MediaRing Talk'99

Pros: free, easy to use, pretty dependable
Cons: the banner that stays on your screen when you are talking to someone

As I am writing this, I am on MediaRing. I use it every day as a matter of fact. While I can't say that I have used it for PC-to-Phone (any volunteers?? ~grin~), I do constantly use it for PC-to-PC calls. I have probably 7-10 PC-to-PC and/or PC-to-Phone...

Pros: Nice Concept
Cons: Doesnt Work Well

This is one that I have tried twice now.
I thought that since it had been upgraded and perfected it would be better. I was wrong.

It crashes the computer, freezes up and is the biggest pain.
This one would be nice if it actually...

Pros: clarity, ease of use
Cons: insecurity, insecurity and more insecurity

Mediaring is a very decent internet telephony product, and I have used it to make successful and lengthy PC-to-PC calls.

I have NOT used it for PC-to-phone because of its time and cost limitations.

My reservations regarding...

Pros: Really free international long distance phone call, need I say more?
Cons: Choppy voice

Plenty of programs offer free long distance phone call throught Internet. If you check them out, pretty soon, you will find out most of them have these things in common:
1. Most offer free phone call in US or Canada only.
2. Most offer free...

Pros: Great program with good support. Clear quality. Free telephone calls.
Cons: You use your real telephone number

What was once a great program has gotten better. MediaRing Talk has released version 7.2!

This new version has the same clarity as the old one, but has been improved with some new features. This program now integrates with ICQ telephony during...

Pros: Free service.
Cons: Errors came up on a regular basis

Media Ring Talk 99 was nice for a while. It was free, and we could talk to our family without the long distance charges. After a while Media Ring Talk 99 started to come up errors all on its own. Errors that I have never heard of. When not in use Media...

Pros: none that I could find, unless that's the only thing you want to use in terms of internet
Cons: interferes with already installed software

I tried using Media Ring 99 in order to keep in touch with my friends from Europe, but now that I've had all these problems with it I think that it's cheaper for me to just call them using a regular phone and the international rates that my phone company...

Pros: None
Cons: Users must have program also, not all calls free, other better programs out there

Through my experiences with MediaRingTalk, I have found that it is not what it advertises itself to be. I have downloaded and uninstalled newer and newer versions of MediaRing everytime i was notified by e-mail, and each one has proven to be just the...

Pros: free long distance
Cons: bad sound quality, a pain to use

Well, let me start by saying this product rates about average to me. Could be worse , could be lots better, but hey it's free!

Anyway it basically works by having some ones phone number (which is a minus to me)but it does have a little phone...

Pros: Saves your phone bill
Cons: half the time during the conversation you'll be either asking or telling each other whether you could hear them

I live in TN but most of my family and my husband's live in Pakistan which is on the other side of the globe. When I first heard about media ring, I said why not try it out as our phone bill was coming from somewhere between $500-$700 which was...

Pros: Free call, voicemail, good quality, looks good
Cons: advert window which wont go away

Well, saw this banner on Free Calls to the USA,
Why not give it a try. Went to the freecall site,
signed up, and then downloaded the software
(no problems downloading, took about 15 minutes)

Free Calls? The catch is that it is...

Pros: Very clear sound quality
Cons: Looks harder than it is

This is one of the best ways not to spend money with mabell or any other phone service.... It is easy - fun - and one of the best ways to save $$$. Talk all over the world and get to know those unknown faces even better with a real live voice to answer...

Pros: About Media Ring Talk
Cons: Haven't used Media Ring, then read this

Hi, my name is Lasantha Wikramanayake, and currently I'm using Media Ring Talk. Well my brother lives in CA and I live in Sri Lanka. It's like 14hrs time difference.One day I came across that Media Ring offers Free calls to U.S from any country So I gave...

Pros: free long distance & call australia for 1 cent a minute!!
Cons: LAG LAG LAG /// distortion///slows down pc///etc etc...

Hello, well this is a nifty idea!! Free long distance or call Australia for one cent per mintue. Sounds good doesnt it?? I had to try this as I've made friends with several people from different countries while online.
Well personally I think that...

Pros: Free
Cons: Pc-toPC limitation.

This is not a bad program but I hate the limitation of the PC-to-PC feature. There are so many other programs that allow you PC-to-Phone calls that there is no good reason to limit your choices to programs that require your party to have a PC as...