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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #80 on: December 10, 2010, 07:07:56 AM »
To all wishing to use google chat to make voice calls from Israel: Set up a proxy by downloading HotSpot Shield. When it is activated your computer acts like it's in the US and google chat will give you a call a phone option
Hot spot shield installs adware on your computer and changes vital settings including hijacking your browser to go through their affiliate accounts.
I would strongly recommend against it. Their uninstaller doesn't ever remove half the junk it installs into your system. Use revo uninstall to get it out
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #81 on: December 10, 2010, 10:40:41 AM »
Hot spot shield installs adware on your computer and changes vital settings including hijacking your browser to go through their affiliate accounts.
I would strongly recommend against it. Their uninstaller doesn't ever remove half the junk it installs into your system. Use revo uninstall to get it out
Are there any good solutions out there?
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #82 on: December 12, 2010, 02:08:56 AM »
Are there any good solutions out there?
If you have a computer that is on in the states, google or youtube how to make a VPN, which will allow you to tunnel through that internet connection. You can also google/youtube how to make your own proxy server, which will be a bit complicated, but will allow you to connect through a web server based in the US, although I've found that method to be a bit complicated.

The theoretically simplest solution is to manually set your browser to connect through a free proxy such as one listed here. You can filter by country: US. However there are 2 problems with doing that. 1- it can be hard to find a working proxy, 2- Anyone can post a proxy, and you are connecting through their system, meaning hypothetically they can be collecting any UN/PW or CC/Bank info you put in while surfing through their system.

If someone knows how to set up a fast and fully functional (ie including flash and SSL support) proxy and put in on a descent host, we probably have a few ppl here that would be willing to chip in the $1-2 per month that we'd need to maintain it
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #83 on: December 12, 2010, 02:12:28 AM »
If someone knows how to set up a fast and fully functional (ie including flash and SSL support) proxy and put in on a descent host, we probably have a few ppl here that would be willing to chip in the $1-2 per month that we'd need to maintain it
Probably be worthwhile for foreign based folks wanting to make free phone calls.
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #84 on: December 12, 2010, 02:13:34 AM »
Probably be worthwhile for foreign based folks wanting to make free phone calls.
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #85 on: December 12, 2010, 02:18:22 AM »
Hot spot shield installs adware on your computer and changes vital settings including hijacking your browser to go through their affiliate accounts.
I would strongly recommend against it. Their uninstaller doesn't ever remove half the junk it installs into your system. Use revo uninstall to get it out
Wow, hotspotshield's TOS are crazy!!!  They even tell you they will put adware and direct ad injections on your computer!
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-part-of-no-adware-dont-you.html
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #86 on: December 12, 2010, 02:34:26 AM »
Wow, hotspotshield's TOS are crazy!!!  They even tell you they will put adware and direct ad injections on your computer!
http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/what-part-of-no-adware-dont-you.html

PCWorld featured them a while ago. I wrote them a long letter, which I don't really assume solved anything. But I think it's just ridiculous.
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #87 on: December 12, 2010, 08:45:35 PM »
how would team viewer work? seen it in action & heard very good things from reliable people. Its like go to my pc but its free. i downloaded it but have no other pc to go to

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #88 on: December 13, 2010, 02:17:20 AM »
how would team viewer work? seen it in action & heard very good things from reliable people. Its like go to my pc but its free. i downloaded it but have no other pc to go to
I use TV all the time, but I cant figure out how to surf through the VPN
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #89 on: December 13, 2010, 02:53:55 PM »
Iv'e never needed a vpn or proxy to use this if the phone icon doesn't come up in gmail just log into google voice in a separate tab and call the number through gmail. your gmail should ring and the call will go thru.

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #90 on: December 13, 2010, 03:15:02 PM »
i saw that truphone released an app officially letting you make calls through the phones 3g... not gmail but may work

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #91 on: December 14, 2010, 01:36:35 PM »
Iv'e never needed a vpn or proxy to use this if the phone icon doesn't come up in gmail just log into google voice in a separate tab and call the number through gmail. your gmail should ring and the call will go thru.
does that still work for you? i used to use it all the time from israel, and about two months ago it stopped ringing in my inbox

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #92 on: December 14, 2010, 05:29:16 PM »
it worked 2 weeks ago from paris

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #93 on: December 14, 2010, 05:39:47 PM »
If i use skype or any of the other voip services from a wifi hot spot is there a charge? I am trying to figure a way how to make calls both in israel and to the usa using my iphone in a hot spot.
if there is a cost per minute does anyone know what it is ? I know they have a list of costs butthats from the us to israel im talking the other way around

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #94 on: December 14, 2010, 07:21:16 PM »
Iv'e never needed a vpn or proxy to use this if the phone icon doesn't come up in gmail just log into google voice in a separate tab and call the number through gmail. your gmail should ring and the call will go thru.
So does this still work for people outside the US?
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #95 on: December 15, 2010, 04:00:40 PM »
can someone help me out here? how do u use skype (or any voip) from israel on a iphone? will it work in any hot spot? what does it cost to call usa landlines and cell phones? i also want to know what it would cost to call locall israel phones (landline and cell) is it cheaper then using  a reg cell phone (isreili) which is 19 cents a minute?
what about using google number ? has anyone used it from israel ? here in the states i dial my google # and then i can make calls with it to israel. how would i do  it in israel?
if you have used this stuff please answer or pm me. I am leaving next weeek and need to know my options.
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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #96 on: December 15, 2010, 05:32:19 PM »
it worked 2 weeks ago from paris
could it be an israel thing? i can't get it to work here like it used to.

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #97 on: December 16, 2010, 05:37:37 PM »
can someone help me out here? how do u use skype (or any voip) from israel on a iphone? will it work in any hot spot?
not skype but other voip (sip) you can use fring

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #98 on: December 16, 2010, 06:16:22 PM »
can someone help me out here? how do u use skype (or any voip) from israel on a iphone? will it work in any hot spot? what does it cost to call usa landlines and cell phones?
what happened to what i said?
i saw that truphone released an app officially letting you make calls through the phones 3g... not gmail but may work

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Re: Make Phone Calls From Gmail!
« Reply #99 on: December 27, 2010, 07:13:54 AM »
It seems from Google's wording "Make free calls to the US and Canada in 2010" that they may start charging for this soon, perhaps as soon as 2011.


Seems that it will be free through at least 2011

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/free-calling-in-gmail-extended-through.html