[PLUG-TALK] WiFi calling with Android phone without a carrier
wes
plug at the-wes.com
Fri Apr 27 13:54:32 UTC 2012
On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Fernando Freire <freire14 at up.edu> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 6:23 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>
> wrote:
> <snip>
> >>
> >>I suppose then that your limited to making and/or receiving emergency
> >>calls where Wi-Fi is freely available, in which case YMMV. Very cool
> >>nonetheless.
> >
> > Hmm. It never occurred to me what would happen if I needed to receive a
> > call on this phone. How would someone call it?
>
> It would require the person on the other end to both have a Skype
> client available and for you to be friends with them through the
> service (in order for it to be cost free for both users). I do believe
> there is a way for other people to call you via a specified number but
> I have not explored this route (as I have no need for it).
>
> -FF-
>
>
I have. it's called Online Number and you sign up for it through skype's
web page. it costs under $7 a month or something like $60 a year, plus long
distance charges (which are really really cheap).
additionally, all cell phones will allow you to call 911 without a calling
plan.
-wes
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