How is VoIP User funded?

im registered here and from my pc i can ring land lines certainly in uk is there a charge??? wats the catch im using xten software totally new to this only came by it by accident can someone explain and if im paying when do i get bill and wheres the tariff

Yes, you can ring landlines. No, there is no charge.

The catch? This is a community funded service. Your outbound calls are being paid for by revenue generated by inbound calls.

If you generate nothing to the inbound system, or the community in general, you will get cut off by our server, that's the catch.

Dean

dean :

If you generate nothing to the inbound system, or the community in general, you will get cut off by our server, that's the catch. Dean

How can I generate to your inbound system or community in general?

Hi Parcina

Thanks for joining us but please read through the resources here on the forum - all your questions are answered in the 'sticky' postings and elsewhere.

We are a non commercial users group but you will need to understand the gudelines. If, having read through ALL the forum information you find there are still some questions then please list them and we will help.

parcina :

How can I generate to your inbound system or community in general?

Unlike the phone system in the US, the BT system charges its customers for any local calls, i.e. you pick up your phone @home, place a local call, and the length of the call is charged to your account based on per-minute. If you have an account with VoIPUser, you are given a non-geo UK DID (0844) and anyone in the UK who calls your VoIPuser non-geo number will pay for the calls. This payment is the incoming revenue to VoIPUser. Then, VoIPUser will set aside certain percentage of incoming revenue to fund the community pot in term of minutes call so that VoIPUser members can share the minutes call to place free outbound calls.

I hope my explanation here is concise and accurate.

Pretty accurate Mazi, but it's not a certain percentage, it's 100%.

Further reading:-

Fair use policy:-
http://www.voipuser.org/forum_topic_762.html

Main thread about outbound service:-
http://www.voipuser.org/forum_topic_328.html

Dean