Free World Dialup

Free World Dialup - http://www.freeworlddialup.com/

"Use FWD to make real, free phone calls using your favorite telephone, computer or PDA and any broadband connection. Call your neighbor or a relative, next door or in another country; all with the same ease, speed, and high quality." Thanks to Jeff Pulver and his crew!

Quick summary:

1 - First, got to http://www.freeworlddialup.com and sign up to get your FWD # and password.

2 - Download http://brands.xten.net/x-litefwd/download/X-LiteFWD_Install.exe FWD/X-Lite ("self-configures") program or go to http://www.myphonebooth.com/ to call any FWD # and U.S. toll free #s using Internet Explorer (Firefox not supported).

Quickstart Guide: http://www.freeworlddialup.com/support/quick_start_guide

FWD Xlite Configuration Guide: http://www.freeworlddialup.com/support/configuration_guide/configure_your_fwd_certified_phone/fwd_xlite/all

MS Windows Messenger Configuration Guide: http://pulver.com/fwd/fwd30news.html#messenger (FWD supports Windows Messenger 4.6/4.7 but not MSN Messenger 5.x.)

3 - To call a U.S. landline/cell #, dial *+arecode+7digit#. (This FWD feature is not listed on their website, but has been working for several months now.)

4 - To call a FWD # from a PSTN (your regular phone), click

http://www.dslreports.com/r0/download/476274~3ccc4c9edbe2a596714a4fd9da897204/fwdaccessnumbers.zip or after you've signed up go to FWD web page, click on "Features", "Access #s" for a list of FWD access numbers in your area. Available in several states in the U.S., UK, NL and DE at this time.

Packet8:

-- To call a P8 phone # from a FWD phone: Dial **898 + 1 + P8 number to be routed to P8 service.

-- To call a FWD # from a P8 phone:

*If the FWD # you are calling contains 5 digits, start to dial with the prefix 0351. For example: 035112345

*If the FWD # you are calling contains 6 digits, start to dial with the prefix 0451.

Call UK:

Get a UK telephone # that will call you on your FWD #. Register http://fwd.calluk.com.

FWD Features: Some features like Voice email needs to be activated at http://www.fwdnet.net

Internet Calling

Call Waiting

CallerID

Missed Call notification

Call Forwarding

Call Transfer

Three Way Calling

Voice email

SoftPhone, IP Phones & *Web-based

Aliases

Whitepages directory

ENUM Entry

eDial SOAP

Conferencing

Instant Messaging

Web Calling/FWD-Talk

Corporate Cisco Call Manager Connection

Calling to Toll Free Numbers in the UK, US, NL, JP and FR TellMe Service (411).

-- NL Dial *31(800)... to reach Netherlands toll free #s.

-- UK Dial *44(800)... or *44(808)... or *44 (500) to reach UK toll free #s.

-- US Dial *1(8xx) xxx xxxx to reach United States toll free #s.

-- JP Dial *81 0120... to reach Japan toll free #s.

Frequently used numbers

613 Echo test

55555 Volunteer Welcome Line

514 FWD Coffee House

612 Time

411 TellMe Information

611 Part Time Technical support

511 FWD Conference Bridge

At the moment, I think this is way better than Skype, Yahoo IM voice chat, etc...I've been using FWD for over a year with my cable broadband service and didn't have to set up any port forwarding on my broadband router. Obviously you'ld need a mic/speakers connected to your PC.

You can also use your regular telephone via an adapter http://voipstore.pulver.com/product_info.php?products_id=32 and IP phone http://voipstore.pulver.com/product_info.php?products_id=33. Adapters and IP phones from different vendors like Cisco are available.

* Broadbandreports.com VoIP forum (formerly known as DSLReports.com)

-- If you have any questions or just curious about VoIP, visit the VoIP forum http://www.dslreports.com/forum/voip at DSLReports.com.