As geriatric millenial, I’m a paying user. I pay for a monthly subscription that allows me call 1 hour to phones back home per month.
I also pay for an annual subscription for a virtual phone number back home. So, family only calls a local number (a virtual fixed phone) and I get the call in my my phone anywhere around the world (provided I have at least 4G data).
I hope the virtual phone number is just ported to MS Teams and I don’t have to look for an alternative solution.
yeahhhh, ICQ. Oh dear, is this gonna be nostalgic Friday?
The oh-oh was definitely more woke than the sexist whistle of the whats-app
I thought skype was long gone too. Why would someone pay for it (wasn’t the idea not to?) to call a normal landline - and only for 1 hour a month?
The virtual number sounds pretty good though but does your family live that far out in the sticks, not receiving Internet, Axa?
2004 entire Nigeria - no food but a handy - was reachable via mobile phones.
It’s the only way to call free numbers in Mexico (800 numbers), that includes banks, some public offices, airlines, etc. It’s ironic because calling free numbers don’t use the allocated 60 mins. Anyway, no subscription no access.
Also, to tell my mom call me back hahaha
Parents use smartphones as old phones and cameras, nothing else. So, easier to get the virtual phone instead of having to convince them to use whatsapp or Signal. This conversation, or conversations, will be more taxing than any virtual phone number. And, it gives them security through obscurity. Less technology, less fraud. Just look at the news of dumb people being defrauded over smartphones.
I had an almost-dumb flipphone for an extended while as backup. It had a browser and Whatsapp pre-installed and that was pretty much it, no option to install additional apps. It wasn’t that long ago, something like this might be useful for cases such as your relatives (despite the ongoing Migros overhaul). I bought it cheap from Migros, around 50.- plus the SIM, brand was emporia if memory serves.
I use w
WhatsApp for personal and skype when i want to call an international business number. Do government offices, businesses accept whatsup in general. Which is the best Skype alternate of those listed for business calls. I have skype prepaid, very cheap and reliable, sorry to see it go.
I can ditto that. It is the only platform I know of for calling a landline short of having to place an international phone call. Anybody know of anything else that can do that?