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I had heard something a while ago that some provider could make money terminating calls. They would earn a portion of the long distance charges for incoming calls. Shaving toll charges if you will. <br><br>Rest assured they are making money somehow. Maybe they are collecting demographic info and selling it and your phone number. Perhaps the softphone is also collecting web usage stats and other info like email. <br><br>There is a business model there somewhere. <br> </font></p>
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<b>From</b>: kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org <kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org>
<br><b>To</b>: KWLUG discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org>
<br><b>Sent</b>: Fri May 14 09:53:27 2010<br><b>Subject</b>: {Disarmed} Re: [kwlug-disc] freephoneline.ca?
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At 06:35 2010-05-14, unsolicited wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Was at FactoryDirect yesterday
and the guy behind the counter mentioned
<a href="http://www.freephoneline.ca/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.freephoneline.ca</a>.<br>
I've never heard of them before. Anyone know anything about
them?</blockquote><br>
I am not shilling but you can look at the parent company Fibernetics
at:<br>
<a href="http://www.fibernetics.ca/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.fibernetics.ca/</a><br><br>
From what I can see, the free phone line is a VoIP service running
through a software app installed on a PC.<br>
What I do not see is the business model, i.e. how do they make
money?<br><br>
From their FAQs:<br><br>
<b>Softphone Configuration<br>
</b><a name="11"></a>What do I need to do to get the
softphone<a name="11"></a> functioning properly after installing it?<br>
Our softphone operates on UDP ports 13000, 13001, 5060, 5061, 6060 and
6061. Please make sure these ports are opened in any firewall, internet
security suites and hardware routers you may have in your home.<br><br>
<b>What’s the catch? Do I need to enter a password, PIN number or listen
to advertisements before I make my free call?<br>
</b>NEVER! We offer you free phone lines with zero catches. There will
never be advertising, tricky dialling procedures or any other catches
when it comes to making your free calls!<br><br>
FYI: Fibernetics is also the parent company of 295.ca,
<a href="http://295.ca/" eudora="autourl"><font color="red"><b>MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "295.ca" claiming to be</b></font> <font color="red"><b>MailScanner warning: numerical links are often malicious:</b></font> http://295.ca/</a><br><br>
Regards.<br>
John<br>
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