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Android question-> free calls



On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 01:01:06PM -0500, Richard Pieri wrote:
> On Nov 14, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > 
> > There is apparently a google voice app you can install that will let you
> > answer google-voice calls on your android phone, and call out via google
> > voice as well, so you don't use your minutes.  I've neither installed it
> > nor seen it, so I cannot attest to its usefulness or quality.
> 
> No, Google Voice won't do that.  It's not a VOIP solution.  It's a call forwarding solution.  It'll still use up air time.


You can, however, use it in conjunction with a SIP client such
as sipdroid and a cheap VOIP provider, or an Asterisk box with
access to same.

I've done this but not used it past a few test calls, as I never
use 450 minutes in a month anyway.

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