Following the announcement from Skype last month that it was launching a promotion whereby users could make free SkypeOut calls to landline phones (in the U.S. & Canada) Babble.net, a British ITSP, has launched FreeB — a new service that allows new and existing Babble users to make free phone calls from their laptop, PC, or IP telephone to landlines in over 25 countries.
Babble users are able to make FreeB calls to landline phones in the USA, Europe, Scandinavia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, China, and the UK.
To activate the free VoIP-to-landline FreeB minutes, new and existing customers simply send a single text message to Babble, having first registered and downloaded the Babble software onto their laptop or PC.
Here’s the fine print:
- Babble’s FreeB calls are limited to 30 minutes each day.
- After that the standard low-cost Babble rates apply.
- To activate the service, the one-off text message will cost £1.50p, which at today’s conversion comes out to ~$2.75.
