greatjob Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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 Edited August 3, 2011 by greatjob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelepulse Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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 Edited August 3, 2011 by steelepulse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galong Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Great job, Greatjob. Thanks for sharing this. I've been having problems with Skype recently, so I'll give this a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulasno Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatjob Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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 Edited August 3, 2011 by greatjob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloggie Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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 Edited August 3, 2011 by Cloggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Same here. Maybe Pattaya is excluded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoratFarang Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited August 3, 2011 by KoratFarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mindo Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave111223 Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoratFarang Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoratFarang Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 see this link http://www.itcity.co.th/item.jsp?productID=6561 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 If you have an Android phone you have no need for this. Android have native support for VOIP (sip). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfokevin Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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" Edited August 3, 2011 by sfokevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 Chiang Mai ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnynmonic Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givenall Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatjob Posted August 3, 2011 Author Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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 Edited August 3, 2011 by greatjob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 3, 2011 Share Posted August 3, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited August 3, 2011 by Pib Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdimension Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sulasno Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 how to get the plugin in English ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Conners Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 Still no Call function for me unless I activate my VPN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatjob Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) 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 Edited August 4, 2011 by greatjob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pib Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintofsilence Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 I am unable to get it working either says unavailable in your area I have tried all above suggestions . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greatjob Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited August 4, 2011 by greatjob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1950 Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited August 4, 2011 by BB1950 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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