Lycos, a popular web portal owned by Telefonica SA, is introducing a new ad-supported program that offers free PC-to-Phone VoIP calling. By partnering with Netflix, an incentive marketing agency, each user gets 100 free minutes to try out the service, after which they can earn more minutes by completing offers. There is also an option to buy talk time at the very reasonable rate of $0.01/minute for long distance calls within the US and Canada. Soon they might even give away free talk time if you browse their tech websites with the Yahoo Toolbar. Wouldn't that be nice ? Then Skype will probably go bankrupt. And this Lycos Phone Beta is really useful for those companies outside USA that want a free US number. Cool.
The service is being supported through a deal with incentive marketing agency, Netflix, which has made a name for itself by giving away free CDs and DVDs over the internet. Users will be able to compete incentive-based promotional offers, such as free sign-ups and credit card applications, in exchange for free VoIP calls. Although a few other companies have started offering ad-supported VoIP services, Lycos is the first to use incentive marketing, and also the first to provide free PC-based phone numbers for incoming calls.
Lycos Incentive-based Free PC-to-Phone VoIP calling source
Comment Preview