10, 2006, 6:23 pm
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Another nearly free option is Jajah:
http://www.jajah.com/
There's also a pretty solid looking third party app for BlackBerry integration:
http://www.bbcalls.com/
http://www.jajah.com/
There's also a pretty solid looking third party app for BlackBerry integration:
http://www.bbcalls.com/
Oct 10, 2006, 7:50 pm
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Originally Posted by woody125
I'm calling my apartment in Russia hoping to wake up my guard but the call won't go through. Anyone actually had this work???
Oct 15, 2006, 8:51 am
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My wife tried this to Shanghai yesterday (Sat, 10/14.) In the morning it never went through, she did get it to work in the evening, though. Other than the considerable tendancy not to connect she didn't gripe about it.
I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is overloading, she called then because that's when the call to their # would be free (cell plan: free nights/weekends, free LD.)
I wouldn't be surprised if the problem is overloading, she called then because that's when the call to their # would be free (cell plan: free nights/weekends, free LD.)
Oct 16, 2006, 2:03 am
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wow. ja jah as free calls between
landlines/mobiles in
USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong
and
landlines in
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Venezuela (32 countries)
if both ends are registered with ja jah.
landlines/mobiles in
USA, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong
and
landlines in
Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, San Marino, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, UK, Venezuela (32 countries)
if both ends are registered with ja jah.
Feb 1, 2007, 3:14 pm
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Well as of today, FuturePhone is no more. There's a huge banner splashed across their site stating that. I noticed that over the last couple of weeks they've been reducing the number of countries' phone #s you could call and i guess now totally shut down. Blah 
Feb 6, 2007, 7:35 am
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There is a company in Europe that trades under various names that allow 'free' calls, you do need to check which one of the stable is cheapest for any given country though as it can change quite a bit. Currently the best one is Voipcheap.com. You do need to buy some credit about E11.60 but this does allow you to call most landlines worldwide free with calls to U.S. cells free and about 8 cents a min. to Euro mobiles. The credit lasts for three months if unused.
Feb 6, 2007, 9:37 am
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Got this in the mailbox yesterday.
FREE Calling
Gizmo Call, located at gizmocall.com, lets you call any landline or mobile, anywhere in the world, from any web browser, for free.
Get 5 minutes of FREE calling per day without registering, or 10 minutes per day when you register. Gizmo Call is a fantastic way to call friends, family, co-workers or customers from just about anywhere.
http://www.gizmoproject.com/
http://www.gizmocall.com
FREE Calling
Gizmo Call, located at gizmocall.com, lets you call any landline or mobile, anywhere in the world, from any web browser, for free.
Get 5 minutes of FREE calling per day without registering, or 10 minutes per day when you register. Gizmo Call is a fantastic way to call friends, family, co-workers or customers from just about anywhere.
http://www.gizmoproject.com/
http://www.gizmocall.com