I use Google Voice all the time and I have use Google chat. When you make a call with <div>Google Chat you can actually see the credit you have in Google Voice. I actually made a </div><div>phone call from the Phillipines to San Diego using Google Chat and it was free. I do not </div>
<div>know how. I do know that phone calls with Google Voice within the US are free and the </div><div>calls to other countries are less expensive than Skype ( I also have Skype). Skype has </div><div>a rate but then they add extra fees, which Google Voice does not.</div>
<div><br></div><div>:-)<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Aaron Konstam <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Sun, 2011-09-25 at 09:32 -0400, Fulko Hew wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 9:20 AM, Aaron Konstam <<a href="mailto:akonstam@sbcglobal.net">akonstam@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> >> As I understand it, there seem to be 2 ways to use skype, ekiga, Bosix,<br>
> >> etc and probably google.<br>
> >> skype to skype, and skype to telephone.<br>
> >> skype to skype is free of charge, that's the one I refer to.<br>
> >><br>
> >> For skype to telephone you pay skype in advance by opening an account<br>
> >> and can make calls as you wish to the value of the account. I would<br>
> >> assume that would similarly apply to google.<br>
> >> Some of my associates who are in frequent international contact have<br>
> >> skype acounts. They have VOIP telephones and modems. Bigpond in<br>
> >> Australia disables VOIP in the Thompson Gateway modems.<br>
> ><br>
> > That is one of the things I don't understand. Google has not asked me for money<br>
> > to telephone. I live in San Antonio and I called my son in Chicago. I<br>
> > have no account with Google and as far as I can see the call was free.<br>
> > Can someone explain this?<br>
><br>
> If you look at this chart, calls to US and Canada are free.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.google.com/chat/voice/compare.html" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/chat/voice/compare.html</a><br>
<br>
Except if you look at the "Terms of Service" tab on that page the<br>
prices are for Google Voice. I am using Google Chat which is a different<br>
product.<br>
What are its costs?<br>
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