Comments on: How do you find Truphone?

By: Jared

Jared — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:24:53 +0000

i’ve been using truphone since july ’07 – fantastic service. but i dont see why you need to “remember” to use it – i just have all my calls default to VoIP on my n95… so i dial a number, press the green button and if i’m near a wifi hotspot it goes over wifi, else it goes over gsm.

sadly, i dont make a lot of international calls – and so i’m more interested in using truphone for calls within my country (usa). that being said, up till recently all calls to mobile or landlines in the us were free of charge (zip, zilch, nada, free). since i was an early adopter, that free offer will lst just a bit longer for me (new signups can only use the newrates, old signup will migrate to the new reates when they want to, but at the latest the end of june, or july – cant recall which).

after that date calls to, say, the local pizza shop, will cost me about $0.06 USD. thats not too expensive, but not cheap enough to compete with large minute packages from my gsm provider.

so, by the end of july the only time i see myself using truphone is when i’m out of the country, or when my friends are. this just isn’t common enough for my to consider myself a truphone user any longer (but surely will save me some $$$ when the time comes)

for the curious: truphone audio quality is the best of VoIP i’ve ever heard. beats gizmo by a long shot, in case you were scared off by them. in fact, i dont think you could tell the difference, were i to call you from truphone or my gsm. perhaps, in the right environment, truphone may sound better than my gsm provider’s service. i’ve still never been able to place a call using EDGE or 3G (tried EDGE in usa on AT&T – and 3G in serbia using mt:s)

By: Ben Smith

Ben Smith — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:29:36 +0000

@Jeb: Actually, I might. Thinking about going PAYG for one of my handsets now 3 offer unlimited data on those tariffs to so there'd be no wasted inclusive calls... Ben Smith's last blog post..My other phone(s) shame?

By: Sean O'Mahony

Sean O'Mahony — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:53:47 +0000

It might seem strange but I actually use Truphone a lot. In North America GSM coverage can be horrible. In Vancouver, where I “occasionally” live, my office is in the basement of my house. Depending on solar flares, the wind and how I stand I can only get a decent GSM signal 5% of the time.

I plug all my numbers (MAXroam, Truphone and Fido) through GrandCentral so it doesn’t matter what number you call me on I’ll still ignore it

As a result I use Truphone over my home Wi-Fi for nearly all my calls. In February, for example, I consumed XX minutes. The voice quality is usually much better than I get on the GSM network.

I use it on an E51. A lovely little business phone that I highly recommend.

When I’ traveling though I rarely use Truphone. I use MAXroam — not for the obvious reason that I work for Cubic. Primarily for convenience. I have my handset with me all the time, I don’t always have access to 3G or Wi-Fi and MAXroam rates are low enough that I don’t have to think about killing myself with the cost.

The combination of the three services (MAXroam, Truphone and GrandCentral) really is a “killer ap”.

By: Martin

Martin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:43:43 +0000

Truphone's ace although not that necessary most of the time since I rarely use all my inclusive minutes/texts every month. It'll be essential in Japan this summer though. Without mobile-based VoIP in a non-GSM country I'd be out of contact for two weeks! Martin's last blog post..Why we need a 'techno revolution' in transport info

By: Jonathan Jensen

Jonathan Jensen — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 08:18:48 +0000

I’m a big fan of Truphone. The client is great – I use it on a Nokia E65. The free calls to 40 countries has been a fantastic beta promotion & Truzone looks pretty good. I’d like to see a subscription tariff for unlimited calls to 40 destinations (or whatever) going forward.

As well as using Truphone over WiFi I’ve also used it over 3G. Again works well although the battery takes a bit of a hit.

Also worth noting that technical support both via email & their support forums is excellent – something often sadly lacking.

By: How do you plan on using Truphone?

How do you plan on using Truphone? — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:31:24 +0000

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By: Jeb

Jeb — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:26:13 +0000

Like Ewan said, I am a Truphone user and honestly an evangelist. I use them as much as I can. I won’t say they don’t have a few places they could shine a little brighter but as a whole they provide a fantastic service. I am concerned about what will happen now that they plan on charging for the service. Will the general public think it’s worth while to use them? Will you use them? Will you actually pay your mobile bill and on top of that go out and pay Truphone for additional minutes? Don’t get me wrong their rates are comparable with the rates you pay your mobile operator. But the big question for Truphone is will you pay them in addition to your mobile operator?

By: Ricky

Ricky — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:43:57 +0000

I used Truphone on my N81 8GB at Nokia World 2007 to keep in touch with my fiance right from the show floor, with no SIM. I've also been seriously intending to load it up on my N95 to call overseas, but simply haven't yet. :-\ Ricky's last blog post..N95-3 And Slingbox Solo For $549