PennyTel's 10 Million FREE Minutes Offer Is Back! [Dec 20 - Jan 20]

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PennyTel's 10 Million FREE Minutes Offer Is Back! [Dec 20 - Jan 20]

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asa79 on 18/12/2012 - 11:23 info.pennytel.com.au (3409 clicks)
Edited by roughana, neil 20/12/2012 - 15:35

From Website:

PennyTel's 10 million FREE minutes offer is back!

That's right. Make FREE calls to:

Australia^, Canada, China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand^, Singapore, the UK^ and the USA; anytime between 20th December 2012 and 20th January 2013.

What’s more – you can call using a number of methods, including:

(1) Mobile Phone (with an App)

(2) Home Phone (with an ATA)

(3) Softphone (on your computer)

(4) Callback

(5) IP Phone

Edit (thanks stubatman): ^Excluding calls to mobiles

To find your pennytel VoIP password, login to pennytel portal @ https://www.pennytel.com.au/ using the username and password from your email. click "Personal VoIP" in the left sidebar, activate "Settings" tab then "VoIP Settings" sub-tab, then click the + icon near "SIP Settings" in the right column. You need to find the password which for some reason is different from what you have received from Pennytel. Change the password to what you have received on your email and click save. Credit: budhus/gunny

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jazzymc on 18/12/2012 - 11:42 ¶

I took up the offer, so how do you know its active on the account?
- stubatman on 18/12/2012 - 12:23 ¶
  
  I just got an email confirming I've taken up the offer.
+5 votes

stubatman on 18/12/2012 - 11:49 ¶

For anyone wondering, the ^ is "Excluding calls to mobiles".
rjblakel on 18/12/2012 - 11:56 ¶

How do you sign up? I have a Pennytel account, but the link takes me to a deadend flyer…
- stubatman on 18/12/2012 - 11:59 ¶
  
  Put your email address in and click the button. It should confirm you've taken up the offer on the next page. It would be nice to see something on your account like jazzymc suggested though.
- rjblakel on 18/12/2012 - 12:01 ¶
  
  Eh. Browser issue - used IE and I could then see where to insert email address.
- f4te on 18/12/2012 - 12:50 ¶
  
  Yeah I had to disable Adblock for the page to load properly in Chrome.
Bargaphile on 18/12/2012 - 11:57 ¶

What app do you use on android?
- jackofspade on 18/12/2012 - 12:08 ¶
  
  pennytel
  - +4 votes
    
    lzwdavid on 18/12/2012 - 12:36 ¶
    
    Try csipsimple.
    - aml276 on 18/12/2012 - 14:18 ¶
      
      call quality seems very poor on my andriod with csipsimple so I changed to media5 and was much better.
    - brucefromaustralia on 18/12/2012 - 14:56 ¶
      
      Ive rung into Oz on PT using csipsimple many times - clear calls on my $69 Android. Also rung from Westfield using free WiFi. No issues.
    - +1 vote
      
      dy4me on 18/12/2012 - 15:12 ¶
      
      @aml276. The reason ur call quality is ur havent enabled G729 codec and ur on a poor internet speed/with high jitter.
      
      In csipsimple just enable G729(narrow and wide) codec and disable the rest.
    - josephchi on 21/12/2012 - 09:49 ¶
      
      Are you using a VPN because you must take care because of packet sniffing from free wifi hotspots.
ajdj10 on 18/12/2012 - 12:02 ¶

What's "With an ATA" for the home phone?
- mattgal on 18/12/2012 - 12:04 ¶
  
  voip
- brucefromaustralia on 18/12/2012 - 15:03 ¶
  
  Adapter box to enable home phone to connect to adsl line. Some modems have a VOIP function. You plug home phone into modem. Can then use home phone line and VOIP.
mattgal on 18/12/2012 - 12:03 ¶

what do existing customers have to do? the is very little info. some people on whirlpool don't appear to be fond of it http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=2027047
- asa79 on 18/12/2012 - 12:44 ¶
  
  Put in email and thats it
jd4free on 18/12/2012 - 12:07 ¶

ATA as in using a VOIP router + home phone.
you need to have a VOIP Modem/router and setup the "ATA" in settings and use VOIP for all your calls. I used them before when they where $15 pm unlimited for all my calls, but I had bad ADSL when it rained, bad news in Cairns.
+1 vote

homersyd on 18/12/2012 - 12:10 ¶

I dunno how ppl can use 10 mill mins in a month…
24hrs x 60mins x 30days = 43200mins, so even if you talk 24/7 until the end of the offer, you still have 9956800mins left! :)
- oleglap on 18/12/2012 - 12:21 ¶
  
  I guess theoretically you could have a few ppl calling from same account simultaneously. But excellent point!
- +1 vote
  
  blibster on 18/12/2012 - 12:32 ¶
  
  Guess they are looking to sign up 230 ppl (do the maths)?
- +1 vote
  
  brucefromaustralia on 18/12/2012 - 15:06 ¶
  
  Isn't 10M the total for all users?
+2 votes

Risser on 18/12/2012 - 12:32 ¶

Thanks op. I use about 2 bucks a month, but cant not take up an offer for free calls :)

I believe the 10million would be collective, not per account.
mattgal on 18/12/2012 - 12:34 ¶

i just got an email saying i'm registered
goblin5566 on 18/12/2012 - 12:38 ¶

How good is their mobile app? I was thinking of setting home phone with voip but there wasn't much support in terms of setting up. Mobile app sounds like a good idea. Has anyone used it ?
- +3 votes
  
  Risser on 18/12/2012 - 12:47 ¶
  
  If you run android, VoIP is built in to the os; at least from ICS onwards. Press phone icon, goto settings, scroll all the way down to internet phone. You'll need to configure it naturally.
  
  I've used this when out of the country. It works great. Forward home phone to VoIP and when ppl call your home phone, you pickup on your mobile in nz or the like! Long as you have data.. and I did.
  - +1 vote
    
    yoyo6 on 18/12/2012 - 19:19 ¶
    
    Risser, I have ICS on my galaxy s2 and I can't see where you can scroll down to internet phone. I have been using csip and have found that sometimes it registers and sometimes it doesn't, and if it doesn't there is nothing I can do to get it working.
- fars on 18/12/2012 - 12:59 ¶
  
  I can't seem to log in on their android app..
  - neil on 18/12/2012 - 13:08 ¶
    
    Me neither. I wonder if they have to manually enter new details into the system. I can login to the website fine though. Weird.
  - brucefromaustralia on 18/12/2012 - 15:11 ¶
    
    See Whirlpool. It doesn't work for many - didn't last time I tried. Other Apps listed above like csipsimple works.
asa79 on 18/12/2012 - 12:45 ¶

Email from them goes:

Thank you for registering your details for the 10 million free minutes offer. From 20th December 2012 to 20th January 2013, you can make FREE CALLS!
IndecentExposure on 18/12/2012 - 13:21 ¶

Awesome, covers more countries than the Skype trial.

On reading more….is it just me or are these rates waaaayyyy better than Skype???? Except, I can't seem to find where to download their VoIP software.
jasonwlh314 on 18/12/2012 - 13:24 ¶

what is (4) callback? how does it work?
chansthename on 18/12/2012 - 13:30 ¶

Just for reference the 10 Mil minutes applies to everyone collectively. it's not individual.
- IndecentExposure on 18/12/2012 - 14:11 ¶
  
  Serious???? Laaaaaaaaaaameee. Probably like 10 free mins now lol haha.
scytherbladez on 18/12/2012 - 13:34 ¶

Didn't receive the e-mail. Pennytel been whinging that my cc has expired, even though I'm in credit.
- asa79 on 18/12/2012 - 15:26 ¶
  
  I dont use CC with my pennytel account. I do BPay
  - +1 vote
    
    chyawala on 18/12/2012 - 16:40 ¶
    
    Wise move.
annoynimous on 18/12/2012 - 13:35 ¶

got my username and password, i kept entering it in android app and it says invalid… :|
- kshitijdesai on 18/12/2012 - 13:48 ¶
  
  FYI: username is not your PennyTel username, it is the PennyTel Account Number.
  - neil on 18/12/2012 - 13:56 ¶
    
    In their welcome email they state account number and password. With their Android app, it's username and password so does that mean there is a separate username we need to sign up for? Putting in account number and password in the app gets the invalid error. While on the website, putting in account number and password logs you into their portal.
    - jackofspade on 18/12/2012 - 14:42 ¶
      
      Account number and password works for me on the pennytel android app.
  - annoynimous on 18/12/2012 - 13:56 ¶
    
    yeap, i tried both the account number and email, doesn't work still
    
    and yes on website, it logs in just fine
    
    just realised some peeps above me go the same issue
    - gunnny on 18/12/2012 - 14:02 ¶
      
      Yes I have the same issue with csipsimple.
      http://notepad2.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/android-configure-cs...
      Not working after all sorts of combinations of user id and passwords.
    - Elijah on 18/12/2012 - 14:14 ¶
      
      doesn't work on both Android and iPhone…, I can login to the iPhone version tho…
      
      EDIT: thanks kshitijdesai !
    - kshitijdesai on 18/12/2012 - 14:24 ¶
      
      20th Dec 2012 is the start date as per PennyTel website.
    - +11 votes
      
      budhus on 18/12/2012 - 19:41 ¶
      
      To find your pennytel VoIP password, login to pennytel portal @ https://www.pennytel.com.au/ using the username and password from your email. click "Personal VoIP" in the left sidebar, activate "Settings" tab then "VoIP Settings" sub-tab, then click the + icon near "SIP Settings" in the right column. You need to find the password which for some reason is different from what you have received from Pennytel. Change the password to what you have received on your email and click save.
      
      Install the Csipsimple app from android market and configure using the below given step:
      
      Accounts -> Add account
      Select Other country providers then Pennytel
      User Name: 888XXXXXXX (10 digits pennytel number)
      Password: Your_Pennytel_VoIP_Password
      Click Save button
      Settings -> Media -> Codecs, enable only g729 codec and disable all the others.
      
      Worked for me…. Hope it works for you as well !
    - neil on 19/12/2012 - 23:12 ¶
      
      Fantastic. What a crazy system. I changed my password then retried the official Android app and it worked. Great job.
    - annoynimous on 20/12/2012 - 10:30 ¶
      
      All follow the instruction above,
      
      works 100% on android app
      
      hope OP update with that info too
    - budhus on 20/12/2012 - 14:30 ¶
      
      Attn OP: Credit should go to gunnny who actually found the link for Pennytel account configuration. I just messed with the configuration a bit. Thats all! Cheers gunnny….
    - imcold on 20/12/2012 - 20:54 ¶
      
      Thanks was fricken hard to get it to work even with instructions. Impossible without
    - IndecentExposure on 07/01/2013 - 07:44 ¶
      
      G729 Codec is not free?
    - BloodSail Admiral on 07/01/2013 - 21:52 ¶
      
      Thanks, it's working.
ninjastar on 18/12/2012 - 13:47 ¶

Got it, thanks.
waterproof on 18/12/2012 - 17:27 ¶

Nice.

Do you need VoIP for this or you can use an app?
greenpossum on 18/12/2012 - 17:54 ¶

Woohoo, freebie.

Er, don't know anybody in those countries. :) (Well maybe some people with landlines in Australia but I have the Skype freebie till 11 Jan.)
+1 vote

IndecentExposure on 18/12/2012 - 19:43 ¶

OMG, finally found the software. It's called Penny Mate and it's 60MB in size. You can find it under the Personal VoIP tab on the website once you've logged in.

However, installing it on my Win7x64 it said that there was an unsigned driver. I can run the program however I can't login. Everytime I enter my account number and password as given to me in the first email, it just asks for it again instantly like I entered the password incorrectly or something.
- IndecentExposure on 19/12/2012 - 18:34 ¶
  
  Was anyone else on Windows 7 Home Premium x64 unable to connect to wireless/wired LAN? I booted up my computer as normal and suddenly I couldn't access those two things, tried a whole bunch of stuff including reinstalling drivers. Finally figured it out, uninstalled it and voila, everything works as usual now.
  - IndecentExposure on 20/12/2012 - 10:13 ¶
    
    Just to be clear, by "it" I meant Penny Mate.
lazybones1987 on 18/12/2012 - 21:11 ¶

Bidus suggestion worked
yoyo6 on 19/12/2012 - 19:36 ¶

Pennytel have come out with a new app, it looks like it could be good but I haven't tried it yet
- scytherbladez on 19/12/2012 - 20:37 ¶
  
  visual speculation.. you live a dangerous life.
coolhead on 20/12/2012 - 10:15 ¶

now i clickewd on the links and registered so how do i know i qualify for this.. should i just make a call and try it out?
imcold on 20/12/2012 - 22:02 ¶

I cant get this crappy thing to work. I use the SIP password or the registration password it tells me its the wrong one.

Doesnt work on android or on ios

EDIT GOT it to register on the old ip adddresss not the one that sip.pennytel.com points to but cant make calls still.
drdarsh on 21/12/2012 - 01:01 ¶

No success with either iPhone or S3…What to do? Do i have to have some credit in my account in order to use this service?
- neil on 21/12/2012 - 08:06 ¶
  
  Nope. Don't need credit. Did you try the instructions above
  - imcold on 21/12/2012 - 08:23 ¶
    
    nope.. i used something else other than Csipsimple. I'll try again once i get home with csimple
    - josephchi on 21/12/2012 - 09:55 ¶
      
      You must wait a few days before your account is activated properly on the network. It's an ongoing issue for pennytel.
imcold on 22/12/2012 - 08:29 ¶

I think you need to supply CC details and such, and your drivers license. And possibly top up your account.

As mentioned earlier it screws up your internet if you installed drivers.
irshad mansuri on 27/12/2012 - 17:17 ¶

When I m trying to dial it said "Internal Server Error" Whats this ?..
- IndecentExposure on 05/01/2013 - 00:01 ¶
  
  It means that you tried to dial a number without the area code or without the country code or both. Make sure you put it in, same as with skype, you need the "02" if you're talking about a number in NSW.