Make Free Calls

With VoIP you have three options to make calls which involve computers and phones in the following combinations:

While Pc to Pc calling is always free, the other two options require you to pay call charges at fraction of what you are used to pay for the traditional phones. But there is a way to make free calls with these options also.

Let us see how the three options work how to make free calls with each of them.

Pc to Pc is the easiest way to use VoIP to make free calls to your friends or relatives no matter whether they live next door or across oceans.


The only requirement is that both you and the person you call have a computer with internet and the same VoIP software installed on them.

And you don't need to have headphones either. A mike and speakers that usually come with computers these days would do equally well.


Why wait?
Make A Free International Call - Now!

If you make lots of phones overseas then you know you have to pay hefty sums for your calls.

Even VoIP calls which are lots cheaper do cost money if you are calling a landline phone from your computer or use some such voip provider as Skype.

But here is a site which lets you make phones to landline phones from your computer desktop for free for 30 minutes everyday.
No, not all the countries of the world are included but most important ones are and the list of allowed countries is pretty long.



Here is how it works:
Just click here to go to the site.
Then download and install the phone dialer software software on yourpc. 
Create a username and activate your account by verifying your email address.

Now you are ready to make calls to landline phone lines to a large selection of countries around the world.
It is as simple as that. Just give it a try and you will save money on your calls.

Free Phone To Phone Calls

Phone to phone VoIP calls are way cheaper than what you pay for your regular calls but they are not normally free.

However you can make free phone to phone calls by the peer-to-peer facility provided by most VoIP providers.


What Is Peer-to-peer Free Calling?


Usually VoIP providers allow free phone to phone calls between their subscribers which they call peer-to-peer calls.

 What this means is that all VoIP calls between the customers of the same VoIP service providers are free. Businesses which have offices in different places or countries can use this facility of free calls if all of the locations have
phones from the same VoIP service provider.

While peer-to-peer facility is great, it has one drawback. You can take advantage of it only if the person you are calling is using the services of the
same VoIP provider as you.

Other Ways To Make Free Phone To Phone Calls


Jajah is an innovative VoIP provider by which you can make totally free calls using your phone.
Here is how Jajah lets you make free phone calls.

This new internet phone from Globe7 has many interesting features but apart from that it more than pays for what it costs by giving you free calls to 25 destinations for full one year.

Check it out if you are looking for a full-fledged VoIP phone for your home or office.

VoIP saves you money. So that is its great advantage, no doubt about it. But there is more to VoIP than just money. It has features which no landline phone line can have.

Click here to find about special features of VoIP

Keep The Usage Of Your Traditional Regular Phone/Cell Phone To The Minimum
Use these phones only when you have to: power outage or emergency calling if not available on your VoIP phone

Talk By Free VoIP When You Can
Free VoIP is the greatest benefit of internet telephony. Two pcs with the software of the same VoIP provider can make unlimited phone calls without paying anything. You can use this VoIP advantage to keep in touch with your relatives or friends if you schedule the calls beforehand, like a weekly call to your aunt every Sunday at 12 o'clock.


Use Softphone
With softphone, that is pc to phone calls VoIP, you can make calls to any phone call paying fraction of what you pay on traditional phones. The advantage here is that you can make such calls using a handset or microphone and speakers of your computer.

Make International and National Calls By VoIP
Get a domestic plan which offers unlimited calling for a flat monthly fee which can be as little as 10 dollars a month with some
calling plans. When you have to make international calls you have to pay extra but that is also a few cents a minute. Search for calling plans that suit your usual business or domestic needs

Connect To WiFi Hotspots On The GoWhen you are in the range of a WiFi hotspot, use your WiFi cell phone or laptop to make cheap calls - you can get this service free also in some cafes, municipal and college wifi hotspots.

Use VoIP For Conference Calling
Conference calling is a regular feature of most VoIP plans while Yahoo IM lets you hold a mega conference of as many as 500 persons at a time. Use this facility to talk to your friends and relatives or business contacts

Take Advantage of Special Features of VoIP
VoIP lets you do things which are either not possible on traditional phones or for which have to pay extra. For example you never miss a call with VoIP if you set it up to send your unattended calls to voicemail or to find you wherever you may be. Explore VoIP features to use them for maximum advantage.


In short, keep the traditional phone, but use internet phones as much as possible for the most VoIP advantage. This is guaranteed to save you a lot on your phone bills.

No, a free VoIP provider doesn't pay for such free calls. True, a VoIP provider may give you some free introductory minutes. But he can't continue with it indefinitely unless he wants to go broke.

This is because when you make a call from your pc to some landline or mobile phone, your call travels over the internet but it has to connect with a landline or a mobile company for completion or termination of the call.

For this service, the VoIP provider has to pay that phone/mobile company. If a VoIP provider were to give you free service then this money has to come from his pocket - something which he can ill afford to bear for a long time.

This means that there cannot be anything like totally free pc to calling at all. At the same it is also a fact there are a few VoIP providers that give you such facility.

Then who pays for such pc to phone calls?

The answer to this question is YOU. It is you that pays for this service. Not in money but by your time.

How Free Pc To Phone Calling Works

A VoIP provider earns his income comes from promoting third party products and services on his site.

Such promotions could be ad impressions, asking for free information or free trial offers. For any of these promotions to succeed, the VoIP provider needs traffic to the VoIP site. Somebody to see the ads, ask for free information or try out a product or service. That somebody is you.

You Make It All Possible

When you sign up, you are providing the traffic to the VoIP site. When you complete any of the offers you are helping the VoIP provider to earn income because except for CPM - cost per thousand impressions - kind of advertising, the advertisers pay the webmaster by results of the promotion.

In return for this help, the VoIP provider pays you in free time to make pc to phone calls. So it is actually you that is making the free VoIP service possible.

How Much Free Time Can You Earn?

Your earning in free minutes depends upon your involvement in completing the third party offers and the time you spend for them.

Offers to ask for free information or free downloads pay comparatively less than free trials because the advertisers feel that only when a large number of surfers ask for free information or download a software, there is some likelihood of converting a few of them into paying customers.

On the other hand the free trials usually pay more - sometimes as much as $5 - in free talk time because most such offers require you to use your credit card. You are not charged during the trial period but it is upon you to cancel the offer before the trial period ends. Do check the terms of service when you go for such offers.

The bottom line: No, free pc to phone calling is not free as such but it comes very much near to that as you don't have to pay any money for it. So why not earn some free minutes for the calls you have always wanted to make?

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How To Make Free Pc To Phone Calls

Perhaps not. But it is a fact that if somebody wants to, he can tap every VoIP call you make. This would be an invasion on your privacy but not much harmful if you were making small talk with your friends or inquiring about the health of your uncle Frank.

On the other hand, if you were making a business call in which you exchanged sensitive information and if that phone was tapped, this could have serious consequences for you.

While snooping is also possible on the traditional landline phones, it is not that easy to carry out. The criminal needs to physically fiddle with your phone line cable to introduce a tapping device. This carries more risk of exposure than the tapping of a VoIP phone. A snooper can do the nefarious work anonymously sitting in front of his computer at home. And he can get at you three ways - through your internet service provider, VoIP service provider or your own pc if there is any security lapse at any of these points.

As data theft has been attracting much attention, ISPs and VoIP service providers have become very security conscious and take very sturdy measures to protect their servers. So it is difficult, if not impossible, to get at them but a home pc can very much become an easy target.

Does this mean making VoIP calls is not safe?

No, VoIP is not unsafe as such. However remember that VoIP works through internet and is prone to all the threats and attacks that are associated with internet - viruses, identity theft, phishing, spam, spyware. In other words your VoIP phone is as safe as your pc.

If your pc can be attacked so can be your VoIP system with the result that somebody could steal your password to make phone calls, send you spam telemarketer calls or disable your pc by dos attacks as well as listen to your phone calls.

Can All This Happen To You?

In theory anything is possible. And some, if not all, of these unpleasant things can happen to you if somebody targets you specifically. Otherwise there is very little likelihood that your VoIP phone would be tapped or somebody would be using your account to make long-distance calls.

This means that you need not worry too much when making a VoIP call. But it doesn't mean that you should disregard security measures altogether.

Consider security like insurance. You don't expect to be knocked down while crossing the street or have a head-on collision while driving. Even then most everybody thinks it a good idea of having some sort of life or accident insurance. It is the same with VoIP or pc security. Hopefully nobody would hack your VoIP system or pc. But what if somebody does?

What to do
As VoIP travels on the internet which reaches you normally through your pc, this is where the security should begin. So secure your pc and you should have secure VoIP. And for that you have to do a few things.

First of all set a security level of your browser which is the gateway to everything that enters your pc by way of internet. The levels on IE range from High to Low. Decide on the level you are comfortable with.

Next on the line of defense are firewall and antivirus. They catch any nasty that goes past the browser security. Get antivirus software which updates itself to meet the new threats that emerge. And remember to turn on your firewall and antivirus before you access the internet.

Passwords are the keys to your pc and online accounts. Make it a point to use passwords that are not easy to hack. And when you have created such strong passwords, take care to protect them.

If you are using VoIP phone to make sensitive business calls, use an adapter to connect your phone directly to the internet without going through your pc. This way your VoIP phone is insulated from the attacks that your pc may come under.

Do all this and your VoIP phone should be safe in most cases. But never let down your guard. Develop a security consciousness - be on the alert to learn about the threats that emerge and the ways to combat them. This is true of not only VoIP security but any security concern in our life.

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