Came across this interesting VoIP-related blog entry:Tjardick's Weblog
He mentions VoIPUser which is offering FREE calling to not only SIP uers, not only IAX users, but also PSTN numbers in most countries. He says this is "disruptive". That's an understatement! Free phone calling simply by signing up with their service??? WOW!!
Check this out from VoIPUser.org's website: "Simply join this website as a member to obtain your free UK local rate or premium rate numbers. You will then have full access to the VoIP User Control Panel which will let you terminate these numbers to IAX, SIP or landline/mobile telephones in most countries in the World. "
So essentially, you join their site, get a UK number, and then you can make free calls almost anywhere in the world. How do they make their money? Well, according the the blog entry above, "VoIPuser is taking the kickback charges we receive for terminating the call, to pay for the forwarding of the call to landlines in selective countries all over the world or to any SIP or IAX2 destination."
VoIP = disruptive to the 1,000,000 power!
p.s. This site also mentions the disruptive power of VoIP - http://www.mocaedu.com/mt/archives/000062.html
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1. Any calls to a number assigned by VoIPuser can be terminated to "most other" PSTN numbers. So for your scheme to work, one needs to live in UK, calls to the allocated number should not be metered and you need to update the control panel before initiating the call to update the forward-to number.
2. I don't think I called it "disruptive power of VoIP". On the contrary, I suggested that this is a setllement charges play and wondered what will happen to this service if bill and keep scheme becomes the norm.
Regards
Aswath
>>then you can make free calls almost anywhere in the world.
Sorry, my above post seemed to get clipped for some reason.
>>then you can make free calls almost anywhere in the world.
This is not correct. What we offer is a free UK non-geographic DID number, which can be terminated at your option to a SIP or PSTN or mobile phone.
Free outbound calls (PSTN) is something that we will be making an announcement about shortly, but not available at the moment.
Dean
http://www.voipuser.org