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22.2.06

Free calls to land lines - Skype is dead !

Try internetcalls for your land line calls, It's free and it works! As mentioned in my previous post I am testing various Voip services. Internetcalls.com works. I have actually credited my account with 10 Euros to be able to call mobile phones and benefit from unrestricted free land line calls. It's simply great...I can call France, Australia, The U.K etc...absolutly free ! To credit my account using Paypal took me 2 minutes at most. I also applied for a free number so people can call me with their regular line wherever I am for the price of a local call, that was done instantly.

To sum up what this sytem offers:
Free Pc to Pc calls
Free local, national, international calls to land lines (over 40 destinations)
Chat
Competitive tariffs for other destinations and mobiles calls (cheaper than Skype)
Free "in" number.

Try it: www.internetcalls.com

21.2.06

Voip out FREE !

I started using voip softwares a long time ago now. First on Msn via messenger, then on Skype and I have tested, since, a few others. Here are my latest thoughts:

1- Sell any telecom shares you may still hold especially France Telecom and Telefonica who rely (still) too much on their hard line customers. Mobiles phone rates are still a real scandal all over europe, but that should not last too long...
2- Voice over I.P works great. For the time being Skype is (still) for Le Blog Test the winner as far as reliability is concerned. Pc to Pc calls work great and skype out calls are now very good. Pricing, for these calls are ok. Video reduces dramatically the quality of the calls.
3-New comers are working hard to get their share of the market, and skype needs to be worried.
4-I have tested VOIP buster. Reliability for Pc to Pc calls is good but no so great for land line calls. Yet, some destinations are totally free for these calls. Buying credits is sometimes impossible. They are still running on a beta version. No video.
5-I am testing internetcalls.com. So far so good...45 destinations for land line calls are totally free (1 min only if you have no credit). It seems by far the best deal as far as pricing is concerned, but needs to be further tested which I encourage you to do by downloading their Beta version available here. No video. It looks so much like voip buster that I suspect they are, in fact, one company.
6-I am also testing Windows live messenger (Messenger 8.0 Beta). Is there anything really new ? Hum...Very popular with kids. Connections for video and voice calls pc to pc are still not always successfull. BOF...

Now, YOU tell me what you think !

A plous.