Free VoIP Calls

Free VoIP service - Is this possible?

There is really no such thing as a free VoIP service, however if you make calls to other VoIP users within the same VoIP provider network - the VoIP calls are for free. This applies to almost all VoIP services worldwide, with one or two exceptions. Please do not forget - you are still paying for your internet connection - be it cable, dial up or broadband.
The worldwide Voice over IP industry is extremely competitive with new Broadband Phone and PC to Phone VoIP services launching weekly -all hoping to catch a piece of the exponentially growing VoIP cake. Unfortunately many VoIP services disappear (see our VoIP Graveyard) as quick as they are launched and only those with unique offerings and heavy marketing resources will survive.
One unique way of luring consumers to sign up for VoIP services is by offering free VoIP calls to certain destinations. Over the past few months one particular German company initiated and has mastered the art of offering "free VoIP calls" with tremendous success. Other "Free VoIP providers" will follow soon, be it for promotional purposes or as a permanent feature.

We have identified 13 VoIP providers offering free VoIP services to a few selected countries and have displayed them in a matrix for an easy overview below.
www.voipbuster.com now based in Germany (previously Switzerland) and and their partners/affiliates www.voipcheap.co.uk based in the UK, www.netappel.fr based in France, www.voipstunt.com , www.sparvoip.de , Internetcalls.com , www.sipdiscount.com and voipdiscount.com based in Germany.

All require registration and VoIPBuster, NetAppel, Sparvoip and VoIPStunt, Internetcalls, VoipDiscount require a minimum deposit of 10 Euro and VoIPCheap a minimum deposit of 5 Euro. This will allow you to make free VoIP calls to landlines in the following countries listed below:

www.voipagain.com offer free calls to 30 destinations with 150 minutes free per week. Similar to VoipBuster and peer companies.

www.free.fr, a French ISP and VoIP provider offers free VoIP landline calls to 14 international destinations (Only for broadband subsribers)

Summary of VoIP Providers offering free VoIP calls

The Betamax group (Voipbuster, Voipcheap.co.uk, Sparvoip, Voipstunt, Netappel and Sipdiscount, Internetcalls, VoipDiscount, poivY and now Voipcheap.com have a habit of chopping and changing their list of free VoIP destinations and one should check almost weekly to see if new destinations have been added or removed from the "free VoIP" list.

Please note: On 10 May 2006 the Betamax group changed their policy yet again and now only allow a maximum of 300 minutes per week of "free calls" measured over the last 7 days.

NEW - Check the following link for a summary and detailed overview of all SIP settings, available codecs, free VoIP-IN numbers, validity of credits etc of all Betamax VoIP Services.

NEW - In the last week of August 2006 the Betamax group changed their credit expiry policy (probably due to legal requirements in Germany). They now offer so called "Freedays". Any credit in your account will now no longer expire. After the 120 (90) "Freeday" period the calls will be charged at the rate published in their rates schedule. Should you however add funds to your account before your credit expires then your total credit will remain valid and your "Freeday" period will be extended by a further 120 (90) days.

NEW - Early November 2006 a new "Free VoIP service" was launched by Betamax (www.lowratevoip.com), with "Free VoIP Calls" to 50 destinations (Note: Only 30 "Freedays" and only 200 free minutes per week now)

Frequently Asked Questions VOIP

Frequently Asked Questions

How VoIP / Internet Voice Works
VoIP services convert your voice into a digital signal that travels over the Internet. If you are calling a regular phone number, the signal is converted to a regular telephone signal before it reaches the destination. VoIP can allow you to make a call directly from a computer, a special VoIP phone, or a traditional phone connected to a special adapter. In addition, wireless "hot spots" in locations such as airports, parks, and cafes allow you to connect to the Internet and may enable you to use VoIP service wirelessly.

What Kind of Equipment Do I Need?
A broadband (high speed Internet) connection is required. This can be through a cable modem, or high speed services such as DSL or a local area network. A computer, adaptor, or specialized phone is required. Some VoIP services only work over your computer or a special VoIP phone, while other services allow you to use a traditional phone connected to a VoIP adapter. If you use your computer, you will need some software and an inexpensive microphone. Special VoIP phones plug directly into your broadband connection and operate largely like a traditional telephone. If you use a telephone with a VoIP adapter, you'll be able to dial just as you always have, and the service provider may also provide a dial tone.

Tenang VOIP

Menelepon menggunakan Internet Phone dengan teknologi VOIP - sangat menyenangkan karena murah, bahkan gratis dan mudah dilakukan. Coba dan buktikan Telepon gratis untuk panggilan lokal maupun internasional, cara Menelpon Murah bahkan Gratis Via Internet, VOIP

Voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP, IPA: /vɔjp/) is a protocol optimized for the transmission of voice through the Internet or other packet-switched networks. VoIP is often used abstractly to refer to the actual transmission of voice (rather than the protocol implementing it). This latter concept is also referred to as IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband, broadband telephony, and broadband phone. The last two are arguably incorrect because telephone-quality voice communications are, by definition, narrowband.

VoIP providers may be viewed as commercial realizations of the experimental Network Voice Protocol (1973) invented for the ARPANET providers. Some cost savings are due to utilizing a single network to carry voice and data, especially where users have underused network capacity that can carry VoIP at no additional cost. VoIP-to-VoIP phone calls are sometimes free, while VoIP calls connecting to public switched telephone networks (VoIP-to-PSTN) may have a cost that is borne by the VoIP user.

Voice-over-IP systems carry telephony signals as digital audio, typically reduced in data rate using speech data compression techniques, encapsulated in a data-packet stream over IP.

There are two types of PSTN-to-VoIP services: Direct inward dialing (DID) and access numbers. DID will connect a caller directly to the VoIP user, while access numbers require the caller to provide an extension number for the called VoIP user.