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Truphone v4.0 adds ‘Truphone Anywhere’

Started by Ewan · 1 year ago

Announced today, the newest release of Truphone - the VoIP solution for S60 handsets (iPhone is planned) Ewan discussed recently - has added an important feature to it’s existing WiFi-based features… routing calls over the mobile network itself via a local dial-in number or via a call-back mechanism. This allows people out of range [...] ... Continue reading »

13 comments

  • Ricky Chotai

    1 year ago

    do we know the number being used for the UK? is it one of those dogey IOM numbers that t-mobile love to charge a bomb for?
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    Don't think so - it's an 01xxx xxxxxx format. My handset's just died, but I'll confirm tomorrow.
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  • Ricky Chotai

    1 year ago

    no worries cheers ben! really cool for people who have no good data plans then and lots of landline minutes!
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    Who do we know who fits that description? :-)
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    :: puts away his unlimited landline minutes and 3,000 any network calls
    account ::
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  • Ricky Chotai

    1 year ago

    but think about how crystal clear the first leg of the call will be :P
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    Yep... mine is the 01354 prefix which is the Doddington area.
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  • SteveRowlands

    1 year ago

    I suppose I really should try this TruPhone thing out.

    Is it really worth all the hype it seems to get?
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  • Ewan

    1 year ago

    They need to set themselves free from WiFi... Truphone on the sim card will
    then be usable for the majority.
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  • James Body

    1 year ago

    Hey Steve - why don't you try it - and report back?

    The UK call through numbers are normal geographic (01xxx/02xxx) numbers and so will not cost a fortune or be excluded from your inclusive bundles.
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    James: Any thoughts on the network operators trying to block these numbers as dial-thru providers?
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  • James Body

    1 year ago

    I would think that the view of the UK courts would be that any attempt to block a normal UK geographic number would be illegal - under the same argument that T-Mobile were ordered to route traffic to normal Truphone mobile numbers. Have you any examples or experiences of carriers blocking call through services? If so, what numbering/tariffs are the call through services using?
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  • Ben Smith

    1 year ago

    No specific examples to hand, but remembering back a few years Orange particularly (although I don't think it was just them) blocked numbers that attempted to use calling cards and the like. It may be an out-of-date practice now - I think it maybe related to 0800 numbers back when they were free on some tariffs.
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