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    jason Droege

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  1. Comment - Gizmo Project Offers Free Calling

    (Jul 22, 2006 - 9:02 PM)

    Who's to say we need to get bought out? Google offers search for free, Yahoo offers webmail for free, YouTube even offers video hosting for free (although they haven't really figured out their b-model yet), so this is no different. At one point, bandwidth was incredibly expensive and the market for advertising was incredibly poor. Now, 10-11 years after the internet started to become popular, advertising is extemely strong and bandwidth is extremely cheap. Same services, different business environment.

    Calling is going to zero and if we can help the world get there and build our business at the same time, then we're happy to do it. We're not planning on offering everything for free, but basic calling should be free.

    Best,
    Jason

  2. Comment - Gizmo Project Offers Free Calling

    (Jul 22, 2006 - 3:36 AM)

    All, I'm the president of SIPphone (the company that makes Gizmo Project). Thanks for your interest in our free calling program. To be clear, the program is free. You can call any of the countries we mention for free (no cost to you, no hidden cost somewhere else).

    As for the terms and conditions of the service, we have to protect ourselves against fraudsters. This is a _huge_ problem in the telecom world. We try to be up front that if the program is abused, we won't let you abuse us.

    How would you feel if you offered something for free and some group of fraudsters stole all your money, thus ruining for everyone else?

    So far there has been substantial interest in the program and lots of free usage. I hope you all give the program a chance because it's a great program and there's no intent to force you to buy something, force you to use Gizmo 24 hours a day or 'bait and switch' anything.

    There's no bait and switch. Bait and switch is when you promise one thing and deliver another. All the information you could want is on www.gizmoproject.com/free and you can find more information in our forums (forum.gizmoproject.com).

    Jason