Truly Free VoIP provider in USA?

Hi all:

I'm trying to find a free VoIP provider in the USA for a friend of mine. Truly free. I did some Googling, and many of the findings are garbage. They list providers that are free to demo, but then paid, or never free in any way.

Can anyone tell me of an actual free US-based VoIP provider, preferably one that allows you bring your own software package?

Thanks

Do you have any suggestions in particular? I have a friend with chronic disease who has no money to speak of. If it helps, he has zero income and is a veteran.

I'm not sure what you mean by 100%. He is capable of doing certain tasks. But he often can't do a lot.

And let's just say the system has treated him badly...very badly.

Thanks, Dan. But this particular friend and I are still in the middle of an argument. I don't think he will admit he officially wants my help.

However, if you have a website or other resource to which I could refer him, I'd appreciate it.

I know that Google Voice is free, but no 911 calls. New ACP applications ended on the 7th of February and will be fully gone by April.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/services/best-free-voip-services/  Forbes.com

Win7 is not the thing you should be running any thing from.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/services/best-free-voip-services/  Forbes.com
 
Win7 is not the thing you should be running any thing from.

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/services/best-free-voip-services/  Forbes.com
 
Win7 is not the thing you should be running any thing from.

I have my own opinion but thanks for the recommendation. (Still has updates actually)

 

 

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/services/best-free-voip-services/  Forbes.com
 
Win7 is not the thing you should be running any thing from.

I have my own opinion but thanks for the recommendation. (Still has updates actually)

@chkdsk:

Welcome to BC. :-)

For the sake of anyone who might casually read this thread, mainstream support for Windows 7 ended in 2015. Extended support ended in 2020.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support


While MS may or may not still be shipping definition updates for "Microsoft Security Essentials", there are NO updates (for either security or performance) for the Windows 7 OS & no such updates have been published for quite some time.
It is an obsolete, insecure OS.

If one chooses to stay with Win 7, so be it. But that is a risk:benefit calculation each user needs to make.

Respectfully submitted

 

This. Times two. Windows 7 is deprecated, unsupported, and most importantly, doesn't receive A/V updates any more.

Hey, that raises a question....has Defender been backported to run on Windows 7? I'm guessing not?

Edited by Shplad, 25 March 2024 - 04:41 PM.

 

 

 

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/business/services/best-free-voip-services/  Forbes.com
 
Win7 is not the thing you should be running any thing from.

I have my own opinion but thanks for the recommendation. (Still has updates actually)

@chkdsk:

Welcome to BC. :-)

For the sake of anyone who might casually read this thread, mainstream support for Windows 7 ended in 2015. Extended support ended in 2020.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-7

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/end-of-support


While MS may or may not still be shipping definition updates for "Microsoft Security Essentials", there are NO updates (for either security or performance) for the Windows 7 OS & no such updates have been published for quite some time.
It is an obsolete, insecure OS.

If one chooses to stay with Win 7, so be it. But that is a risk:benefit calculation each user needs to make.

Respectfully submitted

 

 

This. Times two. Windows 7 is deprecated, unsupported, and most importantly, doesn't receive A/V updates any more.

 

Hey, that raises a question....has Defender been backported to run on Windows 7? I'm guessing not?

 

I'm using ESU updates that still have updates until Late 2024. A security update was just pushed recently. I'm also using Malwarebytes.

I'm also still using Windows 10 for app support, but some apps I require for work only work on 7.