The Globe Tglo
August 6, 2006 3:43 PM Subscribe
Use the badly named Tglo to call any phone in the USA for free, and to SMS anyone in the world (maybe) for free.
No, you can't. Skype charges for calls to telephones.
posted by riotgrrl69 at 4:22 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by riotgrrl69 at 4:22 PM on August 6, 2006
OK, I'm told that Americans can call Americans for free on Skype. I'm in Britain, and it costs money for me to call America on Skype, whereas it doesn't on Tglo.
posted by riotgrrl69 at 4:39 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by riotgrrl69 at 4:39 PM on August 6, 2006
It says no spyware or adware, yet when you install it and make a call with it, it pops up ads.
They also have a McAfee SiteAdvisor logo, implying that their software is safe, yet when you try to install it, McAfee Antivirus will give you warnings about adware being installed.
posted by thouy1976 at 4:44 PM on August 6, 2006
They also have a McAfee SiteAdvisor logo, implying that their software is safe, yet when you try to install it, McAfee Antivirus will give you warnings about adware being installed.
posted by thouy1976 at 4:44 PM on August 6, 2006
tglo is just a shortened version of The Globe which apparently is the media conglomerate that owns the website.
posted by blue_beetle at 5:01 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by blue_beetle at 5:01 PM on August 6, 2006
It shows a non-animated pop-up ad when you make a call, and while you have the program loaded it gives IE a toolbar. You can exit the program easily and it doesn't load on startup. I don't regard it as malevolent, although obviously there's no reason for Americans to use it.
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:08 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by riotgrrl69 at 5:08 PM on August 6, 2006
Hmmm. Does Skype let you text message people for free? I've never used it.
posted by danb at 5:44 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by danb at 5:44 PM on August 6, 2006
Man, I just had a nice, refreshing glass of Pepsi Blue.
posted by beaucoupkevin at 6:49 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by beaucoupkevin at 6:49 PM on August 6, 2006
Funny... I just had a nice glass of Diet Pepsi...
What does that have to do with anything? I dunno...
posted by Debaser626 at 7:42 PM on August 6, 2006
What does that have to do with anything? I dunno...
posted by Debaser626 at 7:42 PM on August 6, 2006
Actually it's not the Worst Researched Rebuttal...because from now until the end of the year you can call phones using Skype anywhere in North America FOR FREE!.
posted by storybored at 8:26 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by storybored at 8:26 PM on August 6, 2006
Remember when this was called Dialpad? That was awesome.
posted by grrarrgh00 at 9:25 PM on August 6, 2006
posted by grrarrgh00 at 9:25 PM on August 6, 2006
actually, it's free to call people on landlines using skype until the end of this year.
posted by jimmy at 12:45 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by jimmy at 12:45 AM on August 7, 2006
...aaaaaand storybored beat me to it. four hours earlier. whoops.
posted by jimmy at 12:46 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by jimmy at 12:46 AM on August 7, 2006
...aaaaaand storybored beat me to it. four hours earlier. whoops.
And sadly you're also both wrong. As has been pointed out further up the thread that Skype offer isn't open to most people.
I don't think I'll use Tglo since it looks kind of untrustworthy, it's the only service I've seen that would let me make free calls to the U.S. though.
posted by Olli at 3:31 AM on August 7, 2006
And sadly you're also both wrong. As has been pointed out further up the thread that Skype offer isn't open to most people.
I don't think I'll use Tglo since it looks kind of untrustworthy, it's the only service I've seen that would let me make free calls to the U.S. though.
posted by Olli at 3:31 AM on August 7, 2006
Indeed.
posted by riotgrrl69 at 3:53 AM on August 7, 2006
posted by riotgrrl69 at 3:53 AM on August 7, 2006
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