tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60216820902105008402026-05-10T02:10:17.155-04:00We have moved...kindly redirect your browser to http://truvoipbuzz.comAlok R. Saboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443601288128228193noreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021682090210500840.post-44536814829903144182009-03-24T12:08:00.000-04:002009-03-24T12:10:36.797-04:00

This is really big news for all you lovely readers. Less than a year ago, when I started this blog, I had little idea about how it would evolve. But with your love and support, we have come a long way!!!It gives me immense pride and happiness to announce that we are moving TruVoIP to a full fledged site. So for all those great ways to make free international calls bookmark our new address http://

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Betamax has raised (or in this case lowered) the bar again by offering ultra cheap calls to India and many other destinations. Betamax's latest offering, Actionvoip, claims to offer the cheapest international calling rates. To be fair, this claim was true to a large extent.Actionvoip offers some great international calling rates and literally beats the pants off the competition. You can call

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Google is getting ready to recreate its magic with its new service Google Voice. Google wants to change the way you use your telephone, much as it revolutionized email usage with Gmail. Google Voice is the new version of Grandcentral, which Google acquired in July 2007. Read on to find out what to expect from Google Voice.The basic philosophy behind Grandcentral remains unchanged in its new

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Today we have for you another VoIP service that offers free calling within US and Canada. IonLogix joins the growing list of providers offering free calls to USA. IonLogix launched FreeVoiceLine that offers free calling within USA and Canada.FreeVoiceLine is probably the simplest VoIP service you have ever seen. But make no mistake, it has a lot to offer for a free service. List of services

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Telemarketers have become a smart lot. Earlier you could simply use services like PhoneSpamFilter to prevent those pesky calls. But, telemarketers are increasingly using sophisticated technology to mask their phone numbers. The call appears from "Unknown number" or "Restricted number", thus preventing the use of the earlier solutions. Not anymore, Trapcall is here....With Trapcall, you will

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Here's another great deal to make free calls to India. Dialsimple is another new VoIP provider seeking to get some share of the VoIP market. And what better way than to offer free talk time to let users evaluate their service. Dialsimple is currently offering 30 minutes free calling to India. Here's what you need to do:Create a new account by signing up.Enter the gift code "g-call-ind" (without

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Having cornered vast majority of PC based VoIP communication market, Skype is getting ready to extend this domination in the mobile sphere. Skype is trying to liberate its users from the PC and enable them to make calls from mobile devices.Skype already had a mobile version which allows users to make call to their Skype contacts using WiFi connection or 3G/2G data connection. Users can download

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Do not let these bad times stop you from connecting with your loved ones this Valentine! Close on heels of Jaxtr announcing its Valentine offer, Rebtel just announced its Valentine deal. If you want to call India, this is yet another good deal...Rebtel's regular rate to India is 4.9 cents, but if you add $50 or more to your account, you could call India for just 2.9 US cents for the next 60 days.

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Love is in the air...Jaxtr is planning to make this Valentine special by offering free talk time. Jaxtr is offering double the talk time throughout this month.For every paid call that you make until the end of this month (February) using a local Jaxtr number, Jaxtr will give you the same talk time in March, absolutely FREE. This effectively reduces your rate to half. Jaxtr already has some very

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Betamax has added another name to its ever expanding list of VoIP services, SmartVoIP. SmartVoIP offers one of the lowest cost international calls and SMS around the world. Read on to find more...SmartVoIP offers some great rates to popular destinations around the world. You can call India for 0.15 Euro cents, Pakistan for 0.085 Euro cents, etc. It also offers free calls to a few destinations

Alok R. Saboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443601288128228193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021682090210500840.post-9635034762599720442009-01-25T10:45:00.002-05:002009-01-25T10:47:10.299-05:00

If you are looking for low cost or free calling solutions to India, China, Philippines, Canada, United Kingdom (UK) or Singapore, this is a must read. The troubled VoIP startup, Jaxtr, recently introduced its FreeConnect service in a bid to attract new users and increase its popularity.About FreeConnect: FreeConnect allows Jaxtr members to make unlimited free calls to other Jaxtr members. Note

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Here at TruVoIP, we have been following Trueroots closely (read our earlier posts here and here). Trueroots is back with another promotional offer. This time it is not their regular double your credit offer, but they are offering free talk time.The offer is to commemorate the 60th year of the Indian Republic. Under this offer, Trueroots is offering free talk time when you sign-up for a new

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Today we review yet another VoIP service provider providing free calls to US & Canada, CallingAmerica. CallingAmerica has a very simple and clean interface. All you need to do to make free calls is enter the number that you want to be connected and press FreeCall. No registration, no payments, no credit cards!!!The calls are limited to 2 minutes without registration, i.e. you can make

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First the good news, this is probably the ultimate free call deal!!!The bad news, however, is that you can use this only if you are in Australia (or if you can dial Australian mobile numbers). So for all those who are in Australia read on...Readers in Australia can call host of countries for the cost of a local mobile call. FreedomCalls is providing unlimited free calls to many destinations,

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If you have been following the VoIP industry, you would have noticed the recent debate about the death of VoIP. Probably, it all started with Alec Saunder's entry, which was followed by Ted Wallingford's 10 points about the death of VoIP. On the other hand we have Jeff Pulver firmly believing that the true promise of VoIP is yet to be realized, but then he highlights that VoIP buzz is down by 47%

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Social networking is the flavor of the season!!! Voike Inc., a Florida based start-up, has launched an interesting VoIP application that combines (or seeks to combine) the power of VoIP and social networking. As Jaime Jaramillo (CEO, Voike Inc.) explains, "...the core application is to use the Voike dashboard as a blog and message center to disseminate spoken word messages, comments, and other

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Trueroots is back with its promotional offer during this holiday season. The offer is similar to their earlier promotion, wherein you get double the credit or effectively half the rate. You also get credit when you autorecharge before Decemeber 29th. Finally, you can earn additional free minutes when you refer friends. Read our earlier post for more details about Trueroots or the promotion or

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I had written earlier about why a complete (or even a large scale) switchover to VoIP is not a plausible option under the current scenario. That belief is continuously being reinforced. I had signed up for Airtel Callhome and have been using it for some time. Although their rates are not the best, I use it as an emergency VoIP service and I have been satisfied so far. But it suddenly stopped

Alok R. Saboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443601288128228193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021682090210500840.post-45831525264623143242008-12-19T19:18:00.002-05:002008-12-19T19:25:43.174-05:00

Telespoofing is the ability to change the number that is displayed on the caller ID of the person you called. In normal situations the caller ID shows the number that you dialed from. For some reasons (and I will not enlist the reasons here), you may want to change the number that is displayed on the caller ID of the receiver. If this sounds interesting, read on....Telespoof offers the ability to

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I wrote about 28TEL's mobile 2 Skype offering yesterday. If you have still not tried it, here is one more reason to give them a try.28TEL is offering USD 1.5 credit for every new sign-up. You can use this credit to make free international calls. Although their regular rates are not very exciting, you can get free calls of over 100 minutes to certain destinations. Assuming you are calling from US/

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While Skype has played a major role in taking VoIP to masses, a constant complaint against Skype is its closed network. Skype uses a proprietary protocol and does not interoperate with other VoIP providers.Friend and fellow blogger at Talkfree7, Piyush, highlighted the launch of 28Tel's service that enables 28TEL users to call online Skype contacts for FREE. I decided to take a deeper look at the

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Another VoIP service provider is seeking to leverage the ubiquitous Instant Messenger (IM) to offer VoIP services. IMvocal basically provides VoIP capabilities to your favorite IM program. The idea is simple. People should be able to reach you on your instant messenger using traditional telephone system.When you sign up at imvocal, you can select a unique VOCAL ID (phone number) for yourself. You

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If you have worked in a team, you already know what collaboration is all about. It involves multiple people (usually from diverse backgrounds) working on the same project. Today, we review Collab.io, a VoIP application that makes collaboration surprisingly easy.All you need to do is fill in some basic fields like the topic, email addresses of the participants and the time of the meeting and

Alok R. Saboohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16443601288128228193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6021682090210500840.post-90809260329187440802008-11-29T10:29:00.001-05:002008-11-29T10:29:09.675-05:00

We all have felt the need of a good group messaging system at some point or the other. Be it for inviting your friends over for a party, communicating your customers about the launch of a new product, announcing a new promotion scheme, etc. We showed you earlier, how you can achieve this using SMS (text messaging). We now move one step forward, where you can (almost) call everyone and tell people

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Most of you would have used a calling card or a similar service at some point. You can find out about some great deals available on calling card here, here and here. Lot of VoIP providers such as Tpad, SMSDiscount, and Freecall also provide (virtual) calling card service. So what exactly is a calling card?Calling card is a service that allows you to make inexpensive long distance or international

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