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\"\"<\/a>Rule #186:\u00a0Don’t pay for something you can get for free.<\/p>\n

And that something free is telephone service.<\/p>\n

Fibernetics’ freephoneline.ca has developed a VoIP\u00a0application for Labatt’s Budweiser unit, Budphone<\/a>,\u00a0giving people an opportunity to assign incoming Canadian phone numbers for\u00a0their PCs and Macs.<\/p>\n

For our kids\u00a0travelling this summer with a notebook computer, it is a way for them to stay in touch with home – calls to most of Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and BC are free from the application and there is a phone number assigned to the user which will allow family and friends to call to them.<\/p>\n

The timing of the release should make college students think about including the free service in their communications plans.<\/p>\n

I noticed that there are plenty of warnings about the limitations of 911<\/a> access from the application, just in case there is anyone who thinks that making an emergency call from their PC is the most effective way to report a fire. The warnings are at the top of the terms of service and there is a further warning splashed across the screen when the application loads for the first time.<\/p>\n

Sponsored phone service has been tried before, with traditional phone lines calling a local number, listening to an ad and then connecting to another number.<\/p>\n

Budphone<\/a> is targeting a demographic that has the highest likelihood of having no home phone line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rule #186:\u00a0Don’t pay for something you can get for free. And that something free is telephone service. Fibernetics’ freephoneline.ca has developed a VoIP\u00a0application for Labatt’s Budweiser unit, Budphone,\u00a0giving people an opportunity to assign incoming Canadian phone numbers for\u00a0their PCs and Macs. For our kids\u00a0travelling this summer with a notebook computer, it is a way for …<\/p>\n

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