xboxerxbox
join:2004-06-30
Flushing, NY | Is there a Voip service where I can get...
an Indian DID number? so my family from there can call me as a local number or better yet I can call him for free? I make long calls to india and am trying to find a cheaper or a free solution. |
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DracoFelis
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join:2003-06-15
| said by xboxerxbox  :I make long calls to india and am trying to find a cheaper or a free solution. Not specifically what you are asking for. However, if the family in India can get (or already has) Broadband internet, you could both sign up for a free VoIP service (such as "Free World Dialup").
If you did that (both of you using free VoIP), all calls between you and them (calling in either direction, for as long as you wanted to talk) would be totally free (beyond any charges your ISP may charge you for your internet bandwidth). About the only "down side" of this approach, is that BOTH SIDES (you, and the people in India) need BroadBand internet.
NOTE: You can do this with a computer program ("softphone") if you like. However if you are willing to spend at least $60 per side (I'm personally fond of the SPA-3000, which is around $100 each from Voxilla.com), you could buy a "hardware adapter", and then do VoIP with real phones (just as if you signed up with a commercial VoIP company). While the adapter costs might sound like a lot (especially with some VoIP companies "giving you" an adapter "for free"), keep in mind that this is a "one time cost" (buy your own adapter, and you own it)!
But once you set this up (with either a free "softphone" for your computer, or a hardware VoIP adapter), the only "monthly cost" is your monthly ISP charges. i.e there are no VoIP charges to use free VoIP services! And as long as long as both sides of the call are on the free VoIP services, even international calls between them are "free" (for as long as you want to talk)!
FWIW: I recently took advantage of this sort of "pure VoIP" (i.e. VoIP that never touches the telco network on either end), by having a conference call with the Australians that started the free "SIP Broker" VoIP proxy. And despite the fact that we talked about 2 hours internationally, the call was totally free for everyone participating (since all of us where using free VoIP services)...
Isn't VoIP fun! |
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xboxerxbox
join:2004-06-30
Flushing, NY
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Well he gets an internet connection that is somewhat faster than 56K but its over his cell which he connects to his computer through I think a USB or a COM cable. Is it possible to use this type of internet connection with an ATA adapter? Somehow connect the ATA via the computer or something. |
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christcorp
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join:2001-05-21
Cheyenne, WY
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| Packet8 VOIP will work on even a dialup ISP connection so if you were in a motel without broadband, you could still bring your adapter to receive and make your calls. having said that, It should work perfectly fine with a 60-80k cellular wireless connection.
If you both had Packet8, Packet8 customers can talk to each other with unlimited minutes not counting against their plan. The lowest plan Packet8 has is a $19.99 plan. That is unlimited in the United States and Canada, OR 1000 minutes internationally.
So,if you both get Packet8, he can get a United States number and talk to you unlimited for $19.99. AND being you are both PACKET8 customers, you could use their VIDEO PHONES and talk and see each other unlimited. This feature only works for Packet8 to Packet8 customers. Later... Mike... |
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YOUR_UGLY_VT
Windows Is Crap
join:2001-09-27
Hoover, AL | Packet8 will not work on Dialup because It dosent use a softphone. I might work if you get a modem and hook it up to a router. I would work unless it is assigned a DHCP Ip address. |
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ejrobinson
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join:2003-05-16
Miami Beach, FL | With dialup one may use a software router, the free ics provided with windows xp, or a 3rd party one. It is then possible to use a voip service like packet8 if one uses the g.729 codec. This isn't always very successful, however.
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