[mdlug] Free phone calls

[Bruce Smith]

I've had good luck with Google Voice (not the gmail thing).  If you
calling plan has a "circle / friends-n-family / etc." then you can set
the google voice number as one of your friends, and send/receive as
many free domestic calls as you want with your cell - any time of day.
 Just be sure to call through the google voice number (or get the
app).

I've also had decent luck with Vonage.  You probably can't sign up and
have their router shipped to you by then, but some electronic stores
used to carry Vonage routers locally, so you might be able to buy
locally and get going quicker.

 - BS


On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 11:14, Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
> Yeah, but I'm not sure I can get Vonage set up by
> Monday morning.  Also I believe I read they don't
> allow more than 300 minutes per day for the basic
> service.
>
> I have heard others say good things about Vonage.
>
> c
>
>
> Art Dries wrote:
>> You probably won't get good call quality with that. There is something 2
>> be said for paying a little 4 something. I've had excellent service with
>> Vonage, low price, nationwide coverage, and a free router.
>>
>> On Sat Feb 5th, 2011 10:22 AM EST Carl T. Miller wrote:
>>
>>>I'm taking a remote class next week, and everything is
>>>being delivered digitally.  The streaming video, the
>>>textbooks, the lab book, the virtual classroom and the
>>>virtual lab.  Well, everything but the voice content.
>>>I've been told that I need to be on the phone for 42.5
>>>hours next week.
>>>
>>>Ouch, for several reasons.  I won't be able to recieve
>>>incoming calls.  That would eat up over 500 minutes.
>>>I don't like the idea of using a phone line for an
>>>online class.
>>>
>>>Believe it or not, it looks like Google is the answer.
>>>I've set up and tested the gmail phone plugin.  It
>>>works on LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) and I plan
>>>to use it for the class.  I just hope they don't mind
>>>8.5 hour phone calls.
>>>
>>>Has anyone else used this?  Any feedback?  Or are there
>>>other ways to get free phone calls to landlines?