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October 15, 2006

Now even FREE Phone Calls has Competition. Introducing futurephone.com

futurephone.com is offering free phone calls to over 50 countries: (ARGENTINA, AUSTRALIA, AUSTRIA, BANGLADESH, BELGIUM, BRAZIL, BULGARIA, CANADA, CHILE, CHINA, CHRISTMAS ISLAND, COCOS ISLANDS, COLOMBIA, CYPRUS, CZECH REPUBLIC, DENMARK, ESTONIA, FINLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, GREECE, GUAM, HONG KONG, HUNGARY, ICELAND, IRELAND, ISRAEL, ITALY, JAPAN, LUXEMBOURG, MALAYSIA, MEXICO, MONACO, NETHERLANDS, NEW ZEALAND, NORWAY, PANAMA, PERU, POLAND, PORTUGAL, PUERTO RICO, RUSSIA, SAN MARINO, SINGAPORE, SOUTH KOREA, SPAIN, SWEDEN, SWITZERLAND, TAIWAN, THAILAND, TURKEY, UNITED KINGDOM, US VIRGIN ISLANDS, VENEZUELA)

No special software needed. Just a working telephone.

Just dial +1.712.858.8883, When the gateway answers, enter 011 then the country code and the number you want to reach (mobile users, do not hit SEND - the call will go through on it's own). For Canada dial 1 plus the area code and number.

We are living in some pretty interesting times. Now even "free" has competition.

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you give me free calling software or give me another idea to my id

thanks

Posted by: dheerendra at April 30, 2008 08:07 AM

Hey folks,

How come the Futurephone.com is not giving us acces to find out about countries we could make free longdistance calls or contact information?

If any body knows what is going on and can solve my problem, please do send me an email at nooranazari@hotmail.com

Thanks

Posted by: Noor at October 4, 2007 01:34 PM

Just when I thought it was over I found talkitup

They are offering Free calls check it out at talkitup.50megs.com, I use it to call my buddies in Italy. I it wonderful and Free thelink is talkitup.50megs.com

Check it out

Posted by: Tom at September 4, 2007 04:26 PM

Can anyone give me some information about how to make FREE (or cheap) phone calls to Bangladesh? I will be grateful for that. My email address is zibranm@hotmail.com

Thanks.
Fahim

Posted by: Fahim at June 22, 2007 02:26 AM

This phone no712-858-8883 is out of service so what is a story .Why you of-fering somethink which is not-truth.Please check your service NOW.

Posted by: VITEK at February 13, 2007 10:18 PM

please tell me any software or trick to make free calls in india my id is dishagupta29@rediffmail.com . please post me on my this id i shall be thankful to u

Posted by: disha at January 30, 2007 09:58 AM

Please, I just test your free call and it's working well. I thank you for your free solution.

Now I would like to ask you why you never include in your free list some africans countries.
The international calls are very expensive in these african countries. It will nice for you to help us to do free calls.

Please, can you include in your free list Rwanda, Senegal and Togo?

Sincerely,

Thanks and Best Regards.

Francis.

Posted by: Francis at December 30, 2006 05:07 AM

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We will let you know how can you call india free
and without any problem, moreover you will love..
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Posted by: ankur at November 20, 2006 03:36 PM

Posted by: nami at October 31, 2006 06:18 PM

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Posted by: maxi at October 27, 2006 12:57 PM

Trixbox or FreePBX can be set up to place calls through Futurephone (though as another commenter said, touch tone digits sent after the connection to the called party has been made will not pass through) - see the page at http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Routing+calls+using+a+free+international+calling+service for setup instructions.

That page also mentions a couple of similar, competing services (all based in Iowa) that offer free calls to a more limited selection of countries.

Posted by: Mike at October 26, 2006 04:26 PM

This company makes their money off origination fees from people calling that 712 number from out of state. Companies like this based out of Iowa get much higher origination fees than if they were in another state. So then they choose destinations that cost less to terminate to than the origination fees they're making off the call.

If it was about brand recognition I think they would have a much nicer web site! ;)

Also, I'm not sure if this is by the same company, because they have a 712 number in a different exchange, but it offers the same type of service. http://freecallstochina.com

Posted by: nate at October 15, 2006 03:15 PM

It's all about Brand Recognizition, or see How the youtube's or skype's ever made money?

Posted by: Lisaco at October 15, 2006 01:12 PM

I don't understand the business model either but not a bad idea if you want to load test your system with real world data and/or build a list of ANIs/CLIDs to solicit to in the future.

P.S. I notice the service doesn't permit DTMF digits to pass through to the far end -- I guess you get what you pay for.

Posted by: Randall Walrond at October 15, 2006 11:08 AM

Very cool. I'll be sure to feature on my free stuff segment.

One burning question remains...

How the heck do they make enough money to keep the lights on?

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October 15, 2006

Now even FREE Phone Calls has Competition. Introducing futurephone.com

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