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sreekarn Frequent Guest Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 11	Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:18 am    Post subject: travel ddd Last edited by sreekarn on Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:54 am; edited 1 time in total
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nikir Frequent Guest Joined: 17 Mar 2010 Posts: 54	Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:26 am    Post subject: I have been using voip for about 12 months and it has cut the cost considerably. Prior to that I used phone cards or just called direct (expensive). Skype to Skype is another alternative if you both have broadband connections.
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sreekarn Frequent Guest Joined: 11 Jan 2009 Posts: 11	Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:31 am    Post subject: ff Last edited by sreekarn on Sun Feb 05, 2012 8:53 am; edited 1 time in total
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Varrah Lounge Lizard Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 80 Location: St.-Petersburg, Russia	Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:32 pm    Post subject: search for SIP phone solutions many modern cell-phones can use this technology (there's a Java-based SIP-client. Also if your phone supports Wi-Fi it can be even more convenient) Here's a good solution: http://www.callwithus.com/
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Avis Frequent Guest Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 42 Location: Moscow, Russia	Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:05 pm    Post subject: hi again what do you mean by a broadband connection? e.g. my sister living in siberia doesn't have more than 512 kb/sec connection and we still use skype without any inconvinience even with turned on video. we even tried that with the connection slower than 56 kb/sec lol and it worked lol if your GF lives in Moscow it's hard to believe she expiriences any problem with slow connection as it's a normal thing here to have at least 1Mb/sec internet connection at home. Maybe she needs a little investigation in this area good luck
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Ekaterina Talk Show Host Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 265 Location: Moscow	Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2009 11:42 pm    Post subject: megafon.ru Send free SMS from there, just choose the region where your girlfriend live. And, what is the problem with skype? We all use it to communicate with people who live abroad and in other places in Russia.
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powerbam Just Starting Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Brazil	Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 6:56 pm    Post subject: Help me to call to Vologda Hi, I´m from Brazil and I know this website searching in google. I need to call to my friend that lives in Vologda, Russia. How can I to call to my friend using skype? He send me you mobile number, has 10 digits, but I tryed to use in skype but is failure. In skype I digited +7 and the 10 digits. It´s correct? Help me please... Thanks !
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AK-Polski Frequent Guest Joined: 29 Dec 2008 Posts: 12 Location: Anchorage, AK	Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:20 am    Post subject: Maybe try +8 in place of +7. And in reference to cheap calls, check the callings cards linked through this website. Connection quality is usually really good and I think my rate is around 5 or 6 cents a minute. Not super cheap, but it should be much better than your phone rate. And I use Skype, email and SMS via her phone companies website. Does she by chance use u-tel as a carrier? If so you can send SMS messages from their website to her.
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 3:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Help me to call to Vologda powerbam wrote: Hi, I´m from Brazil and I know this website searching in google. I need to call to my friend that lives in Vologda, Russia. How can I to call to my friend using skype? He send me you mobile number, has 10 digits, but I tryed to use in skype but is failure. In skype I digited +7 and the 10 digits. It´s correct? Help me please... Thanks ! There is a free skype. I use skype all the time to call someone in Poland. Does your friend have a contact name that has been added to your contact list? Example, Adam88. I never pay a bill because if you both have skype and list each others (nick name) in the contact list with a ligit number then you can talk free or click on the contact tab and use the contact find, type in his contact nick name, click on the down arrow, type in the country he or she is in and search. Most of the time skype will find that person, but they have to have a name and not just the number. Not sure, but try +4 then the 10 digits and see if that works. Use the free skype instead. No payments. The only time you pay is when you are calling someone who does not have skype. See if that helps. jojo7
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powerbam Just Starting Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 4 Location: Brazil	Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 8:34 pm    Post subject: AK Polski, thanks for your answer but I can´t to call to Vologda, Russia. I tried by diferents forms. For Example: The his mobile phone is 8927835558. I tried: +8927835558 +7927835558 +88927835558 +78927835558 I think that exists any code that I don´t know how. What is wrong? I really don´t know how. Thanks for help me !
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jo-jo-7 Just Starting Joined: 16 Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 10:29 pm    Post subject: powerbam wrote: AK Polski, thanks for your answer but I can´t to call to Vologda, Russia. I tried by diferents forms. For Example: The his mobile phone is 8927835558. I tried: +8927835558 +7927835558 +88927835558 +78927835558 I think that exists any code that I don´t know how. What is wrong? I really don´t know how. Thanks for help me ! The bottom number should have worked if it is the correct number this person gave you. If you have done all this already then disregard, if not, then I would try entering the number at the bottom of the skype menu in the long blue box, scroll down the flag box on the left of the blue box and check Russia. If the number is not in your contact list a icon will appear and then you add it. Skype will search a contact name even if they don't have a number. Thousands of nick calls or names on skype and it will search until it finds your friends name and hopefully the number or right number.
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IREN Frequent Guest Joined: 03 Mar 2009 Posts: 61 Location: Россия, Москва	Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 8:18 am    Post subject: powerbam I think, you need to type exit figures on a trunk call. Try to type - 007 + a city code + № phone
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jayzon Just Starting Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 7	Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 11:50 am    Post subject: You can try Google Voice for free SMS. I am just not sure if it can send sms to Russia but it can send free SMS to some countries. Yahoo can also send free sms to some countries, you might want to check that one too. For international phone card or VoIP you can try Onesuite.com, rate to Moscow is 3.5 cents and 6.5 cents to mobile or other parts of Russia.
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