Iowa is the gateway to free international phone calls (via FuturePhone)
Get ready for some future shock. In the future, not only will everyone be world-famous for about 15 minutes, but international phone calls will be made without paying international rates (local and domestic long distance charges may still apply). There won’t any any accounts for which to sign up, intrusive ads to endure, or long pin numbers to remember. Your privacy will be respected too.
The future is already here—-it’s just unevenly distributed. Thanks to FuturePhone.com it is unevenly distributed in Iowa. Simply call 712-858-8883 (the only access number is an Iowa number). When the gateway answers, enter 011, then the country code, and number you want to reach.
If you only want to call China, try one of the access numbers (their only access numbers are Iowa numbers too) for Call China For Free dot com.
- 1-641-297-8888
- 1-712-429-8888
- 1-641-696-3188
Note
If this sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I smell a scam somewhere. The two web sites I mention are from different companies in different states, yet they both have the same information architecture, their content is very similar (sometimes verbatim), and their only access numbers are in Iowa. So, use them at your own risk. I know that New York Times’ tech writer David Pogue wrote about it and the buzz is sweeping across the blogosphere, but there was plenty of blog buzz for things like Browzar and Ubuntu. Once bitten, twice shy.
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Hi Guys,
Well Futurephone is no more at least till this court case is over. This could take a long time. The longer the better for AT&T.
Reading through the court case between AT&t and defendants this certainly is an interesting case.
It begs other new VoIP companies to watch their step. It is one thing to be competitive but any using the methods in question could have a short future. They will certainly be watched and could easily be included in this case.
It may be tempting to offer access numbers for free or cheap international calling, but it could be short lived if they are using these methods.
If you want to ‘play safe’ and use a company offering good featured services at very low cost try Global1touch.
I am using this very successfully to call internationally.
Have a look here: http://www.global1touch.com/world
Look around at the facilities and watch the video.
It is rapidly growing in features and has an expanding membership worldwide.
Winterwarmer
There are lots of calling cards to worldwide international countries whose costs are a lot cheaper than this one. As a matter of fact this one is rather high priced compared to many others on the web. Les