Comments on: Free international calls by calling Iowa

By: les

les — Wed, 30 May 2007 17:29:15 +0000

Does anyone know another number for the fre calls or if this service will be back up

By: pintu

pintu — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:01:56 +0000

hey i tried calling 712-858-8094 but i recieve a message that the number doesnot exist. so help me in this issue

By: Yan

Yan — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:21:38 +0000

Alex, you seem to be out of loop. The site has been down for some time now. Read my coverage here:
http://probargainhunter.com/20.....n-service/

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 19:09:10 +0000

I have been using future phone for sometime now. Its a great service i have told many friends and family. i call family members in Canada for free. What i want is for this service is to call the middle east mainly YEMEN i have family and lots of friends for are at the American University. i know if they would offer their services to middle east everything would use it.

By: Frederik

Frederik — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:32:18 +0000

I have just been on Pat’s blog and all the mentioned services seem to be done by now. It started with http://futurephone.com (nice banner) and now allfreecalls.net is off as well. I think AT&T wasn’t too happy about these services, they kinda had to pay the bill.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Mon, 05 Feb 2007 23:45:36 +0000

I’ve noticed http://www.freecalls2theworld.com is doing the same thing. Impressive list of countries and good quality of service. I’ve been calling the UK and Israel on it.

By: Chris Smith

Chris Smith — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:13:01 +0000

The cash generative principle behind this service is nothing new (we, and many other operators, have been doing this in the UK for some years now – see http://www.dialabroad.co.uk/mobileplus) and provided the call volume through Iowa does not get too great, this service should continue for the foreseeable future, which is great for consumers.

By: Ashi

Ashi — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:32:17 +0000

I have been using Free Call Planet for months now, and it has worked great to Canada and the UK. I just wish I could call India for free too.

By: Yan

Yan — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:53:15 +0000

I have heard of at least a few similar services launched recently. CallChinaForFree is one I can recall right now. The scheme is clearly getting popular. I wonder how long it will take for the lawmakers to fix the loophole.

By: Garren

Garren — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 19:48:40 +0000

Like Futurephone this is taking advantage of an FCC kickback supported by the US Universal Service Fund (USF). This is exploiting a fund the FCC set up to assist states in the US where telecom systems are considered weak, in this case Iowa. Futurephone and Allfrecalls are making money out of the USF/FCC and you for every generated call, you are paying at least 6 cents a minute when long distance calling is not included in your plan. I’m more than sure that this isn’t allowed to continue for long — that’s really not what the USF is for!