Tips, i just done it today, i made 11 calls, normally every 3 minutes the call is disconnect. on the 11th calls, the calls keep continue until i hang up. not sure if this is their system glitch.
Please read the term and condition below for the free calls.
So far in the last 5 days in my testing.
China landlines is clear, sometimes delay. I believe this is because of internet connection.
China mobile is clear, but sometimes got delay.
Hong Kong landlines is clear.
Sydney number is clear (just try to call my own home phone number)
just call my office that using voip, successful and clear (going to my voice mail)
Brisbane number is clear.
England landlines number is clear.
If you want free call and same as telstra quality. Please do not try this service. Remember this is voip service and free, so quality is depend on the internet traffic. either in here or the countries of destination.
Some tips to call Australia landline number:
first select the country icon and select Australia, therefore you don't need to put 61 when you dial.
second, you still need to put area code, and remember you don't need to put 0 in front of the area code.
Example calling Sydney number, what you have to do
1. select the country as Australia
2. dial the number 2 then follow the phone number that you want to make phone call, if you want call to Sydney the number that you need to dial is 2 xxxx xxxx (x is your phone number).
Some tips.
For people that using Vista, you may get experience the program error and close. Try uninstall this program, when you install again, run as administrator. It works for me.
For XP user, I have tried with my XP pc, so far I never got any problem.
If you afraid with your privacy with them. just make another email and don't give your real details. the most they know only your ip address.
Just enjoy if you want it.
Terms & Conditions: Free Calls Promotion
This promotion applies only for MediaRing Talk for PC.
Promotion will end on May 30th, 2010 GMT 23:59.
No purchase necessary.
Calls made from the following countries are eligible for the Free Calls Promotion
American Samoa, Australia, Austria, Belgium, British Indian Ocean Territory, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guam, Holy See (Vatican City State), Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Pitcairn, Portugal, Russian Federation, Samoa, Singapore, Spain, Sri Lanka, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Province of China, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Vanuatu
Note: Calls made from countries not in the above lists are not eligible for the free calls promotion.
Free Calls Promotion is applicable to calls made to:
Fixed (landline) & Mobile: US, Canada, China, Singapore, Hong Kong
Fixed (landline) only: United Kingdom, Taiwan and Australia
(Promotion does NOT include calls to mobile lines)
Standard charges will apply for calls to all other destinations not mentioned in the above free calls promotion.
To make sure that everyone has an opportunity to benefit from this promotion, each call is limited to 3 minutes. However, there are no restrictions on calling the same destination multiple times. However, if you have a MediaRing Talk Out credit balance, you will not be limited to the 3 minutes, but your account will be charged at published rates for that portion of your call that exceeds 3 minutes.
Promotion minutes are not redeemable for cash.
During the promotion period, MediaRing will make reasonable efforts to complete calls but cannot guarantee that all calls will be connected.
MediaRing Ltd reserves the right to revise the terms and conditions of this promotional offer without prior notice.
Except as stated above, standard terms and conditions apply to promotion calls.
This deal may be older than OzBargain itself!!
Usually they just extend the expiry as time goes, so the offer has been good for a few years. I guess it also means they can decide to stop the offer by not extending the expiry at some future date.