Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 in VOIP Tech Chat http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r14958408 en Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:34:19 EDT Sun, 06 Dec 2009 03:34:19 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15013034 ejrobinson : I really don't understand what callwave does, other than act as a conduit for mail through the internet.

-er]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15013034 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:29:34 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15013023 ejrobinson : Mind you, calling cards for cheap long distance calls are also based on voip for carrying the calls. More and more, long distance carriers are relying on voip for their calls, too. In other words, all phone service by phone companies, other than local calls, is moving to voip.

However, voip, as it is understood by most people, and the subject of this group, concerns calls originating with voip, not landline. The service discussed here is really a calling card company. It uses a landline to make the call.

Such discussions don't belong in this group.

-er]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15013023 Tue, 13 Dec 2005 15:28:14 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15006226 hbcsc153 : Hello!

I signed up on Thu (8th) for the unlimited option. Is it really unreasonable for one to expect them to live upto their advertisment at least for the month? I also see it as a "Bait and Switch" move. What can one do to make a stink about this move, other than write to Customer Service? It is more the principle than anything else.

Regards,

Emil]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15006226 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:12:15 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15005723 Dopephish : Just got an email from them:
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Dear Valued Customer,

We regret to inform you that we are unable to continue with the AwakeTel Unlimited plan and effective Wednesday, December 14th at 12:01 am CST the plan will be discontinued.

Because of this, we would like you to consider joining our per-minute calling plan (which provides the same quality network and service) and we are prepared to offer you 3 exciting incentives if you will agree to stay with us:

1. Take your unused monthly balance, double it, and credit your new per-minute account. So, if you have $15 remaining in your Unlimited account (your balance reduces by approximately $1 every day of your monthly billing cycle), we will credit your new per-minute account with $30 in calling.

2. In addition, for your first two months as an AwakeTel per-minute customer, we will offer you exclusive V.I.P. rates that are, on average, 40% lower than our already low per-minute rates (to see our V.I.P. rates go to »www.awaketel.com/vip ).

3. Finally, for month 3, you will receive a loyalty credit of $29.99 applied to your third month of per-minute calling.

The value of these incentives could easily exceed $100. We offer them because we are in the process of re-designing our per-minute plan to be even more competitive and yet still have the same quality and service, and we want to keep you with the AwakeTel family while we do this. Once you see our new per-minute plan, we hope that you will want to remain a customer, even without the incentives. All we ask is that you give us a chance.

Please visit »https://www.awaketelunlimited.com:444/members/ and indicate whether you wish to be transferred to our special V.I.P. per-minute plan with incentives that could be worth over $100 or to cancel your plan now for a refund of your unused balance.

Thank you,
The AwakeTel Management Team]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15005723 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 17:00:24 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15005084 gatzdon :
said by ejrobinson See Profile :

Once again I have to point out that this service isn't voip and its discussion belongs elsewhere than in this group.

-er
Nobody had a problem with discussions about callwave, how is that any different.
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said by ejrobinson See Profile :

Once again I have to point out that this service isn't voip and its discussion belongs elsewhere than in this group.
Perhaps you should re-read this little bit of direction at the top of the forum's main page (just under the pictures of our friendly moderators)

quote:
Welcome to the VoIP Forum! VoIP is voice over IP, also referred to as Internet Telephony. This forum is here for the discussion of VoIP and related emerging technologies. Having issues or need answers? This is the place.


As this thread has been discussing a service based in VOIP technology, the resale of telephone service, and the availability of reduced cost telephony, I would say it probably is on topic.
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-er]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15004067 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 13:22:24 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15003585 ptrowski : Again, if it is too good to be true, it usually is. And now you see that they sound like they are doing the bait and switch.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15003585 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 12:05:03 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15003272 curro : I just checked their per minute rate for Romania landlines: 18 cents/minute. Not good at all! With Lingo I pay 12 cents/minute.

I suspect that even the people who were able to sign-up to the unlimited plan will be given the option to go to a per minute plan or cancel.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,15003272 Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:17:44 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14986560 pcmeet : Their GREAT :D per minute rate shows 4c for USA while *Mutualphone and Vbuzzer 1.2c or less per minute.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14986560 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:34:09 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14991226 Asterix : Looks like their 8 cents/min calls to international mobile phones are not 8 cents but 10 cents.

I found this in my billing online this morning.

Note: 8XX calls (Toll Free Calls) incur an additional charge of $0.02 per minute.

Had made a few calls to Australia and by mistake I called the mobile line instead of land line.

All I can say is this company is nothing but a bunch of people who have lied all across the site and to everyone who signed up for their service.

I have discontinued their service as I cannot deal with a bunch of liars who cannot keep their words.
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ciao,

Cybertoy]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14989767 Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:09:19 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14986923 dustenm : It seems like they are very unsure what is going to happen with this plan for current customers. I just called them again to find out and the lady on the phone says all customers will get an e-mail by monday with some options on what to do. I ask if current customers could keep the unlimited plan and she was not sure.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14986923 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 21:18:54 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14986249 burgerwars : I just signed-up with a virtual account number (I use Citibank), and as soon as the Awaketel account was opened, I cancelled the virtual account number (I only gave it an $11 limit). This is what their website says regarding the credit card:

During account signup we require you to provide a valid
credit card belonging to you. Your credit card will be pre-
authorized for an amount ($10 USD) at that time to verify
the validity of the card only. You must provide the
mailing address where your credit card is billed. In addition you must provide your e-mail address to which
AwakeTel can send communications regarding your account. You acknowledge that you are the person whose information
you have provided, and that all of said information is true. You agree to only provide AwakeTel with phone
numbers which belong directly to you. If any of this information changes, then you agree to update your account
information with AwakeTel prior to the end of the current
billing cycle.

It looks like they just check to see the card is valid for a $10 charge, but don't actually put through a charge until they compute you owe them money. Having cancelled the card number, they shouldn't be able to charge anything even if they wanted to.

If the "unlimited world" plan is now gone, even for existing customers, I think that qualifies as a bait-and-switch. They seemed to have wanted a bunch of free publicity, to show they have unlimited calling to countries that no other phone provider could do, plus cheapo calls to foreign mobile numbers below cost. They must have been providing the service at a loss. If "their server couldn't handle it" that sure doesn't explain how they quickly changed all their rates to compare with other companies.
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14986249 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 19:42:39 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985532 dustenm : I am going to wait until tomorrow to make any calls with it. Just incase they do cancel the service so I can get a full refund.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985532 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:53:51 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985187 kdpo1990 : Just spoke with CS and was told this plan will be terminated this evening for all customers (existing and new). Reason – “the server cannon handle …and bla bla bla”.
Buls$#@.
Be careful when you’ll use this service tonight. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985187 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:06:12 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985156 hotman : I was told that tonight all unlimited accounts will be converted to per minute accounts. I already cancelled my service ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985156 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 17:01:13 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985098 dustenm : I was just able to signup on there unlimited website but it was hard to do as they are not going to allow new signups very soon.

They said this is because they have too many calls coming in and there server cannot handle all of them. There manager is on the phone right now with the network department to find out what they will do.

Hope they let the current subscribers keep the service.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14985098 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:52:03 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14984655 hotman : This is a trick I just called and they told me I signed up for the per minute plan and not the unlimited which is what I asked for. They told me they don't have unlimited plan anymore

BEWARE THEY'RE STEALING YOUR MONEY]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14984655 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 15:50:48 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14983260 dustenm : fuelvoip: no, the credit card is in use but only for a short period of time and for the amount you pick to be able to use it for. Here is a link for information about them: »www.bankrate.com/brm/news/cc/20021011a.asp

Also I tried using this service over a voip line to call to the Ukraine and the connection is good.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14983260 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 12:30:54 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14981567 fuelvoip : u mean to say a credit card ,whcih is not in use , you can in the value of (non -working credit card) right]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14981567 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 08:21:10 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14981061 dustenm : It is a online credit card from your credit card company. You can pick the amount you want to be able to use the card for and after that the card is not good anymore. I know mbna has this feature but I am not sure which other ones do.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14981061 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 04:12:26 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14981014 fuelvoip : what do u mean by vertual credit card?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14981014 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 03:38:45 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14980428 dustenm : I will try it later tonight and let you know if there is any difference.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14980428 Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:35:58 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14980031 Juste : What line did you use to call AwakeTel access numbers, Voip or PSTN ?

Is there a difference between them in terms of sound quality ?
I was told by CS that calling from a Voip line makes it sound choppy but I hardly believe it's true.

Thanks ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14980031 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 23:25:40 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14978609 n1zuk : Well, I signed up for the free $10 offer (with a virtual credit card, just in case...). We typically have a $50.00 international LD bill here, so it will be interesting to see how these guys work.
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I was thinking to sign up for residential service, which will be used by my wife and I, because our relatives live back home and we make lots of International calls.

Today, I talked to customer service to find out more information regarding their unlimited service and different between individual residential users and other users. I don’t remember the person’s name; she told me that if a person use their service or/and stay on the phone more than 8 hours a day then they will think that person is not using for residential purpose. Then she mentioned AwakeTel reserves the right, without advance notice, to (1) immediately terminate the Service, (2) change your calling plan to a different offer on a prospective basis, (3) immediately charge your credit card for usage on a per-minute basis at our standard per-minute plan rates. Per-minutes plan rates could be found at AwakeTel.com site.

Most likely, I will sign up because I don’t think that we will use their service more than 8 hours a day and the price is fix and no tax, which I liked same as SR annual plan.

Before you sign up, find out details information from them.

~Mohona]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14978467 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:51:20 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14977932 Juste : Thanks for the link.

The problem is I can not sign up online as long as they only accept american addresses. I asked them if they let me sign up over the phone and they said they won't.
I would not mind using my home phone line since I have an unlimited US&Canada plan, but they said it's only within US.

Weird...
How can I get it ? :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14977932 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 18:37:39 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14977308 dustenm : You could get a voip servicsa with a usa telephone number

Also here is a link I found that will give you $10 free to try there network out to see how the quality is.

»www.awaketel.com/tendollars.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14977308 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 17:20:30 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14976534 Juste : It turns out that they don't let Canadians use their service.
Any idea as to how I could get it ?

Thanks]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14976534 Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:52:15 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14971664 pcmeet : From the Dallasnews.com "AwakeTel uses AGC's VoIP network to carry its calls to other countries, where AwakeTel has arrangements with local telecommunications companies to connect with the call's recipient."

AwakeTel can't have arrangements with local telecommunication companies in ALL the listed 190 countries for example Egypt will not allow a VoIP call to connect directly to a landline, it must bridge 1st to the cellphone system before it gets forward to land line phone, that is why the per minute rate to call Egypt from USA is no way less than 10c a minute because they have to pay for the cellphone air time, that is also why calling a cellphone in Egypt is cheaper than calling a landline which is the opposite almost anywhere else, from their rate table I don't see how they will charge 8c a minute to call a cellphone in Egypt while giving unlimited free calls to a landline phone ?? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14971664 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:44:13 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14971405 dustenm : Has anyone used this service yet to call to the Ukraine? If so how was the quality?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14971405 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 22:10:10 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967781 curro : This might be relevant:

»www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent···6eb.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967781 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:44:32 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967505 svikash : never mind....should have scrolled down a little bit more!!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967505 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:05:41 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967413 svikash : Is there a list for the unlimited countries....I CAN see a list for premium numbers which are charged at $0.08 but ANY other number besides that is FREE or there is a list of countries which are free?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967413 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:51:04 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967253 JorSlz : Ok, Now I am giving you a Update on this.

I called them today because my service was not active yet and they told that the call id was showing a different number on their system that's why their system was giving me a error message. I called Lingo that is my phone company provider and they couldn't fix this problem, so what I did I put the number that they were getting on their call id system on my account Online and that fixed the problem that I had. After that my service started to work and I called different numbers in my country and I got connected and the sound quality was excellent. I checked my account Online to see if I had any charge for those calls that I made and nothing, so that's mean that the system only show you the call that you make to premium number not the call that make to the unlimited countries. Also when I call the access number the system answer the call in two language; English and Spanish for the Latino community. I am giving them a great review so far, but I will continue using the service to see how will goes.

The only problem is that you can only active one number to your account, so that's mean that only one number will get access to your service but you can change the number if you want at your online account management.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14967253 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:28:22 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14966727 JorSlz : I signed up yesterday and I am still waiting for my service to work, I spoke to them yesterday about this and they told me that I have to wait 24 hours to be able to use the service. I am been waiting 20 hours now and nothing yet, but I will let you know more later if I get the service work for me today. I found this about the company. »www.nextone.com/docs/wsj_awakete···awaketel']]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14966727 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:08:55 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14965421 dustenm : I always use a virtual credit card when signing up for a service like this. It gives you a chance to test it without being able to get burn except for the initial fee that you must pay.

I mean even at $29.99 a month if they are around at a few months with the service then you have got your money out of it and really cannot complain. That is if you use the service allot.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14965421 Wed, 07 Dec 2005 05:25:05 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14958408 jcgalvez : Be carefull with this kind of promotions. Recently I paid $ 5 for a service with Novaphone.com. Just worked for half a day and no more. No responses to email to support nor sales. I was tempted by $ 0.02 per minute to call anywhere in the world. They charged my credit card 3 times, so finally they charged $ 15. I guess they wanted just money from several persons.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14958408 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 09:44:23 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14958310 gatzdon : There are numerous posts of true VOIP companies that attempted the unlimited for a much higher rate, and they still couldn't do it. (linefire is one that comes to mind)
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Second, the pricing must assume a significant amount of breakage since no company can cover those destinations for unlimited calls at that price and still earn money.

-er]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957727 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:40:22 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957551 georgepan : Here is the domain info from them:

Registrant:
Advance Global Communications

2651 North Harwood
Suite 370
Dallas, Texas 75201
United States

Registered through: GoDaddy.com (»www.godaddy.com)
Domain Name: AWAKETELUNLIMITED.COM
Created on: 24-Oct-05
Expires on: 24-Oct-06
Last Updated on: 24-Oct-05

Administrative Contact:
Welch, Billy root@advanceglobal.com
Advance Global Communications
2651 North Harwood
Suite 370
Dallas, Texas 75201
United States
(214) 468-8888 Fax -- (214) 468-0088
Technical Contact:
Welch, Billy root@advanceglobal.com
Advance Global Communications
2651 North Harwood
Suite 370
Dallas, Texas 75201
United States
(214) 468-8888 Fax -- (214) 468-0088

The parent companies' website:

»www.advanceglobal.com/]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957551 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 04:23:31 EDT Re: Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957515 pcmeet : Too good to be true! if providers can't take it unlimited for the lowest rate "US per minute rate" then a plan like this will not happen on this earth!

This reminds me with the e mail from an overseas guy who wants me to help him to bring $36M to the States and will give me 20% :D:D:D]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957515 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:55:01 EDT Unlimited international calling only $29.99 http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957466 dustenm : Hello,

I was wondering if anyone has ever used the service from

»https://www.awaketelunlimited.com before?

I just found out about them and they are only $29.99 for unlimited international calling to regular landline phones in 120 countries.

If anyone knows anything about them please post.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,14957466 Tue, 06 Dec 2005 03:32:40 EDT