FREE phone calls back to the states

Member since 20 June 2010

BalefireUKMember21 June 2010 09:35:31

Hey all.......I just moved to England from the US and i picked something up before I left to make cheap phone calls. This isnt spam by the way. I picked up this thing called Magicjack. I bought it thru bestbuy but you can get it online also.聽 Basically you plug it into your pc and you can talk thru the internet for free anywhere in the world, and the best part is you keep an american phone number. it costs 29.99 the first yr then 19.99 each yr to renew your number. So you can have a US phone number in Europe and talk to all your family and friends back home for free. I think its 3 cents per min to call uk and a ton of other countries. Makes it a bit easier to keep in touch with everyone.聽 Anyways i hope this helps everyone. Any questions just ask!

Julien Founder

Member since 11 March 2005

17 years of happy life abroad

JulienFounder21 June 2010 14:16:17

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Is it better than Skype ?

BalefireUK Member

Member since 20 June 2010

BalefireUKMember21 June 2010 14:46:24

I dont know if its necessarily better, but I havent had any problems using it for a year. I can take my phone and plug it into my laptop and as long as i have an internet connection it works great. you get voicemail, call waiting, caller id, etc, so it is pretty good

peter2travel New member

Member since 28 January 2010

peter2travelNew member22 June 2010 18:07:37

Thanks for sharing information on Magicjack.

mkozak12 Member

Member since 24 July 2010

mkozak12Member24 July 2010 18:27:33

Good idea. Never would have thought of that. Currently living int he states and trying to move to UK. Lived in italy for 4 months last year during college and had a UK SIM card and the $1.25 per minute really added up

ValerieAnne New member

Member since 22 July 2010

ValerieAnneNew member24 July 2010 22:53:57

Thank you for this post. I've heard about MagicJack on the news, and in commercials. They also sell it at Walgreens - Well they did a few months ago anyway.

zakpotts Member

Member since 19 August 2010

zakpottsMember19 August 2010 06:58:48

you wiill try voipcheap for cheap calls.I think聽 its deffinitly help u....

Ving2010 New member

Member since 15 September 2010

Ving2010New member15 September 2010 04:56:35

I've heard good things about MagicJack.

You should check out mo-dial.com, which offers cheap calls from the UKto any country and their rates seems pretty reasonable.

honeysuckle Member

Member since 10 September 2010

honeysuckleMember15 September 2010 12:56:24

I use a service called Foocall.com - 0.9p per minute to the US I think, and there's no subscription fee.聽 If you've got an iPhone they've also got an app (but I use the webphone option).聽 In a year of use, I've never had a problem with call quality calling the States.

Then there's the other obvious subscription options like Skype etc.

ECS Norway Expert

Member since 21 July 2006

ECSNorway Expert15 September 2010 13:12:16

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if you're calling the US, gmail's new calling feature is currently free. The quality is as good as Skype to phone but costs nothing. I think it's probably a promo deal for the time being but it's worth checking if you've got a gmail account already.