Long distance calling can be expensive and international calls can cost even more of your hard earned green. Instead of spending several hundred dollars to speak to your overseas relative or friend use this guide to make such calls for free. Before you say I already know about free PC to computer calls – you also make free calls between your home phones (landlines) and cellphones or combination thereof. I assure you this is not illegal or banned method. The only thing you need is to have unlimited local calls plan (to make local calls for any duration). Otherwise you would be billed for only making a local call in your calling area.

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All this is possible by using Talkster. There is no cost per minute attached to this service. This is a ad supported model meaning you have to listen to a short audio ad before you start talking. By short I mean 10 seconds short.

From Talkster site – Yes, we love giving people the chance to call whomever they want for free and we want it to stay that way forever!

So, before your call begins, you will hear a brief 10-second advertisement. We want to provide valuable offers that are of interest to you, so our advertisers are screened with that in mind. Some advertisers will even give you the option of valuable coupons that can be sent to your phone by SMS text message, or the option to connect to them by telephone for free once you’ve finished the conversation with your friend.

This is an excellent concept and well executed. Calls go through in a single try and quality is surprisingly good for a free service. The best part is there is no programs to install or complicated PC-phone calls to setup. You do not even need to register with Talkster to use their service. The only requirement is to have your caller ID enabled on your phone. If you have a blocked or private number, Talkster is not able to detect who you are and can’t connect your calls. You will hear a prompt telling you that your CallerID was not detected.

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Feature list of Talkster from Talkster’s website.

Getting FREE local Talkster numbers for you and your friends around the world is simple!

  1. The first time only, tell us the name and phone number of the friend you want to call
  2. You are given a new Talkster phone number for each friend that is yours to use forever. Save it in the address book on your phone!
  3. Whenever you want to talk to your friend, dial the new local Talkster number for that friend instead of the old long distance or international number.

To use Talkster service simply fill out a form with name and number as shown below and you are done! Really. It is that simple. Finally a service which has learned simplicity scores a lot of points!

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Don’t have a computer to fill out the info for the call – no problem. Simply use your phone and call or SMS (text message) to setup your call with your buddy. So what are you waiting for … head over to Talkster and start talking.