How to make free calls from Skype (1) : SIP accounts with Free Minutes

As we all have known, Skype can make phone calls, and we also have known some SIP providers give FREE Minutes for SIP calls, usually, you can make free calls from their softphones, webphone or SIP softphone or devices, eyeBeam / X-lite is the first Free SIP softphone for everybody. However, have you every thought about to use these FREE SIP accounts with FREE Minutes to make FREE Calls from Skype? Is it workable? The answer is YES. It is wiser to know how to fully use the free calls resources you've known than to try to look for every new ones. So, how to make free calls from Skype with SIP accounts? Just follow the steps below, very easy:

Tools:
1. One Skype, PC or Mobile also works 
2. One Free Tropo account (Function: Gives a number to call from Skype free and Forward to SIP account)
3. One Free  PBXes account (Enable to call out free)
4. One SIP accounts with Free Minutes
we have some in our blogs,  you can go to the sidebar, then find the "SIP" and click "Free SIP Calls" to get one or more. 


In the above 4 points, 
skype = mobile phone, 
Tropo = access number, 
PBXe s= SIM card, 
SIP account = Fee
In all, that's your mobile phone (skype) need to call a free access number (Tropo) to have the SIM card (PBXes) make free phone calls (SIP account with free minutes)
All is free.


Now, let's see how to get them and make free call from Skype:


Step 1: Get a Free Skype at www.skype.com and make sure how to get the dial keypad when you are on the voice chat at Skype, you can try a echo test call at skype and see you can get it or not?
Skype 5.3 international version have it when you have voice chat:

For the others version, you need to get it from the menu: 
you are in the voice chat or phone call =>
Click "Call" at the top menu 
Click "Show Dial Pad" (see below image)

Show Dial Pad Menu

and then you will see the keypad:

Dial Pad

Step 2: Get a Free PBXes (click here) and set it up according to this post: How to use PBXes (5) SIP extensions, how to make your own access number

When you finished, you will get a SIP address e.g: freecallguider-2002@pbxes.org

Step 3: Get a Free Tropo account and set up an application according to this post:
Click here to open a tropo free account by click "Try it Free"
Login your tropo and add a app (application) according to this page
Please make sure to change the code at Step 6 to the bolow ones:

say("thank you, connecting");           transfer("sip:freecallguider-2002@pbxes.org")

Please make sure to change freecallguider-2002 into your own one.

When finished, you will get some numbers at your Tropo application, one of them is the Skype Voice e.g:+990009369991480655 

Step 4: Call this number e.g:+990009369991480655 or 00990009369991480655 at your Skype (don't worry, it is free calls, no charge at all), you will hear "thank you, connecting" and then the long tone, now just dial the number you want to call. (About how to dial numbers, please refer to step 4 at How to use PBXes (5) SIP extensions, how to make your own access number )


In all: 
Skype calls free access number e.g:+990009369991480655 or 00990009369991480655 from tropo, tropo picks up and fowards this number to the SIP address freecallguider2002@pbxes.org free, PBXes picks up and use the SIP provider with Free Minutes to make outgoing calls when you enter the phone number at Skype dialing keypad.


For more SIP providers with Free Minutes, you can go to the sidebar, then find the "SIP" and click "Free SIP Calls" to get more.


You can add max. 5 SIP providers into PBXes, but don't worry, after use out of the Free Minutes of each provider, you can delete it and add one new. In this way, you can use all your Free SIP accounts in one place to make free call, add them on PBXes, make free calls from Skype. 


Done! Enjoy!

Next we will talk about how to make free calls from Skype by using access number which has free minutes


Solve Problem:
Some of my readers told me it didn't work well, it hung up itself after entered the phone number at skype dial pad, sometimes, I had the same problem, and I found out that the skype access number 
e.g:+990009369991480655 or 00990009369991480655 worked not well at skype dial pad, however, if you dial the sip address or a USA virtual phone number of the tropo application, it worked just perfect, however, if you want to use Skype, there is a way, if the above application is No.1, then add a new application No. 2 at tropo with the below code: (callerID can be any 10 digits USA phone numbers, you can change it)

result = ask("Welcome,dail the number you wish to call", { choices:"[10 DIGITS]", timeout: 10.0, attempts:5, mode:"dtmf" }); say("Connecting you now"); transfer(result.value,{callerID:"3175221000", playvalue: "http://www.phono.com/audio/holdmusic.mp3", terminator: "*" });
Then get a USA virtual number at your Tropo app No.1, use your skype call this skype voice number of app No.2, when prompt, enter the USA virtual number at Tropo app 1, the USA virtual number, when prompt, then you can enter the international number to call. It works.


If it is too hard for you, then use Teleku instead of Tropo, click here.


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