LeonidM said:HardwareLust said:You people still have landlines? Why?

EDIT: That is an honest question. I really don't see any point in having one anymore?

number of reasons:
1) convinience of having a handset in every room of large house, combined with extra conviniense of what multi-handset phones provide, like intercom and room monitor.
2)Having young kids or old people who have trouble to operate cell. phone
3)cheap voip service offering unlimited calls to anywhere in US/CANADA/EUROPE etc like boroadvoice.com not restricted by xxx minute plan or international plan
4)reliable service where cell phone coverage is weak and providing a backup for the cell coverage interruptions.
5)reduced amount of microwave radiation and heat from cellphone compared to land line experienced during long calls.
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Did I name them all? get an xlink or GE cellfusion and you can use your cellphone on any traditional phone in your house

tyop!

closeupman said:Phrogpilot said:I tried a phone call to the Philippines (cell phone #), it said "This call was not supported"
That's weird, I tried Malaysia and it was fine.

I tried to south east asia country and did not work. it kept asking me to dial the number everytime I entered the number. Do I need to enter 011 infront of country code like calling card. Thanks

USA's largest and first free directory assistance service, 1-800-FREE411 has launched yet another awesome service which could be a boon to people who want to make free international calls from USA. Don't give up if you are not in USA, I will explain how you can use this service to make calls irrespective of where you live.

If you live in USA, How can you use 1-800-FREE411 to make free international calls ?

1) You need to call a toll-free number, so if you call from Landline its a free call for you. Mobile calls am afraid could be charged.

2) You can talk upto five minutes per call. You can make multiple calls.

3) Call 18003733411 from your US Landline/Mobile. The operator will greet you with a welcome message and ask you to select one of the FREE411 service. The Last option is Free Call. You don't have to press any number or key to select but instead say FREE CALL loudly in your phone. This voice message will be read by their server and you will go to next step to actually make a free international call. Now they will run a short ad about 5 secs. When the ad stops, you can start dialing your international number in countycode+citycode (if any)+phone number format. Please do not press # or *, its not required. The call will be automatically placed to the desired number. The operator prompts your call is getting connected. Once connected you can talk for upto 5 minutes and then your call is disconnected.
If you leave outside USA
1) FREE411 service toll-free number is based in USA. All you have to do is to make a call to this toll-free number using one of the free calls to usa services like callingamerica , icall etc.

The best however is Yahoo Messenger-Voice. Yes, not many people know that Yahoo Voice can be used to make
More info from S/D

unlimited toll-free calls to any toll-free number in USA from anywhere in the world and you do not need a yahoo voice paid account.

Just go to yahoo messenger and dial 18003733411. Your call will be connected and you would notice a prompt, which says there is no charge for this call.
Now The operator will greet you with a welcome message and ask you to select one of the FREE411 service. The Last option is Free Call. You don't have to press any number or key to select but instead say FREE CALL loudly in your phone. you will go to next step to actually make a free international call. Now they will run a short ad about 5 secs. When the ad stops, you can start dialing your international number in countycode+citycode (if any)+phone number format. The call will be automatically placed to the desired number. The operator prompts your call is getting connected. Once connected you can talk for upto 5 minutes and then your call is disconnected.
You can make multiple calls using this service.

You will have to listen to two short advertisements and there is no limit on the number of calls they can make in a day. Please note that this service is totally advertisement based so please do not abuse/violate the system.