Local Phone has been around for a while, however it seems they recently reduced their rates to bottom low. VOIP Providers have realised that free international calls was good enough to ramp up customer base and can't be a long term revenue model.
LocalPhone works off the access number based model. You call up a access number in your country and then dial your international number. They offer some really cheap international calling rates to India and some other asian countries.
They are currently offering India at 5.5 cents per minute + no connection charge. Considering betamax as closest competitor, betamax always charges you connection rate and in the end it turns out to be a costly affair.
Lets see how you can use LocalPhone:
1) Go Signup at Local Phone
2) On Dashboard, add a new contact with Phone number.
3) Localphone gives you a local number to replace theirs, shown in red.
4) Now you can call that number from your landline/Mobile Phone.
5) LocalPhone also gives you a international calling card option with access number and PIN code which you can use from anywhere in the world as long as you are able to dial into one of their access numbers.
Local Phone is definately an interesting VOIP startup and with their rock bottom calling rates they look lot better than costly companies such as Jajah Direct. However please remember that you would have to incurr cost while calling their local phone numbers, unless you have unlimited calling package (if you are in US, you can check out Lingo Phone Unlimited Package). Another limitation of this service is its currently only available in certain countries namely UK, USA, Australia, Canada etc. Not bad for a start but I would love to see some more asian countries included in the list especially Singapore, India, Pakistan etc.
If you are using Local Phone, do let us know about the service.
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