Free VoIP – Myth or Reality?

When VoIP was just introduced, many providers were offering free VoIP services. Regrettably, this is now buried in the past and most of such services are now charging some money. However, there are still some great benefits of VoIP you get for free.

There are certain packages where you do pay some money on a regular basis, but instead you get unlimited minutes on long distance calls and your provider doesn’t charge you any additional sums.

There are also certain programs available offering completely free VoIP services like AdCalls and Skype. For instance, AdCalls allows you to call anyone in Canada or the USA on their regular or mobile phones free of charge. International calls are available only in PC-to-PC mode provided that the person you communicate has the necessary software. In its turn, Skype allows making PC-to-PC calls to another users using Skype software. You only need broadband Internet connection, a headphone and a microphone. Only PC-to-PC calls are free and if you want to reach someone by regular phone or receive calls from regular and mobile phones, you should buy some credits from Skype. However, the rates are really low and won’t hit your purse significantly.

VoIP is now increasing its influence and even big businesses like AOL and Verizon start offering VoIP services to their users as it is just not smart to neglect such a market share. Of course, people prefer free VoIP services, but every day makes it more difficult to find some.

VoIP has many benefits compared to regular landline and even mobile phone connection. Multiple users conversation, easy billing, very attractive rates – all these advantages make more and more people choose VoIP as their basic means of communication.