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Gmail Call phone

GeoffGeoff
edited August 2011 in Chit chat
Using a dongle, I just noticed this on Gmail tonight.

Call another UK landline, or India, for 2p a minute.

Mobiles 10p a minute.

Well I put 10 quid on (12 quid with VAT) and it works fine.

If I can get rid of my landline I can afford an iPhone.

Mind boggling.

(Yes I've heard of Skype)
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  • TurkwelTurkwel
    edited August 2011
    I thought if I left this overnight my right brain would be able to make sense of it in the morning. Nope. It's still just seems a random collection of sentences to me:
    Using a dongle, I just noticed this on Gmail tonight.
    You used a dongle to access GMail - I use a computer but I suppose you mean you used a computer WITH a dongle to access GMAIL? What was it, 3G, MiFi? What does this dongle plug into? Who makes it? Where is it? Why am I asking all these questions?
    Call another UK landline, or India, for 2p a minute.Mobiles 10p a minute.
    Do you mean those calling scratch cards that most newsagents seem to advertise in their windows?
    Well I put 10 quid on (12 quid with VAT) and it works fine.
    What does? What did you put the money on?
    If I can get rid of my landline I can afford an iPhone.
    If I sell my oven I can afford a pair of pillow-cases.
    Mind boggling.
    Never a truer word spoken in jest
    (Yes I've heard of Skype)
    Errr.....me too. Small world isn't it.

    I think you may have a money-saving tip in there somewhere, but as it stands I don't understand anything you've said.
  • GeoffGeoff
    edited August 2011
    Actually this is mainly UK news as it has been available for free in the US and Canada for a year or two. It's rolling out around the World so WOS being an international site is a good place to discuss it. Google accidentally launched it as a mistake in the UK last year but this time it's official.

    http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/internet/3294935/google-brings-gmail-calling-to-the-uk/

    http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/web-apps/2011/08/03/gmail-brings-skype-rival-google-voice-to-uk-40093603/

    The only significance of using a "dongle" (3G USB modem) is that you don't need a landline or mobile phone to call a landline or mobile anywhere in the world. Even Ascension Island (at over ?1 a minute). Most charges are in the 1p, 2p range.

    The best thing for Gmail users to do is try it.
  • AndyCAndyC
    edited August 2011
    So it's a more expensive way of making lower quality phone calls? Colour me entirely unimpressed.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited August 2011
    If it works, and works as well as skype, then we could see a price war given that MS own skype now :)

    Can't be a bad thing :)
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