As many have predicted for the last few years, free telephone service is here, today. You just can't get it from your local phone company. You've got to use the Internet to connect to a service that can route your calls for free. First to jump headfirst into the free phone action was Skype, offering free PC-to-phone calls for the rest of the year, and now Gizmo Project has joined Skype by creating their All Calls Free program. In case you've never heard of Gizmo Project, it's a fantastic VoIP desktop communication tool for Mac, Windows, and Linux. As my VoIP industry buddy Andy Abramson points out here, this is probably a ploy aimed at acquisition of Gizmo's parent company than it is an effort to build revenue, but only time will tell. Free calling is here, now, so don't waste any time--get over to gizmoproject.com and download the newest version.
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7-20-2006 @ 11:29AM
Sidd said...
check out the engadget posts
apparently not a "free" as it seems
http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/20/gizmo-project-makes-all-voip-to-landline-calls-free-forever/
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7-20-2006 @ 12:35PM
asurroca said...
This news bodes well for VoIP users. I suspect that this means free US landline calls (and cheap international calls) are going to become standard on most systems now; Skype was just testing the waters with their "free in 2006" thing.
Remember when nationwide calls weren't free on cellular plans? Well, free landline VoIP calls should be the same thing.
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7-20-2006 @ 1:43PM
joel said...
@ Assuroca - Yea, i definitely agree... this will put major pressure on VoIP providers to follow suit.
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7-20-2006 @ 2:32PM
Robotrock said...
What about AIM phoneline?
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7-20-2006 @ 2:48PM
viktor said...
check out this site, free landline calls (300min during 7 days max)
http://www.freecall.com/en/index.html
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7-20-2006 @ 7:02PM
ragaskar said...
the funny thing is, if enough people switch over to VOIP calling, who needs the landline phone component anymore?
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