Skype alternative.

[harryopal1]

Of course if you use a home network you need to be aware how good your connection is. There are many tools available which help you to check that. If you use wireless on a smart phone for instance, the app Wi-Fi SweetSpots can be useful to determine what’s the best location in your house. And Speedtest always makes sense of course. There are many more.

Something else to check: In your wireless home network you can use two frequencies; 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz. Which one you select(ed) for Wi-Fi can impact (WhatsApp) calls, the 5 GHz is faster but it has a shorter range and may be less stable than 2.4 GHz. There is always a trade-off. I have my smart TV’s and phones and tablets on different frequencies.

Then there’s the age and location of the router and the antennas and their direction; it makes sense to cover the piece of the wall behind it with aluminium foil. Or update your router to a newer model which will offer higher speeds.

Amazing technology now but everything is so complicated. I can remember when you stuck your finger in a hole and dialled the number. In the country, you picked up the phone, a woman answered and you told her who you were calling to get connected. My sister worked at the GPO which had a service for telling the time. Not automated. So my sister answered calls saying, "the time is now..." And then maybe ten seconds later saying it again. The working days must have really dragged.

I am presently using Zadarma but use MNC for a satellite dish connection which is really dreadfully slow. MNC service is awful but they are the only local provider which carries ABC TV showing Aussie rules football. I cannot just pay monthly for a larger quota, so often the quota ends and you get charged about $6 for a few extra bytes and they take maybe 3 or 4 days for give you what you have paid for. This also means that of ten my Zadarma call is also crackly.
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[Wally]

I received that notice too. For calling landlines in the US and Europe, I’ve seen people move to options like Google Voice, Rebtel, or VoIP.ms, which are generally cost-effective and reliable. WhatsApp or Viber can work for app-to-app calls, but for regular landlines a VoIP service is probably the closest replacement for Skype.

I've been using Viber out. I works fine

 

[Banana72]

Bumping this thread: Anybody can report their experience with their non-Indonesian number/E-sim (specifically US)? Long story short, Chase notify me that it requires higher OS at the end of July otherwise the apps won't work. I bought a new phone only to get this 2FA authentication via text or call and I can't do that since I don't have my US number yet (never got the Zadarma or anything)...tried to bypass the 2FA using my niece's (US) phone number, that resulted in a lock asking me to verify my info using state ID- which I don't have on me since my new ID is sent to my address in the US. The super lovely folks at Chase, wouldn't provide me with solution rather than keeps asking me to call their local number. My new phone is stuck in the 'please scan ID' mode...the only way for me to see my Chase acct is through my laptop (and pray it still works after july 31st since it has email authentication). I was gonna consider Tello as an option (e-sim) but hesitant now since activation can be complicated outside the US...unless possibly i have a trusted friend who can help buying the esim and activate it for me...is this true? Anybody can help me with a simpler option? All i need is to be able to make a call first (hopefully less than 30 minutes) to Chase and for long term to use it to receive 2FA texts....thanks!

 

[Hawk256]

Bumping this thread: Anybody can report their experience with their non-Indonesian number/E-sim (specifically US)? Long story short, Chase notify me that it requires higher OS at the end of July otherwise the apps won't work. I bought a new phone only to get this 2FA authentication via text or call and I can't do that since I don't have my US number yet (never got the Zadarma or anything)...tried to bypass the 2FA using my niece's (US) phone number, that resulted in a lock asking me to verify my info using state ID- which I don't have on me since my new ID is sent to my address in the US. The super lovely folks at Chase, wouldn't provide me with solution rather than keeps asking me to call their local number. My new phone is stuck in the 'please scan ID' mode...the only way for me to see my Chase acct is through my laptop (and pray it still works after july 31st since it has email authentication). I was gonna consider Tello as an option (e-sim) but hesitant now since activation can be complicated outside the US...unless possibly i have a trusted friend who can help buying the esim and activate it for me...is this true? Anybody can help me with a simpler option? All i need is to be able to make a call first (hopefully less than 30 minutes) to Chase and for long term to use it to receive 2FA texts....thanks!

Used to be that activating a phone outside the home service area was problematic for US carriers. Not sure that is still the case. If you are talking about an esim the phone itself would need to be in the states IF they can't activate service with you roaming. The carrier should be able to answer the question if they can activate it with you here or not but you may be better sticking with the big 2 in that case. AT&T or Tmobile. Verizon will only activate a CDMA phone so them and their MVNOs will be out of the equation.

Keep in mind my information is years old so there may not be any issues at all.