VIRTUAL NUMBER IN COLOMBIA

RoyM says on Jul 25, 2007, 10:02:

I use Skype. Call US for 2 cents, Medellin, Bogota, Barranquilla for 9 cents unless the other party is also Skype user...... then call is free (I like free!!)

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honey says on Jul 25, 2007, 10:16:

Hey RoyM...I like free too, lol! The thing is that my dad is not a pc kind of guy. I like that the number that telefonorojo supplies is for incoming and outgoing calls and I haven't found anything else that offers the same, at least not yet. Does anyone know of a similar service out there?

Life is what happens when you're busy making plans - John Lennon.

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Frank Rizzo says on Jul 29, 2007, 12:18:

Skype too allows you to take your account and pay something like $40 per year and you get a USA phone number....with that USA number you get unlimited calls IN (only)....

So in Colombia, you can get Skype, pay the $40 and get unlimited in for your family / house there.... then you get a Skype digital to analog box...like another $40 from www.JR.com this is a little box that accepts the USB from your computer and on the other end your regular phone (or cordless phone) plugs into the box....so in Colombia just leave the computer on and your phone (which is connected to the Skype box) will ring and you can answer and talk like normal... Now to take this one step further...i purchased a super long range phone directly from china....(not available in the usa for some reason)....they supposedly will work for 40 Km....I don't know yet...we're shipping it down now....BUT...the handset is no bigger than a cell phone of 3-4 years ago...(bit bigger than the super new ones)...........so what we're doing is....put an the antenna on top of the building....for max signal...then if this really has this long range...I should be able to take US calls over SKYPE through that $40 little box...connected to the super long range cordless phone.....up to 40Km....in the city....in effect taking a call from the USA for free when out and about.....we'll see if this really works..

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honey says on Jul 29, 2007, 21:31:

Thank you so much for the detailed explanation, that's exactly what I was looking for Frank. Right now my dad is looking into the whole "banda ancha" thing. Turns out my aunt has had "telefono rojo" for a while in Cali and she says it's great. I really hope that long range set up works out for you. Please, keep me posted...and thanks again...Rubito - did you check out the site?

Life is what happens when you're busy making plans - John Lennon.

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