FuturePhone
Nov 28, 2006 | 11:39 am
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Anybody see the article in the NY Times mentioning this?
http://www.futurephone.com/
Free International Calls for the cost of a call to Iowa.
Depending on you plan a call from a cell would be free.
I've called Thailand and the UK using the service.
Regards,
Scho
http://www.futurephone.com/
Free International Calls for the cost of a call to Iowa.
Depending on you plan a call from a cell would be free.
I've called Thailand and the UK using the service.
Regards,
Scho
Nov 28, 2006 | 6:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jason8612
Sounds fishy...
wouldnt be suprised if they logged your number and sold it to telemarketers.
wouldnt be suprised if they logged your number and sold it to telemarketers.
And you could always try using *69 when calling the gateway... When dialing an 800# you can't hide your number but since we are calling a local number in the USA *69 should work. They would of course be able to collect all the numbers you are calling in other countries...
Maybe this is a DHS initiative to keep track on budget conscious terror cells calling home
Nov 28, 2006 | 11:33 pm
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I did about 5 min of research, read somewhere that the Tech editor of the NYT said it was legit.
Main trouble for me they don't have Japan mobile prefix's for obvious reasons.
Only used it twice.
Would Scott C or kanebear care to check these guys out?
Thanks,
Scho
Main trouble for me they don't have Japan mobile prefix's for obvious reasons.
Only used it twice.
Would Scott C or kanebear care to check these guys out?
Thanks,
Scho
Nov 29, 2006 | 10:20 pm
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Not sure what there is to check out - you call, enter your number and either get a connection or do not.
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=611144
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=611144
Nov 30, 2006 | 2:07 pm
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Not sure what there is to check out - you call, enter your number and either get a connection or do not.
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=611144
See also:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=611144
The checking out part was in reference to wether or not these guys are legit.
Nov 30, 2006 | 2:12 pm
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This has been floating around for awhile now. I've used it for multiple calls to Germany with good success. You can't always hit a cell phone user since some of those are not accessible, but I've been able to hit land lines without problems and the quality is fine.
Nov 30, 2006 | 3:45 pm
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Nov 30, 2006 | 6:14 pm
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On 23 November, David Pogue at the NY Times included this in one of his columns on various free or near to free things for your mobile phone.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/te...da7&ei=5087%0A
I wish they included South Africa in their list of countries.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/te...da7&ei=5087%0A
I wish they included South Africa in their list of countries.
Feb 7, 2007 | 7:31 pm
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Feb 7, 2007 | 7:43 pm
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Feb 7, 2007 | 7:54 pm
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In any event, per the above post, the ad-idea seems more complicated than even the interesting regulatory-enabled "payment for traffic" arbitrage.
Strikes me as a bit like some other schemes, in a different industry, that got the regulators attention yet resulted in essentially nothing other than the SROS/markets adjusting the rules to shut down gaming of the market any further.