Making Online Phone Calls

January 03, 2012 | Rebtel

Making Online Phone Calls With VoIP on a PC

Skype is one of the most popular applications for making online calls. It’s a Voice over Internet Protocol software that allows you to make calls to mobiles, landlines and other PCs by using your computer as a phone (you’ll need speakers and a microphone or a good headset.) Skype can also provide you with an online number anyone can call you on from their mobile or landline, which allows you to answer using Skype, no matter where you are, or else the call can go to voicemail which you can listen to later. Google Voice is another software for making online phone calls; you can dial using a keypad right from Google Chat, and quickly connect to the person you need to speak to.

Making Online Phone Calls with Smartphone Apps

Skype and Google Voice are also available as an app for smartphones, although in most cases carriers make sure that callers still use minutes on your phone even though they are getting around paying the carrier’s international rates. Vonage also has an app for making online calls. The best way to use these kinds of apps for making online phone calls from a smartphone is to double check the call plan and make sure you don’t run up too many minutes using the app. Often, calls made from one user to another are ‘free’ but carrier charges still apply and minutes can be deducted from a plan.

Making Online Phone Calls with Rebtel

Rebtel is the easiest, fastest, cheapest way to make online phone calls. It’s simple to sign up - just add a phone number. Calls to anyone else using Rebtel are free - whether they are using the Rebtel 2.0 PC app, or Rebtel 2.0 on iPhone, Android, or Blackberry.

Rebtel also allows users to make online phone calls to anyone on any mobile or landline for extremely cheap per minute charges; up to 40% less than Skype’s Skype Out rates and 95% less than traditional phone carriers. Texts /SMS are cheaper too - the PC app offers incredibly cheap international SMS to more than 200 countries for rates up to 60% less than regular texting services.

Managing records of online phone calls and contact lists is stress free with Rebtel; you can connect the PC app to your Facebook or Google Contacts lists and be on the line with whoever you want within seconds. Miss a call from someone? There’s an easy to access and understand record of all missed and received calls, as well as an overview of all your account activity including all your sent text messages and calls.

Making online phone calls shouldn’t be a hassle. With Rebtel for your PC and mobile, online calls can be made anywhere, anytime.