Voice over internet

[Fandango 1,440]

I think to call a mobile, you're going to pay premium rates no matter what!

Check Vonage out to see if YOU can get svc & whether or not you can get a 'virtual number'...you then can choose a number that's in your fiance's area so he/she can call you from the mobby. It would add up his/her minutes in the plan, but it would be a local call, and you then don't pay anything.

And I'd hazzard a guess that paying for extra airtime would be cheaper than calling the mobby from the US

I think the suggestion above is a good one if your fiancé(e) has broadband in his/her home--buy the adaptor here with a local number for yourself, then send him/her the adaptor. That way (since the adaptor has a US number) to call the US from it would be included in the free minutes.

Don't know if that's a practical suggestion for the OP, though.

See I don't know much about this computer-to-computer stuff, but what I'm suggesting doesn't need to have the foreign fiance hook up anything or need any hardware/software.

D has vonage..he has a virtual number that is a US number that starts with the same area code...so I can just call from any phone - cell or landline, makes no diff....Same option is avail here so when I eventually hook up my vonage, he can call from his mobby for the price of a local UK call.

but the OP would need to check with the diff companies to see if that's offered in the fiance's country.

Well now I'm considering Vonage. What I want is to call Rey from my American cell phone to his Brazilian cell phone. I was thinking, buy a Vonage thing (or a VOIP thing?), send it to him, he hooks it up to his internet, and voila? I don't need an adaptor thingy myself? Am I correct, or is it completely different and I'm just really bad with understanding technology?

We use Skypeout now because I have a Mac and skype doesn't work on my computer, only his, so he calls me from our skypeout account.

No, the phone is attached to the Vonage adapter. So you could call his landline [i.e. the one attached to the Vonage adaptor] from your cell phone that way (and it would be included in your cell's minutes just as if you were calling someone's landline here), but not his cell phone. Or if you kept the adaptor for yourself, you could call his cell phone from your landline [again, the one attached to the Vonage adaptor] for 17¢/min, but not from your cell phone.

Thanks! But #######. Neither of us has a landline. We just have cell phones. I think buying a landline in Brazil might be expensive... damn! Rey seems to think it can work with a cell phone... he must be wrong?

If neither of you have landlines, one of you would need to get the adaptor (speaking for Vonage only)...it wouldn't be a landline per se, but it would be a house phone. Then you can take advantage of the call forwarding feature (route it to your celly) and the virtual number feature (if avail...and there's a fee for it...the UK charges £2 or £3 extra for it)

Speaking for Von only, there's no taxes on top of the bill like a landline...so it's like $27.something a month only for a basic plan.

[rbhigday 0]

I am going bankrupt making international calls. I want to make very cheap calls to nigeria over the internet for less than 5cent a min or less but i need another company besides voip.com does anyone have any suggestions of other companies that offer this service. I will be calling a land line in Nigeria or a mobile.

I was spending a fortune on phone calls until somebody told me to sign UP with Vonage.

I signed up with Vonage, send the adaptor to my fiance so she can call me and I can call her

and it's a local call no charge.

You need to clarify that it only works when your SO has internet access at home (pc to pc). Otherwise, Vonage charges just about the same rate per minute as the competitors (from computer to landline or mobil).

maybe for some but I switced to Vonage because the local company was charging 25 cent a min for calls to peru and about 80 cents for cell phones in peru. with Vonage it now 7 cents and 33 cents, they just raised their rates so looking for something new but they are still better then the competitors

No this does not work with cell phones you must have a internet connection and a real phone to connect to the addapter. If you both have broadband in your homes, get 2 with numbers for both local to you then send him one and connect and it will be like it a local call and will be no long distance charge just the 25 bucks for each account or 50 total plus tax per month

[Alex+R 0]

If neither of you have landlines, one of you would need to get the adaptor (speaking for Vonage only)...it wouldn't be a landline per se, but it would be a house phone. Then you can take advantage of the call forwarding feature (route it to your celly) and the virtual number feature (if avail...and there's a fee for it...the UK charges £2 or £3 extra for it)

Speaking for Von only, there's no taxes on top of the bill like a landline...so it's like $27.something a month only for a basic plan.

Oh great! Thanks Lisa! Well I will do the research and order it tomorrow when I'm at work supposedly working

[Fandango 1,440]

Just for everyone's info, the current virtual numbers are avail for:

UK

Spain

Mexico

US

Italy

France

Ireland

Canada

Sorry Alex

[Alex+R 0]

But I want a virtual number in the US! I know those can be routed to Brazilian numbers because Rey's boss has it in Sao Paulo but his virtual number is in Texas. The idea is he'll have a Minnesota number but pick it up on his Brazilian phone.

[Fandango 1,440]

But I want a virtual number in the US! I know those can be routed to Brazilian numbers because Rey's boss has it in Sao Paulo but his virtual number is in Texas. The idea is he'll have a Minnesota number but pick it up on his Brazilian phone.

For that, you'll need to check the vonage service in brazil...but going by the fact that his boss has it, then it obviously can be done...maybe not with vonage, but with someone

[ChasUK 0]

For some reason I could never get skype to work on my PC. Don't know why.

Me neither. And then suddenly 3 weeks ago it started working. Made my day

Tracy and I have been using Skype for ages now. We have introduced many people to it and still sing it's praises. I helped Tracy and another pal get set up. Usually it's simply a matter of incorrect settings in Skype's options that prevent it working.

We now both have bluetooth dongle's attached to the PCs and webcams. This allows us to use our bluetooth headsets for audio which means no feedback problems, and I can still go to the kitchen to make coffee without putting the call on hold. Adding the webcams means we have a free video phone. The quality is superb, (better than any phone). It's worth figuring out if you want to chat with your SOs for hours.

Edited August 6, 2006 by ChasUK

[kitkat1 5]

I am going bankrupt making international calls. I want to make very cheap calls to nigeria over the internet for less than 5cent a min or less but i need another company besides voip.com does anyone have any suggestions of other companies that offer this service. I will be calling a land line in Nigeria or a mobile.

Skype Out - Nigeria $ 0.086/minute to landline

http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/rat....html#listing-N