VoipCheap - Internet telephone software

Most people have heard of Skype. When I started using it there were typically 1.5 million people online at any time. Now there are almost always about 8 millions

Who has heard of VoipCheap? Not too many people but it is seriously cheap. Mainly free. I save hundreds of pounds every month as I have to make a lot of International phone calls. I've been using VoipCheap for nearly three years. I thought that there was a catch but there was none. I thought that they would suddenly put up ther prices - but they haven't done.

You download the free software from VoipCheap.com, sign up to an account and lodge £10 credit. You then have access to free calls to landlines in a very large number of countries in the world. You have to pay to call mobiles and landlines in a few countries but Europe, USA and Oz are free. Russia and Japan too. Even when you call a pay number the cost of the calls are very cheap - much cheaper than Skype. It is when you make those pay calls that you gradually use up your £10 until it is gone and then you replenish.
VoipCheap has a PC to PC function, a chat function and the interface is simple and straightforward. Log on at any computer, call up your VoipCheap account and all your contacts are there for you.

I even copied the VoipCheap program from my programs folder onto a USB storage device - and amazingly it works from there. I can visit internet cafes and access VoipCheap through the program stored on my USB device.

Quality is just as good or as bad as Skype. The only problems as far as I can see is that VoipCheap doesn't have all the bells and whistles that Skype has and I suppose that this is because it is not popular enough to have prompted third party developers to write software for it.

I really can't understand why VoipCheap hasn't caught on the way Skype has. Clearly they are seriously deficient in the marketing department.

For me the main drawback for me is that CallBurner recording software won't work with it so I use Skype for banks and VoipCheap for the rest.