Free Calls Abroad From the US (Using your regular phone!)
Okay - before you get too excited, let me just point out that only a few of the supported countries are actually in Africa. All that aside, we can now get to the details. Here's how it works:
- You call a number in IOWA (712 number) - see below for details
- At the prompt, enter 011, the country code and the number you wish to call
- Enjoy!
At this point you're probably wondering if this is some kind of rip-off. Apparently not! A loophole in the law allows telecom companies in Iowa to exploit a fund the FCC set up to assist states in the US where telecom systems are considered weak. The companies are given a fee for every inbound call to Iowa, and that's how they can make a dime or so for every call they receive. At the end of the day, it looks like a win-win situation. I wonder how long this will last.
So where to from here?
yeah right!!!! for real….???i will give it a ring..lol
Hi
Many thanks for the link
I am the CEO of allfreecalls.net
It will last as least until 2010
We will be adding destinations on a weekly basis.
Drat, no Kenya in the list but they’ve got Rwanda and UK. Here’s an idea, get someone in the states to setup an Asterisk and route calls to those countries via the US for free using the net or call the Asterisk using Safcom’s or Telkom’s voip and make cheaper international calls.
I have invented a hack to enable international users outside of USA to make calls via allfreecalls.net for FREE.
Check out: http://voipguides.blogspot.com/2007/01/allfreecallsnet-hack-to-make-worldwide.html
good news for people often calls to india