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VOIP Meets Cell Phones

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the loophole-exploitation dept.

pnutjam writes "This looks really interesting. It looks like this company, Xcelis, has a bunch of cellphones hooked to VOIP equipment. Basically you pay them and if you have free in-network calling on your phone you call their phone and then dial out to whomever you want. Voila, unlimited calling to anyone."

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  1. Great - there goes free unlimited in network calls by sonofagunn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I hope this doesn't become too popular! Companies will have to raise prices elsewhere.

  2. Cellular? Bah! by chainsaw1 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Just take the cellphone out of the picture entirely

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    - Sig
  3. Re:Unlimited by epod · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Actually, in Canada, Telus already had an unlimited calling plan in the city of Winnipeg. It was $30 CDN a month, unlimited local calling all the time. It was their marketing gimmick to get into a new market. The only problem is, due to their contact the user is entitled to renew their contract when it expires for the same plan ad infinitum. This has led to those cell phone plans being bought and sold for as much as $3000, since as long as you renew it, you've got an unlimited cellphone for life for $30.

  4. Bad lag! by entrager · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have Vonage VoIP service at home on a cable modem connection. When I talk to a cell phone user over my VoIP phone, there is a noticable lag that occurs. I've gotten used to it, but initially my wife and I found ourselves talking over each other all the time because of the 1-2 second delay. It sounds to me like this service will only compound that problem.

  5. I went another direction by krray · · Score: 3, Interesting

    On a back end web server listening on a re-directed port along with a password and you're prompted with:
    ENTER CURRENT #: (let's enter 19998887777)
    TRANSFER TO #: (let's enter 15554443333) ...and then the "old" modem in that computer taps C-Kermit and dials specifically:
    atdt ,19998887777,,,,5,!,*97,15554443333,,;

    So, it calls me (pauses due to finding the cell phone I may be holding), dials "5" for the heck of it (lets me know it is working :), flashes the line, dials my transfer code (*97) and dumps me to the phone number I entered.

    Free unlimited calls anywhere I go already ... as long as I can tap a web browser somehow. :)