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Yeah, you have to really think through what you are looking for - voice within a fixed building, or voice out in the woods camping. Here's my understanding. <BR>
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Within a fixed building which is offering Wifi, then yes, there are all kinds of choices, including Skype for free, and a variety of VOIP solutions. <BR>
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The dial-tone which powers our two "landlines" in the house is essentially VOIP being provided by a POTS jack at the back of the AT&T UVerse adapter. (interestingly, we don't have to pay the monthly tariff on landlines, because they really AREN'T landlines. )<BR>
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Now, if you want to go camping, or a concert, or otherwise off the grid, then yes, you have to have a cellular radio circuit. Where it gets weird is apparently FreedomPop doesn't use the voice side of the cell circuit - they only use the data side and have their own app to essentially do the Skype thing. What I don't understand is how FreedomPop is getting bandwidth for free to offer free accounts. Unless their theory is that nobody will ever be able to stay under their free bandwidth limit. <BR>
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Thus, for my $3 DZ09 watch, the $3/mo Tmobile SIM works fine. I have voice and SMS. If I stuck in the FreedomPop SIM, I'd have bupkis.<BR>
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On Fri, 2017-03-10 at 12:21 -0500, H P Ladds wrote:
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On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Mark Ulmer <<A HREF="mailto:mark@markulmer.com">mark@markulmer.com</A>> wrote:
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I've already ordered 2. I got one for my android tablet and going to try<BR>
second in my old 3G iPad. Plan to order more if my laptops have SIM slots.
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This makes me brain hurt a bit. Is there some software magic that turns tablets and computers into virtual phones? Or are you using these as data only devices?<BR>
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