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From: Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> To: luv-talk@luv.asn.au Cc: Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 16:27:35 +1100 Subject: [luv-talk] skype etc I'm looking for free VOIP options for Android phones.

Google Hangouts has free video calls but it seems that the ring time usually isn't as long as the time taken to establish a connection so the caller often has it ring out before the recipient is notified of a call attempt.

Skype seems to demand a Hotmail/Microsoft account before it can be used.

https://www.pennytel.com.au/personal-voip/plans/free-access

Pennytel says that they aren't currently accepting new signups. When they do they apparently allow free calls to other users of the same service.

http://www.voipbuster.com/en/mobile_voip

VoipBuster also apparently allows free calls to other users.

My aim is to have free calls to relatives who have Android phones. Many of my relatives are using Aldi with the $15 for 2G plan, so they pay for calls but 2G of data is way more than most of them will use in a month - essentially the marginal cost of data is zero.

How difficult is it to install Asterisk nowadays? Also how much bandwidth is required for two Asterisk clients talking to each other?

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Have you thought about mobile specific apps that use their own network like Viber? I've not personally had the need for such an app so haven't looked into them myself but have friends that use them heavily as they say they work well on both wifi and 3g data. Cheers, Tim