Calling Free Through Gmail Now In Thailand

[greatjob]

Hi All,

Great news, Gmail Call is now officially available in Thailand. Free to call to the US and Canada!

The little icon should now show in your "chat" section, see here how to activate it (http://www.google.com/chat/voice/)

http://googleblog.bl...-languages.html

Cheers,

GreatJob

[steelepulse]

I just saw that a few hours ago. This is great as before a vpn was necessary.

It's not quite free to call Canada and the US,but it's only 1c a minute.

>>United States free from the U.S. & Canada

$0.01 from everywhere else

[Galong]

Great job, Greatjob. Thanks for sharing this.

I've been having problems with Skype recently, so I'll give this a go.

[sulasno]

CountryGoogle Voice rate per minute USDThailand - Landline$0.02Thailand - Mobile$0.03

too bad one has to install additional software instead of running it using gmail

[greatjob]

I just saw that a few hours ago. This is great as before a vpn was necessary.

It's not quite free to call Canada and the US,but it's only 1c a minute.

>>United States free from the U.S. & Canada

$0.01 from everywhere else

I called free to the US last night. I tried 3 numbers and all were free and I am in Thailand without a VPN.

Could that be a mistake? I did change my setting to be "US Language" though

GJ

[Cloggie]

Hello,

Try to use it in Pattaya: Calling in Gmail is not available in your current location:

Google Voice is not available in your country.Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future.

Looks like not work when you are in Thailand...

Cheers,

Cloggie

[Phil Conners]

Same here. Maybe Pattaya is excluded

[KoratFarang]

Another way to call cheap is to buy Linksys PAP2 set it up with an IP number, from the country your calling most, but you can set up the PAP2 with 2 number from 2 diffirent countries, connect a normale phone, like a wireless and you have the perfect phone system.

For people in Scandinavia i can recoment TELLIO, because they give you a free PAP2 so you dont need to spend 2000 bath on tha.

I dont like to have to stay next to my pc to call or that the pc have to be on all the time, with the PAP2 i can bring it to my bed room, my bar or my fitness, just like a normale phone.

[mindo]

Another way to call cheap is to buy Linksys PAP2 set it up with an IP number, from the country your calling most, but you can set up the PAP2 with 2 number from 2 diffirent countries, connect a normale phone, like a wireless and you have the perfect phone system.

For people in Scandinavia i can recoment TELLIO, because they give you a free PAP2 so you dont need to spend 2000 bath on tha.

I dont like to have to stay next to my pc to call or that the pc have to be on all the time, with the PAP2 i can bring it to my bed room, my bar or my fitness, just like a normale phone.

Good information and where do you think i can buy this and how much does it go for

[dave111223]

https://www.google.com/voice/help/setupUnavailable

Google Voice is not available in your country.

Thanks for visiting Google Voice. We're not yet open for users outside the US, but are planning to expand our service to additional countries in the future.

How do you figure it "is now officially available in Thailand"

[KoratFarang]

Another way to call cheap is to buy Linksys PAP2 set it up with an IP number, from the country your calling most, but you can set up the PAP2 with 2 number from 2 diffirent countries, connect a normale phone, like a wireless and you have the perfect phone system.

For people in Scandinavia i can recoment TELLIO, because they give you a free PAP2 so you dont need to spend 2000 bath on tha.

I dont like to have to stay next to my pc to call or that the pc have to be on all the time, with the PAP2 i can bring it to my bed room, my bar or my fitness, just like a normale phone.

Good information and where do you think i can buy this and how much does it go for

I have 2 one i got free from TELLIO, but this you can only get if you have adress in denmark, sweden or norway. The other one i order i IT City in korat. If you get one from tellio they will provide you with a number, if you buy one your self, you need to buy a IP number and here i would google who provide numbers in the country you mostly call and look into there rates. Send me PM if you need to know more

[KoratFarang]

see this link http://www.itcity.co.th/item.jsp?productID=6561

[Phil Conners]

If you have an Android phone you have no need for this. Android have native support for VOIP (sip).

[sfokevin]

Same here. Maybe Pattaya is excluded

I can understand why Google would want to exclude Pattaya - But I'm up in Chiang Mai and get the same "Not available in your Country"

[Phil Conners]

Chiang Mai ditto

[johnnynmonic]

Great news. Before this I had to use a janky voip hack to make gvoice work. Quality is clear over my little CAT 3g connection on the laptop.

[givenall]

CountryGoogle Voice rate per minute USDThailand - Landline$0.02Thailand - Mobile$0.03

too bad one has to install additional software instead of running it using gmail

Too bad I cant not install Google Voice here in Thailand

[Pib]

Gmail Call is not available to me "without VPN." Without VPN activated, Gmail says the Call function is not available to my location. I'm in Bangkok.

If I remember right their was another topic on this subject a few months ago, someone said the Call capability was now available/working for them from Thailand (without VPN), other people tried but it was not available to them, then a few days later the OP in that earlier topic said it was no longer working for him. Apparently, Google had goofed and some folks outside the U.S. were allowed access by mistake...but Google fixed the mistake.

However, when activating my VPN (StrongVPN) the Call icon does show up in my Gmail Chat area.

[greatjob]

Gmail Call is not available to me "without VPN." Without VPN activated, Gmail says the Call function is not available to my location. I'm in Bangkok.

If I remember right their was another topic on this subject a few months ago, someone said the Call capability was now available/working for them from Thailand (without VPN), other people tried but it was not available to them, then a few days later the OP in that earlier topic said it was no longer working for him. Apparently, Google had goofed and some folks outside the U.S. were allowed access by mistake...but Google fixed the mistake.

However, when activating my VPN (StrongVPN) the Call icon does show up in my Gmail Chat area.

Very strange, I am in Bangkok and it worked well all day. True Internet connection.

It is still free.

I do use the Google DNS server and do not use any proxy from True, could that be a reason? Could it be still blocked if you have TOT or BB instead of True?

At the same time I found this link saying that Thailand is not yet supported alongside China and some other countries?

http://www.google.co...r=1267644&hl=en

Well it does work, at least for some in Thailand.

GJ

[Pib]

I'm on True also....specifically the True "Cable" 20Mb plan. I'll check Gmail again in a couple of days to see if the Call icon appears but I'm not holding my breath especially since your link above says Thailand is not on the list of supported countries. Thanks for the additional info.

But for now I can always just access it through the VPN service which I got just the morning due to a variety of needs. Although I said it appeared with my VPN turned-on, I didn't follow through to see if the Google Call function actually worked OK...I'll try later.

[hyperdimension]

Phone is enabled in my gmail account, though it is not free unless you are in (or pretend to be via VPN) US or Canada. I have not tested it as I have no need to call anywhere at the moment.

[Phil Conners]

Today I can call from Gmail. The free calls only apply to calls to US numbers, anywhere else you still have to pay.

I was hoping Google Voice was part of it, but it seems not.

[sulasno]

how to get the plugin in English ?

[Phil Conners]

You don't need any plugin for this to work. Just reload gmail (ctrl-F5) and make sure your google chat is enabled. Expand the chat option on the bottom left and you should see a "call phone" link.

[Pib]

Still no Call function for me unless I activate my VPN.

[greatjob]

Still no Call function for me unless I activate my VPN.

Have you checked that you have "US English" as your account language?

https://plus.google.com/u/0/settings/language?tab=m8

[Pib]

Still no Call function for me unless I activate my VPN.

Have you checked that you have "US English" as your account language?

https://plus.google....language?tab=m8

Just checked...yeap, set to English (US).

[saintofsilence]

I am unable to get it working either says unavailable in your area I have tried all above suggestions .

[greatjob]

Still no Call function for me unless I activate my VPN.

Have you checked that you have "US English" as your account language?

https://plus.google....language?tab=m8

Just checked...yeap, set to English (US).

Not sure if it has anything to do with it but my address is also a US address.

I still can call to the US for free (I do not pay 0.01/min) without VPN in Thailand. Maybe it is link to my US address, not sure.

[BB1950]

Just added the plug-in and this is what I got at the top of my Gmail inbox:

Calling in Gmail is not available in your current location.

I click on the Lean More link and It says:

The Gmail Call Phone functionality is NOT currently available in the following locations:

• Argentina
• China
• Cuba
• Egypt
• Ghana
• India
• Iran
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Myanmar
• Nigeria
• North Korea
• Peru
• Russian Federation
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• South Korea
• Sudan
• Syria
• Thailand
• United Arab Emirates
• Viet Nam

So, the OP is not correct. Gmail Call Phone is not officially available in Thailand! This is similar to a claim made once before on Thai Visa where only a few could use it.