Rebtel Inc., a Swedish provider of VoIP telephony, has launched Reb Me, an application that allows Facebook users to dial their iPhones, Blackberries or other mobile devices to anywhere in the world for the price of a local call. The service works with major U.S. carriers. Stockholm-based Rebtel claims that if the average U.S. Facebook user spends 30 minutes a month making international calls, they would save more than $750 a year using the service.
From the archives: Rebtel, Jajah and Callback 2.0
As with all “unlimited” voice offerings I question its financial sustainability. See “SunRocket.”
this is great concept, but i’m guessing the “average” US Facebook user spends more like 30 SECONDS per month making international calls. something like this, could change all that…
So like Europeans to think U.S. users are more internationalized than they really are! Most Facebook users are nt heavy international callers and any who are already use Skype.
I don’t make any international calls, but still – nice service.
Thanks for the positive comments – I work for Rebtel and we’ve all gone into Facebook buzz here at the office!
I really hope that, as Ewan is saying, we’re going to be able to make people on average do more international calling without having to pay so much for it.
We’re getting ready to develop the next version of the application – so we started a user group for Reb me users http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4841078662!
I believe Jajah will be launching similar service soon.