Free International Calls from Mobiles

Hi. I've come across at least 4 sites that offer free international calls to certain countries when you dial their access number (an Australian mobile number) from your mobile phone. You are only charged for calling the access number, which is the same cost as dialling any other Australian mobile number. So if you make a 30 minute call to one of the free countries, you will only pay for 30 minutes of national mobile calls charged at the rate set by your mobile provider.

I'm on the 3 $29 cap and if I make a direct call to overseas to the country I call most it will cost me 75 cents per 30 seconds. Very expensive! If I use this service, I will only be charged 35 cents per 30 seconds (3's $29 cap call rate) to make the same call.

I know this isn't the cheapest calling offer, but I think it will be useful for people with a high CAP plan who have plenty of credit or those who are out and about and don't have access to a landline or payphone.

One of the sites are

www.aussiecall.com

Please let me know what you think in terms of call quality and if it's worth using the service.

Comments

  • I used this aussiecall, call quality is good. Was thinking of going back to pennytel talk till you drop plan, then you pay 38.8cents untimed to mobile and using this you get more places like india which was otherwise not possible.

  • -2

    hey Every one I found this new site www.freedomcalls.com.au , works exact same way as aussiecall, see if you like it..as I rekon better voice quality… And its good to have different companies..

    • I sensed a typo here.

      You said "I found this new site". I think you meant "I fund this new site". Please don't spam OzBargain and provide false information here — you and your company might banned.

    • +2

      Freedomcalls.com.au Whois Record:

      Domain Name: freedomcalls.com.au
      Last Modified: 24-Dec-2008 06:15:26 UTC
      Registrar ID: Aust Domains
      Registrar Name: Aust Domains
      Status: ok

      Registrant: BHANDARI, NIZI
      Registrant ID: ABN 20802940533
      Eligibility Type: Company

      Registrant Contact ID: R-000194976-SN
      Registrant Contact Name: NIZI BHANDARI
      Registrant Contact Email: Visit whois.ausregistry.com.au for Web based WhoIs

      And spotted by pauly in APCmag - Optus threatens customers over VoIP calls:

      Nizi Bhandari, the CEO of freedomcalls.com.au, was furious to find his company’s VoIP access number affected by Optus.

      • This was already found out by Scott loooooong back :-)

        • No doubt it was, but for some reason the specific details were never cited in any of the various discussions on OzBargain.

          They are included here for the information of anybody that might be seeing this discussion for the first time, and as I am in the process of updating the free international calls wiki.

          • @HueyData: Yes, it is true. When i read the APC article, i too remembered this forum post.

  • NOTE: Nizi is professionally associated with the www.freedomalls.com.au that he is advertising

    I is NOT such a good deal/bargain

  • -3

    i found another site on the internet. There are many of them offering the same service and all work the same way

  • -3

    ah ha back again
    i found this another one www.BestCallIndia.com

    • +1

      Well. The domain name itself is alarming. More, WHOIS info shows that it's owned by the same person as the two companies you spammed us with two days ago, which I suspected that you are the owner (actually very strong evidence but I won't be revealing here).

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