Gizmo – A free phone for your computer -Area 775 - About:
The Gizmo Project website advertises a special area code that will allow you answer Gizmo calls on a regular telephone. You have the option of paying $2 per call answered on a regular phone or you can subcribe and answer on a regular phone for free. The subscription rates are so reasonable that Skype won't be able to touch them.
For $3.95 / month you get unlimited access to your Gizmo calls on your regular phone and voicemail messages are sent to your email inbox. For $7.95 / month same as above, but you also get a toll free number with which you can access email.
To be fair, I'm not sure yet exactly how it works and it doesn't appear that you can make outgoing calls from your regular phone. And they don't have that really cool cordless phone like Skype. So is this better than Skype? No. Is the project moving forward in a positive direction? Yes.
Here are some of the benefits of the newest version of Gizmo as quoted from their website.
"There are many benefits of having a Area775 number
* Free U.S. based telephone number assigned to your computer and any phone
* Dual Ring - Incoming calls simultaneously ring computer and regular phone*
* Call Screening - Listen to callers leave messages in real time (press 1 to take the call)
* Transfer Calls - You can transfer any call to any phone by pressing 2
* Voicemail (email and phone)
* SMS notification
For a small monthly fee you can:
* Choose from a list of 775 numbers as well as other area codes
* Answer calls to your regular phone (cell or landline) free.
* Get a fax number
* Toll Free access for voicemail"
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