We have become internet addicts and we use the internet not only for accessing information but also for shopping and more importantly for connecting a...
We have become internet addicts and we use the internet not only for accessing information but also for shopping and more importantly for connecting and keeping in touch with all our personal and business contacts.
With the phenomenal advancements in communication technology,
it is feasible for you to make a free call from your computer to a real telephone number. Some of the other free internet phone programs will connect your real phone to another real phone for free saving you enormous money on long distance calls.
To make a free call using an Internet phone, you may be require to download free phone call software or obtain soft phone from an Internet phone provider website. Most of software packages are available on net and downloadable and usable free of charge.
For a direct call from your PC to any other PC in the world that is online, it is necessary that both the computers have the same software package installed on them.
Again, For a PC to phone call, you need is a personal computer, an internet connection (preferably broadband) and a headset with headphones/speakers and a microphone.
But please bear in mind that free Internet phone does not allow you to make a 911 or any similar emergency call. If you need to call 911, then you have to necessarily use a traditional land-line or mobile phone, or a VoIP telephone service that's approved for 911 applications.
Google Voice is a reliable way to make free Internet phone calls. With Google Voice, you can make free phone calls, free PC to phone calls and free PC to PC calls via Google Talk.
ICall is yet another tool you can use to make free internet phone calls. With iCall, you can make free calls from PC to phone using their free software. The limitation is you can not make free phone calls through iCall if you are calling outside the US or Canada. iCall is available as a free desktop application for Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux and as a free iPhone app.
EvaPhone is one more way to make free Internet phone calls. EvaPhone allows you to make free - but terribly short - PC to phone calls availing a Flash-based interface right on their website. If you need to phone someone urgently and if do not have your own phone, and do not want to pay for the call or download software, then EvaPhone is the ideal free Internet phone for you.
VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol is becoming increasingly popular with internet users. VoIP allows you to make phone calls from your PC to another PC or from PC to a conventional landline or a mobile telephone. The phone calls from PC to PC are invariably free, while calls from PC to regular phones may attract charges, but still much cheaper than regular phone calls.
The most widely used VoIP service provider is Skype. Since it is used by most people, it naturally becomes the first choice. There are other service providers as well, like MSN, VoipCheap, Mobivox, Yahoo Messenger etc. All you got to do is choose a service provider, download and install its program.
