ether

this may be one of the best free calling hacks ever. a new service in beta called 'ether' lets you set up an account for charging customers for talking to you. the company makes money when you charge for calls(they take 15%); but you do not have to charge. in that case you are using the service for free phone calls. the really cool part is that there are about 20 countries included for the call destination and they include india, bahrain, and UAE as well as many european countries. i have tested for calls to UK and Germany and to my great surprise cell phones are included. i just made a completely free call to a cell phone in UK.  i know that there are many people looking to call for free from UAE to india. this should be able to be done for free using the click-to-call widgets available. for calls from the USA they can be made using a toll free number. just set up an account for your phone phone and have the people you want to speak to do the same. make sure the accounts are all set to have you be 'available to take calls' also make sure that the accounts are setup so that the calls start out as free until '*' is pressed otherwise a payment will need to be made before the call can start. as long as the person receiving the call does not press '*' you can just keep on talking for free.

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the website: www.ether.com