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Free World Dialup

Created by: jht2,Last modification on Wed 27 of Aug, 2008 [11:53 UTC] by adblock

freeworlddialup is no longer free and charges 30$ per year

Website: http://www.freeworlddialup.com/

Quoting from website:

Free World Dialup (FWD) allows you to make free phone calls over the Internet using a 'regular' telephone or a computer program. The FWD service has over 50,000 subscribers from over 180 countries. You can join today, at no cost, by either using programs already on your computer, or by downloading a free program. Later, an IP phone upgrade will let you realize the total freedom FWD provides whether on Cable, DSL, Dialup modem, PDA or WiFi around town.


News

  • 2008-08-06 - Pioneering VoIP service Free World Dialup announces $30 annual fee
  • 2005-07-27 - Free Lithuanian acces number to FWD is die. (:cry:)
  • 2005-05-18 - Spanish access number to FWD +34918371702 and +34964049186, dial *2*FWD_NUMBER
  • 2004-08-19 - Pre-release of the FWD Assistant for automated FWD configuration of Asterisk for MacOSX is now available, courtesy of Sunrise Telephone Systems Ltd
  • 2004-08-03 - Libretel offers PSTN to FWD numbers Voxilla Story



FWD is based on SIP
Experimental IAX support is also availible, see http://www.fwd.pulver.com/advanced/iax

See more on IAX with FWD below



A number of soft phones work well with this service.


PSTN Access For FWD
  • Ipstar.us is giving dedicated UK numbers to every FWD user, no monthly cost, no per min cost, Simply go to the web site, and signup.
  • IPKall.com is giving dedicated us numbers to every fwd user, you have to use it, or it gets closed.
  • eSMS provides free UK numbers which forward to FWD and outbound calling.

It is possible to make calls to US 800, 877 and 866 toll-free numbers through FWD, with outbound gatewaying provided by Telesthetic.
In addition, calls can be made to UK 0800, 0808 and 0500 numbers with the gateway supplied by Magrathea

PSTN subscribers in the UK, Germany, and ??? who don't have direct access to the FWD network can call FWD users via 0845 004 5566 (UK) or 0180 3 05 05 03 (Germany). Other PSTN Access numbers are available, check the FWD Website for more info.


There is a wealth of information on FWD on the Forums where most questions on FWD can be anwered.

Wanted

PSTN access numbers in PL (Poland), FR (France), RU (Russia), ...

FWD with IAX

To use IAX with FWD, many have trouble with their suggested setup. As a result, we've used a peer entry in iax.conf:

[FWDIAXPeer]
type=peer
disallow = all
allow=ulaw ; FWD only do ulaw
host=iax2.fwdnet.net
qualify=300 ; optional of course
secret=secret
context=from-fwd
username=321321

Then in extensions.conf

_${FWDIAX}.,4,Dial(IAX2/${FWDUSERID}@IAXpeerFWD/${EXTEN:3},45)






Comments

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333FWD going to $30 a year...

by pmrtvcom, Wednesday 13 of August, 2008 [10:02:54 UTC]
... so, can anyone suggest another service that can connect calls to +31800, +47800, +49130 and +49800 calls at no cost? Alternatively, can their routes be reached from other providers?
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333FWD website is down?

by mwschib, Thursday 10 of April, 2008 [01:28:08 UTC]
What is going on with the freeworlddialup.com website?
I can't even access my account settings anymore.
It's been down for at least a week now that I've noticed and I can't find any news about it anywhere.
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333Intelfone Difference

by TokSee, Wednesday 12 of March, 2008 [07:57:06 UTC]
The difference with the service offered by Intefone is in the phone itself. Intelecom (The parent company of Intelefone) has developed its own compression technology which is actually built into the phone itself. This is the reason that it works on dial-up connections. According to Intelecom, their service works on as slow as a 28k modem.

I hope that helps Syd.
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by ClaimYourPhone, Monday 10 of September, 2007 [12:05:24 UTC]
How is Free World Dialup like the service offered by Intelefone? Is the difference the phone itself? Intelefone offers an actual handheld phone or an adapter that allows regular phones to use VOIP. I am new to VOIP and trying to understand. Some companies claim to offer VOIP but it seems to be nothing more than audio messenger through services like ICQ or AIM. Then I see companies like Vonage and Intelefone that appear to offer a hardware solution instead of a software solution. Also most companies like Free World Dialup appear to require broadband even though it says dialup where Intelefone claims to work on dial-up and broadband. Does anyone know how the service offered by Intelefone is different? I found this website http://www.ClaimYourPhone.com