I have always used Google voice to call home from here in Italy. It only charged me 1 cent a minute to call the states. I even use it to call landlines here in Italy because it's only 2 cents a minute as compared to the 12 cents a minute they charge me to call a land line from my cell phone. But it just got even better!
If you have a .mil email address you can add it to your google voice account info (if you have a gmail account log in with that info, if not, create a google account) and it emails you at the address to confirm and then you are signed up for FREE calling to the states from anywhere overseas! Thank you google voice! This would have been nice to have when my husband was deployed!
Great resource. I am going to try this and see how it works!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! Thanks for the info! I love google voice, but I was kind of disappointed when they started charging for the service. I am so happy about this.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have not been able to sign up for Google Voice, since I am outside the U.S. Bummer.
ReplyDeleteDid you try using your apo address? Or is the computer sensing your location? You should contact google....that could be a major flaw in providing free calls to soldiers!
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