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Several months ago while googling around looking for cheap ways to make international calls, I stumbled upon a strange service called Futurephone. You called this number in Iowa, and then dialed your international code and phone number, and boom, you’re talking for free (assuming you have free long distance).

Well my girlfriend is abroad again and I went to Futurephone’s website, and a huge red banner slaps me in the face: “THIS SERVICE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE.” Ah, crap. No such thing as a free lunch. A little googling and it turns out Futurephone, and other phone companies base these types of services out of Iowa due to the low population and some phone tax loopholes described here.

I guess it’s back to Skype.