Free international calls? Sorry, Talkster – Rebtel were there first November 1st, 2007  

There’s been a lot of talk about Talkster, the new free international calling service. We’re not the only ones to notice that their service is extremely similar to ours (“Rebtel-like service”, says one blogger, while another calls it “a Rebtel me-too”).

When asked to differentiate between Talkster’s product and ours, James Wanless (COO of Talkster) is keen to point out that the Talkster service is free, while ours offers a payment option.

That’s right – a payment option. Rebtel always has and always will offer free international calls. Here’s a short video explaining how it works:

However, we offer a paying service because that’s what some of our users want. Often these are small businesses who don’t wish to ask clients for a call-back. This also means that Rebtel customers are able to call any country in the world, not just in the 39 countries where the free service is offered.

But free international calling is at the heart of our service, and has been since we started a year and a half ago.

So, to recap: Rebtel offers unlimited free international calls, is available in 39 countries (compared to Talkster’s 29), and doesn’t force users at both ends of the call to sit through a 10-second advert before they can talk to their friends. So what was all that Talkster talk about again?

Rebtel: the original and (dare we say it?) the very best.

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