Has anybody have any issues with plugging the adaptor in Nepal and making calls? I am planning to buy AllVoi service and taking adaptor to Nepal. Any issues with ISP provider in Nepal using VoIP? Thanks for sharing your info with me.

Bring Magic Jack, works fine. You activate in USA  paying  19.99 a year  and you will be getting a 10 digit US phone number.

People from USA will call you locally and you can call USA free call, Sounds you will be hitting  the target.

The problem with that though is for people from US calling me in Nepal.

I have been using magic-jack and its perfect. try it out.

Magic Jack sounds good.

Kancho Bhai,

Just trying to understand how magic jack works? Do they also provide US number like Vonage?

How much is the cost to signup as well as monthly? I kow they have one in best buy. But do you get special deals if you buy elsewhere?

 

Oh Neel_Dai

Magic Jack is $39.99

Service costs you about $20.00 per year...

How does it work in a nutshell? Do they give you US phone number?

Magic Jack is a VOIP service..  It's a Voice over Internet Protocol. All the calls originate from web and is routed via web..... due to the lack of proper rules NTC is still blocking this technology in Nepal. i,e they can block the VOIP calls originating from Nepal which uses their gateway.. Also they block the calls coming to Nepal .. They do this beacuse they will lose revenue.. When a regular International call is made to Nepal  NTC will make some money out of it..

Neel_Dai

I assume you have ADSL in Nepal, or any kind of broadband to receive calls from US.

Magicjack works ($20-40 per yr), but you need to open a computer (remember 17 hrs load shedding in Nepal). Why pay $40 when it can actually be FREE.

There are several FREE ways like Gizmo+google voice to get FREE service. Gizmo is suspended now as Google took over it last week but if you already have Gizmo account, you can integrate it with google voice (a local US number) even now. So, people call that US number and you answer in your computer with Gizmo. The service is equal to magicjack and better that you don't need anything like "magicjack device" and a phone set and you pay NOTHING.

I would recommend you use something practical and it does NOT require a computer open to call.

Any, I said, "ANY" SIP phone works in Nepal. But you want a phone number, not SIP phone. You can assign FREE US phone number to that SIP device. IPKall.com is the one you can trust (I've used it for over 2 yrs). General purpose SIP phones consume VERY less power. A general UPS backup is enough for hours. So, people call that US number you got form IPKall.com and you answer call in that SIP phone.

If you are less technical about configuring SIP phone (it's too easy though), go for a Skype phone not requiring a computer (Belkin Skype Desktop Phone, I recommend it for around $50 in buy.com or frys.com. Connects directly to ADSL modem/router). I am using one at my home in Nepal with a UPS during loadshedding (consumes less than 3 watts when talking).

If you have skype (or just register for free), you can get FREE numbers (not one, MANY numbers in several countries) for your Skype ID at Ring2Skype.com. When anyone calls to that number, that skype phone in Nepal rings, no time limit to talk. This is what I m using these days.

Remember, skype also gives you such numbers, but you have to pay for that...so, use Ring2Skype.com for FREE

If you want to enable Nepal side to call US back, add skype credit ($10 for lifetime if you make one call every 180 days). In my case, they "miss call" me here in US from Nepal and I call them back, so that skype credit does not drop at all.

Bottomline: don't pay for crap like magicjack that requires your computer to run and need to pay $$ every year. Running computer all the time is NOT practical even in US and it's like impossible in Nepali Load shedding.

There are several SIP related options. But go for something that does NOT require computer. google em.

Forgot to mention, don't pay for magicjack if you only receive calls in Nepal (no outgoing).

Sign up for a US (or any other country) number at Ring2skype.com. Any call to that number (or numbers in different countries) will ring your Skype in Nepal (or wherever you sign in)...talk as long as you want. Why to mess your computer with magicjack and phone set?

There are SEVERAL ways, just mentionin the ones I have used and easy.

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Skype phone sound wonderful. What internet service provider do you use in Nepal?

Neel dai,

check this out. http://www.magicjack.com/

I bought one more than a year ago from their site itself and i guess I paid around $60 for the device. You need ADSL network in Nepal to use this device. And yes they provide you US local number for the device. The charge is $19.99/year and $59.99 for 5 years. No hidden charges and you ain't paying nothing to NTC.

Hope this helps.

I use doorsanchar ADSL, but it works with ANY ISP that allows Skype, that means, works with all providers.

But be careful while buying, most skype phones require computer, only a few do not.

If you use Thin client ( cost around $100 in ebay) with the Magic, You dont need to turn on comptuter for 24 hrs to receive call. There is one more option for Magic jack, try Ooma  which does not require to turn on computer to make and receive call.  The downside of Ooma voice service is it cost around 200 to 250 dollars , however unlike in magic jack its one time fee and you can make unlimited call forever. But the biggest concern is I m not sure it will work properly in Nepal as it requires atleast 350 kpbs broadband speed , while resident broadband speed of Nepl is only 128 kbps.  If you anyone is using this service in Nepal, please let me know.

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(MR, Nepal?? :):), I dont know how to pronounce it, shall i come with some red color shades to see you::):) )

you gave a lot of details and it confused me. :(

l am looking for a simple solution.

Lets try to discuss in step by step procedure for a scenario in which I have adsl and some skype phone ( confused by name too, is it a device by skype or any SIP phone) say, Belkin Skype Desktop Phone

(k garne, neema ko guide padera pass hune bani lageko, if I got a lot of details at once, it can easily confuse me)

Now next step would be getting a phone number.
As I have understood properly, we can get it by ring2skype or google voice, right?

My confusion is how do you set it up so that if we call that number it will ring on some specific destination ip.

Do we have to spefic router for it, as most of the router will have ethernet port only, does it have to have a port for telephone line ?

Hi Neel_dai

I was trying to add nepal phone number in Ring2Skipe. but i did not see Nepal in the list to select  in Country where you want your number box:

How did you make that

All routers work Connects to Ethernet RJ45 and 9V adapter (Rs 80 in
mahaboudha china market, the one that came with phone bought in US was
120V so I changed it to 220V).

Phone runs Skype only. No configuration needed. That phone has built in skype, just turn the phone on, sign in with your skype ID and password, you are now ready to make skype to skype calls (in or out). (but no phone number yet).

Forget google voice if it confuses U. Or  if really interested, visit Ring2Skype's Facebook page and see the discussion (I've posted there with a the name: Sinten Bikash)

Easiest one is, integrating with Ring2skype.com:

Go to ring2skype.com

Sign up for a US number (or as many as you want from different countries/cities). While you sign up, you need to enter your skype ID (not password) and it gives a specific number for your skype ID. Whenever that number is called, that call is rings to your Skype, wherever in the world you are, for FREE. So, if you are online in skype in several locations with same ID, all locations will ring...you answer it in one of them. As your skype phone will be online in Nepal, it rings whenever that number is called. If your other family members are in another country, you can get local numbers for them from over 40 countries, and when they call that number from ring2skype.com, they all ring to YOUR skype.

If this too sounds complicated, PM me your skype ID (no password) and I will set up a US number for you. Calls to that number will ring your skype, answer there..try it...it's not that complicated.

love is in peace,

Ring2skype does not have nepal number, it will not have it in near future because of Telecom restrictions in Nepal. VOIP is still a "taboo" there.

Most of us here are talking about keeping "skype phone" in Nepal and calling it from US.

So, you call a US number given by ring2skype, and that call terminates in the "skype phone" in Nepal. This is what I am doing. Similarly, my brother in UK calls a UK number and that too terminates in "skype phone" in my home in Nepal. I have nobody in other 40 countries, but you can get numbers for those countries too.

I am planning to sign up for unlimited US and Canada calls offered by Skype for $2.95 per month and give my username and password to my family in nepal. I am thinking that then they will be able to call me on my cell phone using skype. Is this going to work? Is there a better option?