People are always interested in making free or cheap calls to India. There are increasing number of people who don't mind spending a few cents for a quality call. Today we explain a good way save some money and makecheap international calls to India.
As you are aware, Dialnow has probably one of the cheapest rates for India (0.039 US cents). It allows you to make calls directly from your phone, without using computer at all. If you are in some European country, Australia, Argentina, Canada, etc. you can just dial the access number in those countries and then dial the required number. But the problem with Dialnow is that it does not have an access number in the US (from where bulk of the calls are made).
So for all the US residents wanting to call back home for cheap, here is the solution.
1) Register on Dialnow as a Canada resident, with your US number.
2) Note down your Pin Code (you will have to enter this later).
3) Register on Ringbranch (for free) and get the local number. Ringbranch is an auto-attendant service, similar to GrandCentral to some extent. Just have a look and you will figure out what I am talking about or else read our RingBranch Guide
4) Enter the Canada Access number (6477244222) in Ringbranch and give it a convenient extension.
Now you are all set to make cheap calls to India without any extra charges (other than those charged by Dialnow obviously). Let’s say your Ringbranch number is 770-357-4285 (this is a fictitious number, dont call).
1)Dial your Ringbranch number and then enter the extension you entered in the step 4 above.
2) You will then be connected to Dialnow and then you would get a prompt saying “You are not dialing from the number you registered” and then you would be prompted to enter the PIN.
3)Enter the PIN and then you can dial any number you want to connect and talk for cheap!
This trick can be used at other services, which do not have access numbers in the US.
A Quick plug: I will be announcing the winner of 5000 minutes Talktime Giveaway contest tommorow.
This article has been written by our VoIP news editor Alok Saboo. Alok is pursuing his PhD in Marketing at the Pennsylvania State University.
As you are aware, Dialnow has probably one of the cheapest rates for India (0.039 US cents). It allows you to make calls directly from your phone, without using computer at all. If you are in some European country, Australia, Argentina, Canada, etc. you can just dial the access number in those countries and then dial the required number. But the problem with Dialnow is that it does not have an access number in the US (from where bulk of the calls are made).
So for all the US residents wanting to call back home for cheap, here is the solution.
1) Register on Dialnow as a Canada resident, with your US number.
2) Note down your Pin Code (you will have to enter this later).
3) Register on Ringbranch (for free) and get the local number. Ringbranch is an auto-attendant service, similar to GrandCentral to some extent. Just have a look and you will figure out what I am talking about or else read our RingBranch Guide
4) Enter the Canada Access number (6477244222) in Ringbranch and give it a convenient extension.
Now you are all set to make cheap calls to India without any extra charges (other than those charged by Dialnow obviously). Let’s say your Ringbranch number is 770-357-4285 (this is a fictitious number, dont call).
1)Dial your Ringbranch number and then enter the extension you entered in the step 4 above.
2) You will then be connected to Dialnow and then you would get a prompt saying “You are not dialing from the number you registered” and then you would be prompted to enter the PIN.
3)Enter the PIN and then you can dial any number you want to connect and talk for cheap!
This trick can be used at other services, which do not have access numbers in the US.
A Quick plug: I will be announcing the winner of 5000 minutes Talktime Giveaway contest tommorow.
This article has been written by our VoIP news editor Alok Saboo. Alok is pursuing his PhD in Marketing at the Pennsylvania State University.
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