Free International Calls

[onesassygirl 0]

Hello to all of you VJers,

I just thought I'd share something I saw while surfing the web. I know many of the members here have SO's in different parts of the world, so here's a great deal for making international calls: it's FREE and UNLIMITED (if you have free unlimited domestic long distance on your home phone or cell phone).

Check out FuturePhone.com. And here's a little article about it from ABC News.

You call an Iowa-based number, press 1 for English, then enter 011 + country code + phone number (or 1 + area code + phone number for Canada). I've tried it once to call my sister in Canada, and it worked fine. The call quality was okay. My sister said she heard beeping sounds a couple of times on her end, and there seemed to be a 1/2 second delay. But it's free so I won't complain!

It'll definitely save me from buying more phone cards

[slim 1,525]

Just tried for Russia... didn't work.

Seems to have potential though.... I'll try again later.

[Satellite 1]

Just tried for Russia... didn't work.

It seems to be limited to Moscow. It failed for me too.

[russ 1]

If you are computer saavy, you can do a lot of this VOIP stuff yourself and it will be much cheaper.

1) buy any SIP handset here: http://www.voipsupply.com/home.php (cheapest are ~$30)

2) shop around for minutes here: http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/

3) quality will be good, since it is digital straight from the handset all the way to Russia.

(I'm paying about 2 cents a minute to Russia now, call quality is as good as a regular AT&T/MCI/etc call).

-russ

[Neonred 3,569]

Found a site that works. www.internetcalls.com Also works FROM russia to the US. Learned about it when our friends in Russia called us using it. Need to use your computer with microphone and speakers or headset but it works (to call land lines) for calling free. Also looked at www.freecall.com but have not tried it. Looks like there are some weekly time limitations for this one however.

[Satellite 1]

Looks nearly identical to

http://www.voipcheap.com/en/index.html

[Annabelle 0]

I tried to call Russia, doesn't work for this country.