Are you having hard time settling your phone bill? Or are you being stingy to spend your minutes on your loved one? Now there is a new way to reduce your calling cost using Voice Over Internet Protocol. I have list down some of the best VOIP provider that offer some of the best deal.
What do they offer?
The main free service is PC-to-PC call (like Skype but better voice quality) which you can use to call friends that have the same application. This service is free and you don’t have to pay anything to use it.
The most attracting features is to make PC-to-phone call that require you to pay 10 Euro for 4 months service (3 months for voipcheap). After you make the payment, you can call these countries (landline only) for free!
| Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Canada Chile China Denmark Finland France Germany Gibraltar Hong Kong Hungary | Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malaysia Monaco Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama | Peru Portugal Singapore Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Taiwan Thailand United Kingdom United States(inc. mobile Venezuela |
That’s not all. The 10 Euro that you just paid can be used to call other countries with cheap rates.
Click for rate for all countries
Another great features of this VOIP is you can use it Web-Call-Back feature. With it, you can have the luxury of phone-to-phone conversation but with much cheaper rate. First, you put your phone number, then the number that want to call. Voipstunt will call you first and start calling your friend when you have picked up the phone. Neat!
There are also some other service that come with the VOIP such as text messaging and inbound phone number.
Beside voipstunt, there are other same services offered by other websites such as:
www.voipcheap.com
www.webcalldirect.com
All of them seem to come from the same company as I noticed that their webdesigns are the same. The ads in the websites also sometimes link to each other. Voipcheap offers the same service as Voipstunt but with different free countries rates. Webcalldirect just offers Web-Call-Back service. So what are you waiting for? Register now and talk until you pass out. jk jk
#1 by timmy on June 27, 2006 - 12:43 am
( Nape la aku x bajar utk test esok then comment kt page org neh..) Uwaaa
Anyway, I use VOIPStunt now. I am under poverty, this is the only way to keep up with the high living cost at the Hoboken. Yes, you will get free time whenever you call any house phone ( talian tetap ). However, you will get charge for calling handphone. Furthermore, I guess that the rate for calling handphone is still cheaper than skype. Maybe I was wrong.
Talking about the quality. It’s less than skype. Especially during bad weather and the peak time.
Then the limit time for a free call just an hour. ( Ghee.. I had many experiences with the time limit..). Then the call will be terminated automatically. Then the max free time for a week is just 300 min. Which means in a week, I can just talked to my friends for about 5 hours. Unused free minutes cannot be taken to the following week(s). If limit is exceeded, a minimal rate of 1ct/min will be charged (as shown in the VoipStunt software).
However, after all the t&c(s), VOIP will always be my choice..
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#2 by Irwan on June 27, 2006 - 7:33 am
Thanks for being here Timmy. Im glad that you are more to writing in my humble blog than studying. (do that often, resepi kejayaan)
oh… i just didn’t notice about 300 mins per week max free call (because, unlike Timmy, i never reach that limit). that not sounds free after all. But for me, it’s still a good deal at 4800 minutes for just mere 12 usd. plus with just 1ct/min for extra minutes.
About the Voipstunt quality which i compared with Skype. I noticed Skype is doing better than Voipstunt when the call is to mobile phone ie. less laggy. But Voipstunt quality on fix line call is quite comparable to Skype, sometimes better, at least to me.
And Tim, don’t forget the Direct Call Back Feature. Just put your own number in the blank and it will call you back. I experience lesser lag this way. And it takes out my feeling of being stingy by calling my love ones by VOIP. lolx
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