mazilo
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| Spikko
Has anyone tried this Spikko from Israel? Apparently, its service is similar to VoIPUser's service in the sense its outbound minutes are supported by incoming minutes. In order to use this service, you will need to get an invitation from an existing member. I managed to get one invitation and am a member now. I must say I am a bit disappointed that I don't see any support to use the free services with a SIP compliant ATA device and/or asterisk. Since a Spikko account is composed of alphabetic (not numeric) characters, it almost impossible to place a free Spikko2Spikko call using a telephone keypad with an ATA device and/or asterisk.
If anyone is interested to get an invitation to try Spikko free services (VoIP + SMS), feel free to PM me your e-mail address.
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gsar
join:2008-09-10
Canada | This doesn't seem practical for people like me whose incoming call volume is significantly lower than the outgoing call volume. |
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mazilo
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| said by gsar  :This doesn't seem practical for people like me whose incoming call volume is significantly lower than the outgoing call volume. This is very true. Ordinary, I would recommend users of this type of service to expose their DID #s to telemarketers to call them so they can accrue their inbound minutes to pay for outbound minutes; however, I don't think it is possible to do this with an account from Spikko which share all numbers through a single DID with different extensions. If telemarketers support extensions, that will be a different story.
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PX Eliezer
join:2008-08-09
Wickatunk, NJ
 ·voip.ms
·Optimum Voice
·Callcentric
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It appears that currently the phone number they would assign you would be a number in Israel.
Being that you earn points when people call your number, and if that number is in Israel, it's a challenge.
They do say they hope/plan to have additional countries.
Their instructions do say that service can be accessed by softphone or by a USB-compliant phone.
The website is kind of glirky (glitchy + quirky) to navigate. If you start at the main page, then go to FAQ, then go to Spikkophone Installation---Installation Guide, you'll get a PDF. Go to page 23 of that PDF for USB-compliant phone instructions.
Overall, seems like a lot of work for minimal benefit. |
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mazilo
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join:2002-05-30
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| said by PX Eliezer :It appears that currently the phone number they would assign you would be a number in Israel. It is like a gateway access number with a PIN where the PIN is your Spikko number. This is really pathetic to have especially they advertised to lure and to attract consumers with a real Israelis PSTN number for life. I would think this kind of ad is pretty deceptive.
Being that you earn points when people call your number, and if that number is in Israel, it's a challenge. This is true; however, if you had to fill some forms that require an Israelis phone number with extension, this isn't bad to have.
They do say they hope/plan to have additional countries. It looks like they are expanding to the US.
Their instructions do say that service can be accessed by softphone or by a USB-compliant phone. AFAIK, their service is based on an XMMP (eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol - also known as Jabber protocol) which is supported under asterisk.
The website is kind of glirky (glitchy + quirky) to navigate. If you start at the main page, then go to FAQ, then go to Spikkophone Installation---Installation Guide, you'll get a PDF. Go to page 23 of that PDF for USB-compliant phone instructions.
Overall, seems like a lot of work for minimal benefit. I had a high hope for this service until I got one. The more I learned about what this service can offer, the more I get disappointed, so far. 
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aliz
@rogers.com | reply to mazilo
Help! aliz15@yahoo.com |
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nitzan
join:2008-02-27
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·ViaTalk
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I get calls from Israel once in a while. On average probably a few hours a month. Let's say 200 minutes.
An Israeli DID costs me roughly $5 give or take, or 2.5 cents a minute. Using Spikko would be free for me but would cost whoever calls me about 8-9 cents/minute - or a total of $16.5/month assuming 200 minutes a month.
All these "free" services are not free at all. They are very expensive when aggregated over time. It's just that you're shifting the payment burden from you to whoever's calling you.
Another classic example is services like IpKall. Sure, it's free to you - but calling those numbers costs 10 times more per minute than it costs to call a regular phone number. Phone companies have been shouldering most of those costs as part of all-you-can-eat plans, but those kind of services are pure abuse of reciprocal compensation. Rural carriers with a local population of 2000 people end up serving tens of thousands of people who don't even live there - yet are allowed to charge 10x incoming rates for those calls because they're "rural".
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mazilo
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| said by nitzan :An Israeli DID costs me roughly $5 give or take, or 2.5 cents a minute. Using Spikko would be free for me but would cost whoever calls me about 8-9 cents/minute - or a total of $16.5/month assuming 200 minutes a month. All these "free" services are not free at all. They are very expensive when aggregated over time. It's just that you're shifting the payment burden from you to whoever's calling you. This is definitely; however, you can expose your Spikko DID # to telemarketers for them to call you, especially if you configure your Spikko account on an asterisk system to send Spikko incoming calls from telemarketers to loop inside to get their minutes for you to call out. This way, you don't have to pay to place outbound calls. 
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Mazilo always prays for FREEBIES!
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mazilo
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join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA
| reply to aliz
said by aliz :
Help! aliz15@yahoo.com I am not sure what you want by posting your e-mail above; however, if I understood you correctly, you want a Spikko invitation and I have already issued you one Spikko invitation. So, please check your e-mail for a Spikko invitation. |
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abybaby77
@net.in | Please send me spikko invite at abybaby77@gmail.com |
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mazilo
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Lilburn, GA | said by abybaby77 :
Please send me spikko invite at abybaby77@gmail.com Done. Please check your e-mail for a Spikko invitation. |
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sajjo
@rr.com | reply to mazilo
please send me sipkko invite. my email is sajjo73@hotmail.com |
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mazilo
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Lilburn, GA | said by sajjo :
please send me sipkko invite. my email is sajjo73@hotmail.com Done. Please check your e-mail for a Spikko invitation. |
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blurubin
@bezeqint.net | reply to mazilo
Hi can you send me a spikko invite please. thanks so much in advance. blurubin@gmail.com |
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blurubin
@bezeqint.net | reply to nitzan
nitzan from future nine. can you please contact me i would love to hear what you offer. thank you. blurubin@gmail.com |
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mazilo
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Lilburn, GA | reply to blurubin
said by blurubin :
Hi can you send me a spikko invite please. thanks so much in advance. blurubin@gmail.com Done. Please check your e-mail for a Spikko invitation. |
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sundar
@comcast.net | reply to mazilo
Can you please send an spikko invite to sundar26@hotmail.com
thank you |
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mazilo
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join:2002-05-30
Lilburn, GA | said by sundar :
Can you please send an spikko invite to sundar26@hotmail.com Done. Please check your e-mail for a Spikko invitation. |
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RFKIP
join:2005-03-23 | reply to mazilo
If you need Israeli DID (land line and not cellular as in Spikko, calls to Israeli cell phones more expensive than to land lines) + extension, you can use www.bezecom.com (with free forwarding to US phone number, if you want) |
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goodbad
@comcast.net | reply to mazilo
hi, Can you mail me the spikko invitation at good_bad1999@yahoo.com |
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