Magic Jack was free on the iPhone the last time I used it last year. It costs when using it on the computer.
I switched to Skype because I call 5 countries fairly regularly. David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: [email protected] Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone On 02/03/2013, at 5:19, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Maria and David, > > Magic Jack is not free, either. It is rather inexpensive, but I believe it is > $20 a year. > > Maria, the only other option would be one of the many VoIP services, but > nothing is completely free all the time. I use one called VoIP Stunt, you can > also use VoIP Buster or Free Call, most of them require you to buy a 10 Euro > credit, but after that offer you free calls for a period of 120 days (4 > months) to a rather large list of countries. After the 120 days you would be > billed for the calls at a rate of approx. 2 Cents a minute. Once you then > used or almost used your 10 Euro credit, you could buy another 10 Euros and > once again receive 120 days of free calling. If you want to make some phone > calls this is by far the cheapest option, you get 4 months free, then > depending on how many calls you make, your 10 Euros will most likely last you > for another month or 2, since at 2 Cents a minute that gives you about 500 > minutes. There are of course countries where it is more expensive, the > Philippines, for example, cost about 18 Cents a minuteSo 10 Euros would only > last about 50 minutes and as David pointed out, calling cell phones in many > countries is also more expensive, only countries where it would be part of > your 120 free days would be the US and Canada. > > Now, as far as using one of these services, you would have to do it on the > computer via a small program they provide for free to download or you can > also use any other SIP Soft Phone like Express Talk, but that is a program > you have to buy and it is about $35. > If you want to primarily make calls from your iPhone you have to find an app > that allows you to make SIP calls and there are many. I use Groundwire which > is $9.99 and it's the more professional version of another app from the same > developer called Acrobits which is $4.99. There are also free apps, but I > haven't tried any, you might want to check on Applevis if there are any > reviews or search the archives for "SIP Clients" or "SIP App". > Once you have a service subscription and an app, you have to configure the > app with some relatively simple settings like your user name, password and a > couple of server settings. Those are all provided by whichever service you > sign up with. After that you can make calls, it works basically like Skype, I > know Groundwire and Acrobits are both fully accessible, you have a DialPad to > dial numbers, you can add names/numbers to a Favorites list and the app asks > you the first time you open it if you allow it to access your contacts in > which case you can clal anybody in your Contacts just like you would from the > regular Phone app, you would of course have to make sure that you save phone > numbers in your contacts in the full international dialing format. Below are > a couple of websites for VoIP services I have used, the last little while I > have stuck with VoIP Stunt. > > Free Call: http://www.FreeCall.com > VoIP Buster: http://www.VoipBuster.com > VoIP Stunt: http://www.VoipStunt.com > > > Good luck, > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
